Yeah, that's what I figured you'd claim, Sue. Mostly on account of I hadn't said how I say it.
Joyce: And what did you do tonight? Dawn: Irritated Giles. I'm beginning to get why Buffy likes it so much.
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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.
Burrell - May 01, 2012 10:17:53 am PDT #3286 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Sue - May 01, 2012 10:20:57 am PDT #3287 of 30001
hip deep in pie
I really don't say aboot! Only hosers do!
Burrell - May 01, 2012 10:24:02 am PDT #3288 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
I believe you. But regional accents are curious. Like why should you and I have the same basic accent? Or meara? Aren't we from 3 different places?
Typo Boy - May 01, 2012 10:27:42 am PDT #3289 of 30001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
In North America, anyone not of Native American descent is an immigrant or descended from immigrants*. So maybe very different places were settled by similar ethnic groups, leading to similar regional accents. One hypothesis anyway.
- If you go far enough back native Americans are descended from immigrants too - the whole land bridge from Asia thing. But ...
Sue - May 01, 2012 10:32:40 am PDT #3290 of 30001
hip deep in pie
Like why should you and I have the same basic accent? Or meara? Aren't we from 3 different places?
Hey, I don't disagree with you there. Where I come from, practically every town has a different accent. I really think only a tiny percentage of Canadians sound like they say aboot.
Zenkitty - May 01, 2012 10:34:20 am PDT #3291 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
I wish I could find where I read about this, but apparently there's a pocket of people (must be tiny tiny people) in North Carolina who have the same accent as Shakespeare. The person who figured this out got a troupe of actors to do a couple of Shakespeare's plays in that accent, and everything rhymed! The rhythm was effortlessly right! It sounded odd, but it was wonderful.
Jessica - May 01, 2012 10:38:28 am PDT #3292 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I've found that the further west you go in Ontario, the more cliched the accents get. St Joseph Island is a veritable hotbed of "aboot."
Amy - May 01, 2012 10:40:01 am PDT #3293 of 30001
Because books.
There was a lot of "aboot" in upstate New York, too.
Sue - May 01, 2012 10:46:06 am PDT #3294 of 30001
hip deep in pie
Newfoundland accents (where I was born): [link]
Cape Breton accent (where I grew up): [link]
I don't really sound like either of those.
Ouise - May 01, 2012 10:50:53 am PDT #3295 of 30001
Socks are a running theme throughout the series. They are used as symbols of freedom, redemption and love.
I really think only a tiny percentage of Canadians sound like they say aboot.
Isn't the difference that Canadians (mostly) say "aboat" (vowel pronounced like "oh") and Americans say "abowt" (vowel pronounced like "ow")?