Bloopers

Post by **TriciaG** » April 7th, 2009, 9:35 am

gypsygirl wrote:By the way, when I moved the blooper files over to the new folder, I only grabbed the ones that had "blooper" or something similar in the filename, so if you'd previously posted a blooper that didn't identify itself as one in the filename, and you would like it in the list on the first post, please re-upload it to the blooper folder with "blooper" as part of the filename and post in the thread.

ETA: And please be sure to use the new "bloopers" folder.

I re-uploaded this one: http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/bloopers/huitzilopochtli_blooper.mp3

russiandoll · Post by **russiandoll** » April 7th, 2009, 11:06 am

I spotted a few more still in the xx folder (some with 'blooper' in the title that must have been missed, and three without that I happened to recognise as bloopers) - have shifted them and updated the list in the first post.

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BellonaTimes · Post by **BellonaTimes** » April 8th, 2009, 4:46 pm

I keep meaning to save mine; I had a great one just now recording Chapter 2 of The Turmoil. I could not pronounce the name of the "hero"'s son, Roscoe. It kept coming out "Roskoy" --- three times this happened. Arrggh! The fourth one made the cut though.

Of course you can listen to me stumbling all through Alice Adams on Archive. I have since started to edit it down though, chapter by chapter, wincing all the way. Maybe I can post it here as a solo project, but isn't someone else doing it for LibriVox?

ExEmGe · Post by **ExEmGe** » April 12th, 2009, 8:41 am

A word previously unknown to me!
http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/bloopers/inenubilable.mp3

Jerome · Post by **Jerome** » April 22nd, 2009, 10:46 pm

This was the first line I read of the story. Our police here have great timing

http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/bloopers/policesiren_blooper_jl.mp3

kayray · Post by **kayray** » April 23rd, 2009, 3:05 pm

"Proud, luxurious, and selfish" is very hard to say.
http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/bloopers/proudluxuriousselfish.mp3

Jerome · Post by **Jerome** » April 23rd, 2009, 7:15 pm

What makes that even funnier to me is the ambiguity of the slaps there.
Don't be too hard on yourself, it's only a blooper.

kayray · Post by **kayray** » April 23rd, 2009, 7:20 pm

Hahahah! That's just me slapping my knee for a marker :)

Gesine · Post by **Gesine** » April 30th, 2009, 1:36 pm

Finally editing ch 1 of Nostromo by Joseph Conrad, which I recorded ages ago, and found this - took me about a minute and a half to pronounce 'Golfo Placido' correctly!

golfo_placido_blooper_ge.mp3

BellonaTimes · Post by **BellonaTimes** » May 2nd, 2009, 2:28 pm

I did a one-act play by Somerset Maugham and found that going from man to woman is kind of tricky:

http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/bloopers/marriages_blooper.mp3

Then there's also the problem of the Homer Simpson (or Eudora Welty for the Simpsons' in-joke crowd) Effect:

http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/bloopers/marriages_blooper2.mp3

Post by **ezwa** » May 2nd, 2009, 2:56 pm

The neighbour's cat turned me into ...

http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/bloopers/mrlecoqt2_29_scaringoffcat.mp3

Post by **TriciaG** » May 18th, 2009, 12:38 pm

http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/bloopers/husband_blooper.mp3

My husband came in the room and started tickling me.

Post by **aradlaw** » June 6th, 2009, 3:40 am

TriciaG wrote:http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/bloopers/husband_blooper.mp3

My husband came in the room and started tickling me.

Robinsgirl · Post by **Robinsgirl** » June 7th, 2009, 9:15 pm

This is me being stupid because I havent recorded in a while.
http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/bloopers/bloopaa.mp3

And this is me wishing I had gone to the doctor about my throat problems earlier!! Oh boy! I just merged two different break downs together.
http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/bloopers/coughcough.mp3

neerajanagarajan · Post by **neerajanagarajan** » June 8th, 2009, 6:32 am

"Selwyn's shoulders shrugged slightly" is more or less like "She sells sea-shells on the sea-shore"

http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/bloopers/blooper_selwynsshoulders.mp3