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Fountain79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-12-09 08:16 AM Original message |
What accounts for the relative low varieties of American accents? |
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Rambis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-12-09 08:35 AM Response to Original message |
1. I have no trouble |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-12-09 08:36 AM Response to Original message |
2. how much of america have you seen? |
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insanity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-12-09 08:40 AM Response to Original message |
3. There is a difference in Pacific Northwest accents |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-12-09 08:42 AM Response to Original message |
4. Low varieties? Have you not traveled much in this insanely huge land? |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-12-09 08:42 AM Response to Original message |
5. Wrong |
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Mutley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-12-09 10:29 AM Response to Reply #5 |
18. I love you for pointing out the Bawlmer accent. |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-12-09 02:02 PM Response to Reply #18 |
26. You rollin' or strollin'? |
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cwydro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-12-09 08:46 AM Response to Original message |
6. I have to disagree. |
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Fountain79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-12-09 08:53 AM Response to Original message |
7. I stand corrected.... |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-12-09 08:55 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. urban areas tend to equalize dialects GENERALLY |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-12-09 08:57 AM Response to Original message |
9. If you think that Seattle and Missouri have the same accent |
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Fountain79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-12-09 09:05 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. One of the more peculiar word trends is the prounciation |
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fizzgig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-12-09 02:18 PM Response to Reply #9 |
29. very interesting post |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-12-09 02:32 PM Response to Reply #9 |
31. I'm 23, from Fargo, and am both Don-Dawn and Cot-Caught merged. |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-12-09 08:58 AM Response to Original message |
10. You all talk funny |
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Fountain79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-12-09 09:02 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. As an Irishman once asked me.... |
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Bunny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-12-09 10:37 AM Response to Reply #10 |
21. "Yinzer" is the original English. |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-12-09 01:05 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. "Yinz jags are lozzy." |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-12-09 09:10 AM Response to Original message |
13. The difference in accents here in the US is actually suprisingly large given how recently... |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-12-09 09:17 AM Response to Original message |
14. The popularity of national television |
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bif (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-12-09 09:22 AM Response to Original message |
15. Radio and TV |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-12-09 02:13 PM Response to Reply #15 |
28. That has been proven to be a myth, mass media has no effect on American English dialects. |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-14-09 09:26 AM Response to Reply #28 |
37. Really? Seems to me I hear a lot of younger people who sound like |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-12-09 09:23 AM Response to Original message |
16. Are you kidding me? |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-12-09 10:25 AM Response to Original message |
17. People from the Midwest ah wickid hahd to undahstand. |
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Rhythm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-12-09 10:44 AM Response to Reply #17 |
22. That's more Maine than Missurah... |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-12-09 10:49 AM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Ayuh, Maine used to be paht of Massachusetts... |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-12-09 04:45 PM Response to Reply #23 |
33. Does youse pahk yah cah in Hahvahd Yahd??? |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-13-09 08:26 AM Response to Reply #33 |
35. Cahn't get they-ah from hee-ah. |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-12-09 10:31 AM Response to Original message |
19. Still, it's not like it is in England where regions developed distinct accents... |
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no name no slogan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-12-09 10:35 AM Response to Original message |
20. Do You Speak American? |
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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-12-09 02:01 PM Response to Original message |
25. Television has flattened the American accent variability |
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Dogtown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-12-09 02:09 PM Response to Original message |
27. Mark Twain wrote a fascinating essay |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-12-09 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
30. Easy--the people in the US move around often. |
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bamacrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-12-09 02:46 PM Response to Original message |
32. Its more regional here. |
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RagAss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-12-09 05:31 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. The dialects change every 40 miles in Connecticut. |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-13-09 08:52 AM Response to Original message |
36. You couldn't tell where I'm from. |
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Rambis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-14-09 09:55 AM Response to Original message |
38. "so yalike spautz?" |
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