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I found the language chapter interesting. This video popped up on my feed. I forget that just within America, there are so many ways of speaking English.
Hilarious! People who think they're "normal" are deluded. And anyway, why would you want to sound like you were from nowhere?
My stepmother in St. Louis swears she has no accent, then she'll ask (eg) for a fark or talk about driving on I-farty... My dad grew up in the rural Missouri countryside where the state was called Missour-uh.
Sydney, this was most enjoyable. Okay now that you've heard me speak, what state do you think I'm from? It is interesting even within Tennessee to notice how some people may pronounce words differently. I remember buying something in a store in Jackson, Tennessee and asking the clerk for help and was amazed at how similar her voice was to another region of the country. I imagine if you have lived in an area for several generations, you might have developed some vocal tendencies that would make it easier to identify where you are from. In our book it described the government voice database and voice recognition technology and efforts made to conceal someone's voice and technology to decode. There is probably more that goes on behind the scenes that we don't know about that would probably concern us if we did.
Apparently Oregon is nowhere, or at least I missed it. Perhaps this is the place with truly a neutral accent. Just don’t pronounce it “Or eh gone” or they’ll know for sure you’re from Cali or NY.��
Seems like there are lots of transplants there now, in Portland anyway. It's fascinating to notice how people allow their native dialects to drift, in a new environment... and how we modulate our accents unconsciously, to fit in. My wife never sounds to me like she's from the deep south, except when on the phone to her family. On the other hand, so far as I can tell I've not adopted any hint of a southern accent even though I've been here longer than I've ever been anywhere. You can take the boy out of the midwest...
ORYGUN Is a fairly common bumper sticker phonetically promoting the local pronunciation. https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/orygun-bumper-sticker-creator-rooting-for-a-ducks-win/67399303
Hilarious! People who think they're "normal" are deluded. And anyway, why would you want to sound like you were from nowhere?
ReplyDeleteMy stepmother in St. Louis swears she has no accent, then she'll ask (eg) for a fark or talk about driving on I-farty... My dad grew up in the rural Missouri countryside where the state was called Missour-uh.
Sydney, this was most enjoyable. Okay now that you've heard me speak, what state do you think I'm from? It is interesting even within Tennessee to notice how some people may pronounce words differently. I remember buying something in a store in Jackson, Tennessee and asking the clerk for help and was amazed at how similar her voice was to another region of the country. I imagine if you have lived in an area for several generations, you might have developed some vocal tendencies that would make it easier to identify where you are from. In our book it described the government voice database and voice recognition technology and efforts made to conceal someone's voice and technology to decode. There is probably more that goes on behind the scenes that we don't know about that would probably concern us if we did.
ReplyDeleteApparently Oregon is nowhere, or at least I missed it. Perhaps this is the place with truly a neutral accent. Just don’t pronounce it “Or eh gone” or they’ll know for sure you’re from Cali or NY.��
ReplyDelete"Gun," not "gone" - right?
DeleteSeems like there are lots of transplants there now, in Portland anyway. It's fascinating to notice how people allow their native dialects to drift, in a new environment... and how we modulate our accents unconsciously, to fit in. My wife never sounds to me like she's from the deep south, except when on the phone to her family. On the other hand, so far as I can tell I've not adopted any hint of a southern accent even though I've been here longer than I've ever been anywhere. You can take the boy out of the midwest...
ORYGUN Is a fairly common bumper sticker phonetically promoting the local pronunciation.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/orygun-bumper-sticker-creator-rooting-for-a-ducks-win/67399303