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The voice of Reepicheep!

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The voice of Reepicheep!

Postby glumPuddle » December 15th, 2007, 9:37 am

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Postby Peepiceek » December 15th, 2007, 11:33 am

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Postby robsia » December 15th, 2007, 3:50 pm

I always pronounced it Reepy-cheep.
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Postby Lirenel » December 15th, 2007, 4:30 pm

After the initial shock (I could just picture Reep demanding of Eustace or someone "Cake or Death!") I think I'm ok with it. I'm sure Izzard will change his voice a bit anyway.

Also, i pronounce it Reep-a-cheep.
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Postby carol » December 15th, 2007, 7:56 pm

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Postby glumPuddle » December 15th, 2007, 9:34 pm

In a book, people can't actually see the characters, so it's necessary to remind the reader from time to time that Reepicheep is a small mouse. Same with a radio drama. Reep's voice in the FotF is pretty high, because in a radio drama, that's all you get, so the sound of his voice alone has to communicate that he's a small mouse.
In a movie, we can see Reep, so it isn't necessary that he have this tiny shrill voice. His voice still has to be a believable mouse voice of course, but it doesn't have to be too high.

Izzard sounds like a great balance of "valiant Reepicheep" and "but he's still a mouse after all." And that balance is one of the things that makes the character so much fun in the book.


All the Narnia audio books say "Reep-ee-cheep." And I've always imagined it that way. We can always call him Reep though, haha.
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Postby carol » December 16th, 2007, 12:22 am

Listen to yourself though - are you saying "Ree-pee-cheep" ?

It may be what you are trying to say, but it's very difficult for normal English speakers to do, because it slows down their speaking. An unstressed syllable seldom has a long strong vowel.

[puts away her language books] :smile:

EDIT: Sorry, but I have dialup and it takes forever to download video clips. That was why I was asking.
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Postby glumPuddle » December 16th, 2007, 1:07 am

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Postby Peepiceek » December 16th, 2007, 12:53 pm

Just for the record, I am not to be called Pee-pee-Seek. :lol:
I pronounce it Peep-a-cheek even though Eddie Izzard would say "theres no [flipping] H in it" because it makes a 'consothingummy' with Reepicheep.
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Postby Lirenel » December 16th, 2007, 5:59 pm

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Re: The voice of Reepicheep!

Postby David Jack » December 17th, 2007, 12:27 am

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Re: The voice of Reepicheep!

Postby Puddleglee » January 2nd, 2008, 3:10 pm

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