To read The Tiger Who Came to Tea in a very posh voice

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It just comes out! Mummy is like Celia Johnson and Daddy is like Trevor Howard from Brief Encounter.

The Tiger is a very posh gay man (can't think who that would be, maybe Oscar Wilde??)

Rupert Everett. The Tiger is Rupert Everett.

YANBU BTW, I do it too!

I always read to my children with a posh accent. No idea why as I usually speak quite common.

Tiger is Lesley Phillips in our house .

Even when I read it, DH does the Tiger.

But yes, every so naice and middle class.

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I don't see how you can read "It can't be the delivery boy, because he doesn't come today" (from memory so sorry if not accurate in anything other than a posh voice.

The girl is the little girl from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

I must do accents or I'll never get through the 12,297th time of reading.

My Tiger is definitely an old queen too. More of the Kenneth Williams ilk. Think it's the "Excuuuuuuuuse, Meeeee, may I have some tea with you"?

And The Gruffalo is always a Brummie.

I like that book but It really annoys me that they just go "oh well lets go out and buy lots more food." S'alright for some!

My tiger sounds like Geoffrey Palmer.

No! The Gruffalo is Ray Winstone!

I ALWAYS do this! The tiger himself speaks like Tony Benn.

Gruffalo in our house is an approximation of Bob Hoskins

And the Hares from 'guess how much I love you' speak in broad West Country accents.

Mummy is Margot from The Good Life.

Tiger is a bit like that art critic whose name escapes me.

I like to think that I sound like a cross between Anna Massey and Joanna Lumley when I read to DGS.Of course I'm delusional Mr.M. says that I sound more like the late Queen Mum on Spitting Image.Damn W.Midlands accent overpowers all.

Brian Sewell. That's the bugger.

I tend to read all children's stories in the style of the big brother voice over man. Winds dh up no end, he reads new kids books first on his own so he can work out the voices.

Tiger is all posh, no doubt about it.

Gruffalo is Robbie Coltrane (since before the BBC film!), the fox is Lesley Phillips, the snake is Jimmy Corkhill and the owl is Miss Jean Brodie. Obvs.

Mind you when he reads Gruffalo he sounds like Larry Grayson.

Agree that it must be read in your best plummy voice. And the tiger is definitely an Old Queen with a wonderfully sneery attitude.

I think "Thud" is my favourite for silly voices though.

I deliberately do Celia Johnson for Mummy too! Slightly breathless quality. The tiger is also very posh and gay. Thought it was just me...

YANBU. Although here the tiger sounds like Brian Blessed. I always feel there's something very melodramatic about hammering on a stranger's door because you are very hungry, which seems to fit with the voice.

Alfie and Annie Rose have Manchester accents.

and Thomas the Tank Engine is always read in my best scouse.

Agree with the Gruffalo being Robbie Coltrane! But my fox is vv posh and DH's is a West Country rustic.

Yes, the Tiger is def posh.

Brian Sewell, Geoffrey Palmer are probably the nearest to my TTWCTT voice.

I always read it in a hurry. Stupid bloody book. DS has started his own interpretation though 'tiger lick sophie's buns then tiger poo!' as he is convinced that the teapot on the floor is a large turd. Possibly because I told him it was.

however, YANBU to read it in a posh voice 'it can't be the delivery boy, because this isn't the day he comes' just screams to be read in an upper crust accent!

I think this may be developing into my favourite ever thread!