So how many recognisable dialects are there in the USA, I can only spot,
deep Southern, New York and what I call normal American, in the UK I can
pick out, Welsh, Scotish, Irish, Giordie, Brummie, Scouse, general north
England (Yorkshire, Manchester) South West and Norfolk sound the same to me
(carrot crunchers) and of course all the variations of cockney and the South
East, I find all the accents quite fasinating and regularly practice them
all to the amusement of the kids who are rewarded if they guess them all
correctly (they never do)
Phil
----- Original Message -----
From: "Walt Wayman" <hiwayman@xxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, April 02, 2007 10:41 AM
Subject: [OM] Re: Loving Video
> Maybe I shouldn't have said they'd take offense. I've just found it to be
> an advantage to speak with pretty much the same dialect as the folks I'm
> dealing with, whether "down here" or "up there," so they don't take you
> "fer a furriner." I can speak New York, too, even a little Brooklyn, if I
> really have to. Can't speak the Billy Bragg stuff, though I can easily do
> John Cleese.
>
> Walt
>
> --
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> Edward Weston
>
>
> -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: Chris Barker <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>>
>> Now, that's an idea, Walt: TOPE 1 in sound. Trouble is, it would
>> probably take too much storage.
>>
>> Why might someone take offence at your sounding like David Brinkley
>> (thanks for the guiding link), or indeed anyone else?
>>
>> Chris
>>
>> ~~ >-)-
>> C M I Barker
>> Cambridgeshire, Great Britain.
>> www.threeshoes.net & homepage.mac.com/zuiko
>>
>>
>> On 2 Apr 2007, at 09:53, Walt Wayman wrote:
>>
>> > 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
>>
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