On 20 Aug 2016 08:01, "Richard Aiken" <xxxxxx@gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Fri, Aug 19, 2016 at 3:56 PM, Timothy Collinson <xxxxxx@port.ac.uk> wrote:
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>> I had to resort to "the doctor gives you the details" which wasn't as fun as some medical drama jargon which my wife watches but I don't.)
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> Don't despair. While some of those shows really try to get it right (I think I read where "Bones" and "House" were especially good at it), a lot of them just make stuff up. If it's something you are yourself unsure of, I think it's better to simply fall back on "the [NPC Expert] gives you the details" . . . because if you try and flub it, your likely to run into a player's [possibly only in his/her own mind] expertise on the subject and get into trouble. 
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Yes, as 'failure' goes it's not one I feel too bad about but it does remind that (aside from accents) probably the hardest thing I find in role playing (particuparly NPCs) is coming up with convincing in character dialogue.

Interestingly, one of my three lunch time players - all work colleagues - is a long standing member of an amateur dramatics group.  I've seen him several times on stage and he outshines the rest of the drama group hands down.  So we rather thought he'd be our lead *role* player rather *reported speech* player. Turns out not to be the case.  The lady who thought she'd be rubbish at the whole thing and possibly only joined in to humour me, seems to be a natural at it.  And as the 'brains' of the outfit is running rings, in character, around the 'muscle'!

tc