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Virginia is for RenFaires

Today, we went to the Virginia Renaissance Festival.

Yes, I willingly and purposefully ventured outdoors. The horror.

Now, I can deal with the overpriced merchandise, the starving actors, the pseudo-medieval shows, and the food. Some of it is actually quite amusing.

What I can't deal with are the silly fake accents.

They don't even try to fake a British accent, even though the theme of this one is supposedly set in England. No, they have to come up with their own accents, which I henceforth call Fairish.

Fairish is a lot like English, with a lot of milords and miladys thrown in, rounded second-syllable vowels, and with a rising tone at the end of each sentence as if they're asking perpetual questions.

The first time you hear one, it's amusing, the second time, it's quaint. The third and subsequent times, I want to punch someone.

Other than that, though, it was a good time. I might joust do it again next year