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Natter 70: Hookers and Blow

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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")?

Tom Scola - May 01, 2012 10:52:34 am PDT #3296 of 30001

Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

I agree with Ouise.

Jesse - May 01, 2012 10:57:31 am PDT #3297 of 30001

Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Isn't the difference that Canadians (mostly) say "aboat" (vowel pronounced like "oh") and Americans say "abowt" (vowel pronounced like "ow")?

Or even in between those two sounds, for some Canadians I've known.

Amy - May 01, 2012 11:02:26 am PDT #3298 of 30001

Because books.

In *ewwww* news, the neighbor's dog just peed on my foot. He's an adorable Shiba Inu, but he slips his collar all the time and takes off. And O's brother came to get her at the bus stop, with the dog, by himself. He's autistic, and the collar was nearly off, so I leaned down to put it back. I don't know if I scared him, but the next thing I knew my foot was wet.

At least I was wearing flip-flops, making cleanup easier?

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