Comic Discussion > QUESTIONABLE CONTENT
WCDT Strips 3596-3600 (23rd October - 27th October 2017)
Dave H:
I had a newspaper reporter from Dallas tell me I sounded like I was from Chicago, but I think that's because I worked most of my life up to that point in the Midwest. When I'm really tired I sound like a hillbilly.
Zebediah:
I have a very muddled accent. Born in Charlotte NC to parents from Pittsburgh, and now living in Massachusetts.
My wife's accent is even weirder. Born in Michigan to parents from the Appalachian mountains (her father is from northwestern North Carolina and her mother is from West Virginia), grew up in DC and NC, lived in France for almost four years (and speaks French with a Strasbourg accent), and has tried to eliminate all traces of Southern accents from her voice to further her career in academia.
Now, imagine what exposure to these varied linguistic inputs has done to our son. He can slide from a Boston accent to an Appalachian accent in mid-sentence. :psyduck:
retrosteve:
--- Quote from: A Duck on 22 Oct 2017, 21:04 ---Comic!
Also, a robot using a fax machine!
A sentient robot using a fax machine
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More likely, a sentient robot with a _built-in_ fax machine.
dutchrvl:
--- Quote from: Zebediah on 31 Oct 2017, 11:25 ---... has tried to eliminate all traces of Southern accents from her voice to further her career in academia.
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You mean because the Southern accents are (unfortunately) by many associated with lower intelligence/not taken seriously? Otherwise I fail to see how a Southern accent would impact her academic career. Just curious, as during my own academic career I've heard so many different accents I can barely recognize any anymore.
Zebediah:
Yeah, Southern accents, and particularly the Southern Appalachian accent, are associated in a lot of minds with lack of intelligence or education. Unfortunate, but that's the way it is - if you want people to see you as an educated person you have to lose that accent. It wasn't so much an issue when she was at Duke University, but there is no way Harvard would ever have hired her if she spoke with her mother's accent.
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