Nope. I learnt to speak in Canada, and my mother was pretty adamant upon our return to Jamaica that I only speak standard English around my baby sister. I'll use vocab reflexively, but not grammar or rhythm.
I don't care if it is an orgy of death, there's still such a thing as a napkin.
Willow ,'Lies My Parents Told Me'
Natter 36: But We Digress...
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
§ ita § - Jun 30, 2005 8:14:31 pm PDT #6213 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Aims - Jun 30, 2005 8:17:24 pm PDT #6214 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Ah. Sorry for assuming.
§ ita § - Jun 30, 2005 8:25:26 pm PDT #6215 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Nah, I'm the freak with the plastic accent. Teaching's really making it obvious -- I'm not always sure why some looks flicker across everyone's faces. But apparently the way I say "teeter totter" is distinctive. Which means I have to do the whole "Where I'm from" speech, and get the "But you don't have an English/Jamaican/Canadian accent! You just pronounce everything perfectly!"
Which is a weird distinction, so maybe I should just say "seesaw" instead.
Aims - Jun 30, 2005 8:29:35 pm PDT #6216 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
I like "teeter totter" cause a) I like the owrds "teeter totter" and 2) I like the way you really annunciate your "t"'s. I'ma guess it's from years of being called "ida".
Sean K - Jun 30, 2005 8:30:38 pm PDT #6217 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
It would make it easier, I suppose.
Sean K - Jun 30, 2005 8:31:51 pm PDT #6218 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
But apparently the way I say "teeter totter" is distinctive.
I suspect my gf would pronounce it similarly to you, ita, and she's from Texas. She over pronounces her "t"s often
t /gf likes carrots
§ ita § - Jun 30, 2005 8:40:42 pm PDT #6219 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
She over pronounces her "t"s often
I don't over pronounce my Ts. I just pronounce them.
::gives secret handshake to Sean's GF::
Mr. Broom - Jun 30, 2005 8:41:52 pm PDT #6220 of 10001
"When I look at people that I would like to feel have been a mentor or an inspiring kind of archetype of what I'd love to see my career eventually be mentioned as a footnote for in the same paragraph, it would be, like, Bowie." ~Trent Reznor
By "distinctive," do you mean you aspirate the second T in each word? ETA: Gotcha.
Sean K - Jun 30, 2005 8:43:54 pm PDT #6221 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
I just pronounce them.
That's exactly what she said.
§ ita § - Jun 30, 2005 8:46:36 pm PDT #6222 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
My Ts are usually both unvoiced and aspirated, and it doesn't depend on stress in the sentence or position in the word.
eta:
That's exactly what she said.
Well, they're there, aren't they? Might as well use them.