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@relentless-red saidSimilarly, I can't enter a parish in Louisiana or walk a boulevard in the Bronx and readily understand the spoken English surrounding me.
I hope you won't mind, but I always laugh quietly when American's refer to British accents. People in Britain rarely if at all refer to them collectively and certainly never refer to the British Accent as one thing as Americans sometimes do.
It's like asking somebody for fruit. There are so many completely different types you are immediately going to be asked which ...[text shortened]... l of which have strong and completely different accents, but I think it is the general case as well.
This reminds me of Rex Harrison's opening song from "My Fair Lady".
It's only natural, I've never been in a country that didn't sport some degree of linguistic diversity.
@wolfe63 saidHow did accents develop in different bits of America? Made me wonder if it was to do with which migrant groups settled which areas and who was added to the mix?
Similarly, I can't enter a parish in Louisiana or walk a boulevard in the Bronx and readily understand the spoken English surrounding me.
This reminds me of Rex Harrison's opening song from "My Fair Lady".
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It's only natural, I've never been in a country that didn't sport some degree of linguistic diversity.
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@Relentless-Red
That and the passage of time caused each region to develop a certain sound to the words.
I've been all over north america 😉
Southern girls sound the sexiest.
New England sounds the worst.
The middle sounds dumb.
The west coast didn't have a very noticeable accent.
@phil-a-dork saidIt seems like U.S. accents cover areas as big as whole European countries though? 'Southern girls' sounds like that or could you tell which city/state they were from?
@Relentless-Red
That and the passage of time caused each region to develop a certain sound to the words.
I've been all over north america 😉
Southern girls sound the sexiest.
New England sounds the worst.
The middle sounds dumb.
The west coast didn't have a very noticeable accent.
The accent over here changes within ten miles in a way that would be noticeable to anybody from anywhere in the UK (not just noticeable to locals).
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To me the accent sounds the same over large areas but the southern accent of Louisiana is different than Texas or Georgia but to a traveller it would seem to sound the same.
Small differences I guess.
I could pick out a Louisiana accent though 🤔 they have a longer drawl than the others.
Louisiana people take forever just to say a sentence. They stretch out the words.
The residents of those places could separate the accents and say where they might be from though.
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@earl-of-trumps saidGreat pick. Fantastic movie.
American Werewolf in London
The transformation scenes inspired Michael Jackson to hire the same special effects guy on his 'Thriller' video
My best bit is the 'killing in the house', when David wakes up from a dream, then finds out he hasnt.
Great use of 'moon' music too
@relentless-red saidI'm sure if many of us went back in or family tree we would be surprised just how mixed our races are!
How did accents develop in different bits of America? Made me wonder if it was to do with which migrant groups settled which areas and who was added to the mix?
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@Very-Rusty
I'm sure your family tree has many great men and women but under your picture in the family tree book it says...
"The Great Calamity"
@phil-a-dork saidWhat would yours say? "The Dork Bunch?" 😉 😛
@Very-Rusty
I'm sure your family tree has many great men and women but under your picture in the family tree book it says...
"The Great Calamity"
You kind'a walked into that with your eyes wide open!
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@very-rusty saidIs this your stupid saying of the week?
What would yours say? "The Dork Bunch?" 😉 😛
You kind'a walked into that with your eyes wide open!
-VR