im reading trainspotting

[insertnamehere]

i have to read it out loud for it to make sense. im pretty sure my roommate heard me sitting alone in my room, mumbling to myself in a bad scottish accent.

ah well, fuck her.

[Caribou]

Haha, I know exactly what you mean. 'twas the same for me. (Except mine was obviously a brilliant scottish accent. That's what I like to believe anyway.)
But you'll get used to the writing after a while and then it'll be safe to read the book in public.

[Helvete]

Hahaha, this is very funny. Nearly all the people I associate with on a daily basis speak like they are from the Trainspotting film/novel. I love Scottish folk!

[Caribou]

Do they all say things like "Gi'z a shot. Ya say it's better than sex! Come on, I'm a fuckin' adult I can choose for maself!"

[Helvete]

"Gi'z a shot" is used on a daily basis, so much so that I even say it myself. Can't say the occasion has ever called upon the others being used, but I really do work with Glaswegians and the like so the 'patter' I hear is astonishing.

[insertnamehere]

i currently work with a former heroin addict. i will now and forever wonder if he ever shot heroin into his dick.

[Guy Incognito]

like caribou said you'll get used to it. its miles better than the film, there are loads of bits that would have made it a totally different film if they'd put it all in.
to be honest its not he hardest read of his for the accent thing, some of the books have scottish chapters then english ones and its trick getting accustomed back to it.

read trainspotting
then read glue this is about another bunch of lads from same area
then read porno where both sets of characters come together.

and then if you arestill into his writing read filth

[insertnamehere]

i got over the whole scottish thing. but sometimes i still cant tell which character is narrating at any given moment.

[MC Moot]

I don't like Welsh's stuff...(n)

[Dorothy Wood]

ugh, Filth is horrible!

[Guy Incognito]

ugh, Filth is horrible!


FILTH SPOILER ALERT:










what a bad book or horrible subject matter?, its pretty dark but i was gripped, i read it about two weeks before i saw fight club and was able to guess what was going on there fairly soon into the film

[checkyourprez]

i hate when they make books out of movies.

[Dorothy Wood]

FILTH SPOILER ALERT:










what a bad book or horrible subject matter?, its pretty dark but i was gripped, i read it about two weeks before i saw fight club and was able to guess what was going on there fairly soon into the film

I just thought it was boring and repetitive. And I figured out what the "voice" was straight away. Ah, but maybe that's because I saw Fight Club before I'd read the book?

ha.

anyway, it just seemed like an excuse to write about disgusting things. the only reason I even finished it was because I was amused by the scottish accent. overall, I found it to be a waste of my time.

[Guy Incognito]

I just thought it was boring and repetitive. And I figured out what the "voice" was straight away. Ah, but maybe that's because I saw Fight Club before I'd read the book?

ha.

anyway, it just seemed like an excuse to write about disgusting things. the only reason I even finished it was because I was amused by the scottish accent. overall, I found it to be a waste of my time.

fair do's


i just never read anything like it really. maybe the only thing that had a similar affect on me and was of similar dark nature was The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks. Now thats a book.

[gbsuey]

^ now that IS a book, read most of his others though and i think i liked the crow road and some others but i think it was the bridge, soooooo boring. Irvine Welsh is an awesome writer, particularly good at making you feel sick.flaky cocks etc

on subject of accents, i just read Hellfire, set in Dublin so i had the same problem as it was written as spoken. funnily enough that's largely about heroin too-but amazing book, so so good. i recommend-i think it's by Maeve Gallagher