Hrrm. Which coast?
Either. Or inbetween. Mostly I've heard might-as-well-be Midwestern accents, and that's passing, but not an impression.
Two by two, hands of blue. Two by two, hands of blue.
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§ ita § - Feb 26, 2003 10:33:45 pm PST #2216 of 9843
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
P.M. Marc - Feb 26, 2003 10:41:05 pm PST #2217 of 9843
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Either. Or inbetween. Mostly I've heard might-as-well-be Midwestern accents, and that's passing, but not an impression.
Huh.
Close as I've come to hearing one would be either parent after they've been back up, but that's not an impression, that's just backsliding.
I think people concentrate on the About and out and eh?, and miss the essentials like Pasta and Mazda.
Caroma - Feb 26, 2003 10:44:57 pm PST #2218 of 9843
Hello! I must be going.
I think I speak for most Americans when I say that I wouldn't know if somebody was imitating a Canadian unless I know that they are. However, if I'm listening to a Canadian I can tell after a while. To me most of them sound a little Scottish.
billytea - Feb 26, 2003 11:15:33 pm PST #2219 of 9843
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
I think I speak for most Americans when I say that I wouldn't know if somebody was imitating a Canadian unless I know that they are. However, if I'm listening to a Canadian I can tell after a while. To me most of them sound a little Scottish.
I find a remarkable number of Americans can't distinguish between British and Australian accents (anything less broad than Steve Irwin's, at least). I've had Americans listen to me and Dave the office Brit carry on a whole conversation, and still be unable to hear a difference.
We actually find that African-Americans have better success on average in picking our accents. Not sure why that should be.
Susan W. - Feb 26, 2003 11:16:25 pm PST #2220 of 9843
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
I haven't heard anyone speak like JM here yet. Perhaps I haven't been close enough to Modesto.
My SIL is from Modesto, and she does have an unusual accent. I haven't noticed her R's so much as a tendency to sound almost Canadian on her oh's and ooh's, but really nasal on other vowels.
Trudy Booth - Feb 26, 2003 11:44:49 pm PST #2221 of 9843
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
SLUTTY AMERICAN!!!!!
Trudy Booth - Feb 26, 2003 11:45:05 pm PST #2222 of 9843
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
SLUTTY AMERICAN!!!!!
John H - Feb 27, 2003 1:48:07 am PST #2223 of 9843
~~You call two-two-two, two two-two two, I got an answer machine that gets straight back to you and says "hey, how ya doin', sorry ya couldn't get through, but if you leave your name and your number, then I'll get back to you...
Nilly - Feb 27, 2003 2:04:18 am PST #2224 of 9843
Swouncing
John! I have no idea what your former post means, but it's good to read you again, no matter in which accent.
Fiona - Feb 27, 2003 2:09:59 am PST #2225 of 9843
Plenty of Yanks playing Brits and doing pretty well. And you know most of those Watcher's Council folks, including Harris Yulin, were American.
Harris Yulin doesn't sound even remotely British to my ears. I had explained him to myself as a Yank addition to the COW.