I can quite easily slip into "Southern" if the need arises, but since my
college major was radio and television journalism, where I wrote and read the
news for two years on WVOL, one of the two campus radio stations, they forced
me to speak "real" English. Today, unless in my cups, or in the company of
those who might take offense, I sound pretty much like the late, great David
Brinkley, (with whom I had the privilege of working once upon a time). Or so
I've been told; it's difficult to hear yourself as others do, and although I've
got a ton of recording gear, I haven't recorded myself in years. :-)
http://www.answers.com/topic/david-brinkley
Walt
--
"Anything more than 500 yards from
the car just isn't photogenic." --
Edward Weston
-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Chris Barker <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>
> It used to irritate me a little that we were mistaken for Australians
> when, for instance, shopping in a supermarket in Florida.
> Irrational, I know (my irritation), but we sound nothing like
> *them*! ;-)
>
> I can recognise most differences in US accents, although I should be
> interested to discover if AndrewF sounds very Oz, or indeed if Walt
> sounds very "Southern". I do know that Bill Barber is only gently
> Texan, as I remember anyway ...
>
> Chris
>
> ~~ >-)-
> C M I Barker
> Cambridgeshire, Great Britain.
> www.threeshoes.net & homepage.mac.com/zuiko
>
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