Irish pub landlady: Nora

Irish pub landlady, warm, musical, and witty

Prompt: A female voice of an Irish pub landlady—warm, musical, and quick-witted, with a lilting brogue and a laugh that fills the room. The tone is bright and rolling, sing-song and full of blarney, tender one moment and teasing the next. There's a big-hearted, everyone's-welcome warmth to it. It sounds like a voice that has pulled ten thousand pints, heard every sad story, and always knows exactly what to say to lift a soul.

Script: Oh, would you look what the cat dragged in! Come in, come in, as the rain, you poor drowned thing. Sit yourself down by the fire there, and I’ll fetch you something to warm the bones. You’ve a face on you like a wet weekend; what’s the matter, love? Oh, sure, it’s never as bad as all that.