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Re: Sounds of QC - Now With More Accents
« Reply #150 on: 12 Mar 2011, 03:14 »

I found this pretty neat Regional Dialect meme

hey I did this

You have a weird accent! At times you almost sound British. Also, i-ron :D :D :D :D Amused.

Also Ally, your internet voice is totes different from your social voice. Much more... refined.

Hairy Joe, your voice could read the shipping news.
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Re: Sounds of QC - Now With More Accents
« Reply #151 on: 12 Mar 2011, 03:28 »

Meeeeeme

You pronounce the second "a" in "caramel"!

e: oh hey Kat & Steve do too (sometimes(?))

Me too, eh?

And yay, Kat and I have a similar story about pecan.
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Re: Sounds of QC - Now With More Accents
« Reply #152 on: 12 Mar 2011, 03:31 »

You mean it puts you to sleep?  :evil:

To be honest I keep recording these too ealry or too late and I'm half asleep still when I do them. That recording was the first thing I'd spoken this morning (although I'd been up since 8 working - on a script, so no talking just clickety clack).
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Re: Sounds of QC - Now With More Accents
« Reply #153 on: 12 Mar 2011, 03:48 »

Also, a note on my "south" and Tania's "house": The "ow" sound that "ou" makes a lot of the time is definitely a Canadian thing to say weird. I believe it's where the whole "aboot" thing comes from originally. It didn't come across as much in my clip, but I normally say house the same way Tania does.
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Re: Sounds of QC - Now With More Accents
« Reply #154 on: 12 Mar 2011, 07:49 »

We were talking about "like" in my linguistics class once.  Apparently one of my English Professors uses "like" a lot consciously in his freshman English classes because he feels it makes him more relateable.  

Edit: code switching! they call that code switching. 

Though I've only taken one linguistics course, we just went over code switching so I wanted to clarify this. Code switching refers to using multiple languages or dialects in a single utterance, the most obvious example being "Spanglish". What he's doing sounds closer to the Communication concept of accommodation, where one chooses to adjust one's speech to be similar to their conversational partner. This is usually done in order to express goodwill towards the partner, or to seek approval from them.
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Re: Sounds of QC - Now With More Accents
« Reply #156 on: 12 Mar 2011, 10:20 »

Yay memes! Also I've been noticing a major difference in how people say route. And it's not a country thing, either, it's mostly different among americans.

http://vocaroo.com/?media=vdE5fg3TTA8ezx8c3

ADDITION: I have a lot of silly recordings in here from old threads-
http://www.box.net/shared/yks4501kwg

I remember these! This was/is my favorite.
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Re: Sounds of QC - Now With More Accents
« Reply #157 on: 12 Mar 2011, 10:45 »

I actually pronounce "route" multiple ways in different contexts. I'm not sure what those contexts are* but I know that I say both "root" and "rout" at times. I think I tend to say the latter more often, but I'm not sure.


*I definitely pronounce it "root" when saying road names, as in Route 66, but I don't know what other contexts. I tend to say "rout" more by itself, as in "Don't go that route."
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Re: Sounds of QC - Now With More Accents
« Reply #158 on: 12 Mar 2011, 14:50 »

same here actually.  "which rout will you take?" " 'Root' 5" 
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Re: Sounds of QC - Now With More Accents
« Reply #159 on: 12 Mar 2011, 15:28 »

I think I always say it "root". Not sure if I've ever said it the other way.

But I like the meme thing. The words seemed like odd choices at first, but you can hear the differences. Like some people will say some words almost the same (data) and then in other words (pecan and New Orleans) it really shows. Weird!
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Re: Sounds of QC - Now With More Accents
« Reply #161 on: 13 Mar 2011, 00:49 »

Listen to my horrible voice (and yes, i have a bit of a cold) http://vocaroo.com/?media=vrl83CYCz16MExBYc
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« Reply #162 on: 13 Mar 2011, 01:22 »

http://vocaroo.com/?media=vmibXGknRh26g5EFI
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Re: Sounds of QC - Now With More Accents
« Reply #163 on: 13 Mar 2011, 04:14 »

which ones
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Re: Sounds of QC - Now With More Accents
« Reply #164 on: 13 Mar 2011, 04:14 »

also I am sorry for saying "um" so much


i don't usually say "um" so much
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Re: Sounds of QC - Now With More Accents
« Reply #165 on: 13 Mar 2011, 07:14 »

Katie - cuuuuuuuute. Southern accents = winning. I have decided.

Here is me giving some examples of Northern Irish.

http://chirb.it/PvrJ9I

On a side note, and something I forgot to add before. In Northern Ireland, a 'coupon' is another word for 'head' as in 'Use yer coupon ye wee slabber!' or 'She bonged me on the fockin' coupon!'
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Re: Sounds of QC - Now With More Accents
« Reply #167 on: 13 Mar 2011, 16:12 »

HJB, you already knew what I sounded like! I think we even talked about southern accents last time I was there. :P
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« Reply #168 on: 13 Mar 2011, 16:42 »

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Re: Sounds of QC - Now With More Accents
« Reply #169 on: 13 Mar 2011, 17:04 »

Also I snicker every time someone says "cray'n".
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« Reply #171 on: 13 Mar 2011, 18:46 »

Also I snicker every time someone says "cray'n".

It's ok, I do that when people pronounce it "crown".
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Re: Sounds of QC - Now With More Accents
« Reply #172 on: 13 Mar 2011, 19:06 »

i live in bakersfield so there are many many encounters with very southern-tinged drawls

i remember making fun of a kid in second grade who said "crayon" like "crown"

well actually i never talked that much before third grade so maybe i didn't make fun of him but i definitely did so mentally.
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Re: Sounds of QC - Now With More Accents
« Reply #173 on: 13 Mar 2011, 21:32 »

man I have not ever heard anyone pronounce it "crown" wtf people

there is a vowel there, it makes another syllable


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Re: Sounds of QC - Now With More Accents
« Reply #174 on: 13 Mar 2011, 21:44 »

I pronounce it kind of like "crown"? But ever so slightly not.
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Re: Sounds of QC - Now With More Accents
« Reply #175 on: 13 Mar 2011, 22:02 »

Also here is this cool thing, dudes.
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Re: Sounds of QC - Now With More Accents
« Reply #176 on: 13 Mar 2011, 23:03 »

Alright now that I'm no longer sick I'm gonna try my hand at this regional dialect meme

Behold!
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Re: Sounds of QC - Now With More Accents
« Reply #177 on: 14 Mar 2011, 06:09 »

Katie you pronounced the 'l' in 'almond' when you were talking about how the 'l' in 'almond' is silent.

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Re: Sounds of QC - Now With More Accents
« Reply #178 on: 14 Mar 2011, 09:28 »

Did I? I usually do, actually. I think most people do, because "ahmond" sounds weird.
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Re: Sounds of QC - Now With More Accents
« Reply #179 on: 14 Mar 2011, 09:49 »

It sounds Bostonian and really, most people just can't have that.
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Re: Sounds of QC - Now With More Accents
« Reply #180 on: 14 Mar 2011, 09:59 »

The L in almond shouldn't be silent, unlike salmon.

As for the "crown" thing, that's something I've noticed from family members who are originally from very rural parts of Kentucky. That's about it, though.
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Re: Sounds of QC - Now With More Accents
« Reply #181 on: 14 Mar 2011, 10:21 »

I think I usually pronounce crayon like "cran" in cranberry. I used to fully pronounce it but was made fun of for it. I took speech therapy as a kid (I said my Rs funny) so I was taught to pronounce everything properly. Then in middle school and high school I was picked on for over-pronouncing everything. I still say things like clothing instead of clothes, though.
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« Reply #182 on: 14 Mar 2011, 12:51 »

I will do this meme thing for you guys when I get home tonight.

But I am tempted to say "data" like Jerry Remy. "daht-er".
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« Reply #183 on: 14 Mar 2011, 14:51 »

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« Reply #184 on: 15 Mar 2011, 09:21 »

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Re: Sounds of QC - Now With More Accents
« Reply #185 on: 16 Mar 2011, 01:41 »

http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=pecan

Also, possibly assimilated by the French and then re-appropriated back into English. The french word is "pacane".
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« Reply #186 on: 17 Mar 2011, 00:08 »

I'm still trying to catch up to listen to all your fun voices. This is just reminding me how much I love to hear recordings of people talking, I don't even know what it is.

Did the meme thing:
http://vocaroo.com/?media=v8v01ZXA7fHgwRLiR

One word not on the list that I know splits some people is the pronunciation of the English word "either," which some people say "aither" and some people say "eether." I guess in American English, saying "aither" is somewhat uncommon? I dunno what the regional divide is, but my girlfriend called me out on it a while ago.

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« Reply #187 on: 17 Mar 2011, 00:50 »

Eck I always end up getting worked up over discussions about "either".

To me, ee-ther is the correct pronunciation. It also sounds completely stupid. It's just... for some reason I feel like "ee" is not a phoneme that should start a word like that. In my head it looks like "-ther", where the - is a sewing needle sticking out of the front of the word. It's too sharp and un-word-y.

So I say "eye-ther", even though I feel like that's not the accepted way of saying it.



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Re: Sounds of QC - Now With More Accents
« Reply #188 on: 17 Mar 2011, 01:07 »

Only a little. My pronunciation of it tends to shift depending on context. Like, when referring to two options, I'll say "ee-ther" but when I'm saying, for example "I'm not doing that, either" then it is "eye-ther".
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Re: Sounds of QC - Now With More Accents
« Reply #189 on: 17 Mar 2011, 01:10 »

Yeah it's not really an accent thing, people with the same regional accent could pronounce either and neither differently from each other - so it doesn't really help illustrate accents/dialects like the words on that list do.
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Re: Sounds of QC - Now With More Accents
« Reply #190 on: 17 Mar 2011, 13:42 »

The way I learned it is it can be said either way. EE-ther or I-ther. I think I say it both ways? But I think I-ther is more dominant? Maybe?
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« Reply #191 on: 18 Mar 2011, 02:52 »

Technically, the word comes from german, and since ei is pronounced "eye" in german, you could argue for that. However, language evolves, so *shrug*.

I think I say i:'-ðər and aɪ'-ðər about equally, but almost always naɪ'-ðər. Whatevs. Just don't say pee-can.
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Re: Sounds of QC - Now With More Accents
« Reply #192 on: 18 Mar 2011, 03:38 »

i say it as pee-can. Saying it the other way makes you sound like an idiot. Don't really care if it is not the original way of saying it, so whatever.
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« Reply #193 on: 18 Mar 2011, 05:08 »

It's pea-can.
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« Reply #194 on: 18 Mar 2011, 08:07 »

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« Reply #195 on: 18 Mar 2011, 08:16 »

Pee-can makes most people sound like they are "doing their American accent", mostly, or imitating hicks. It sounds... not-tasty. Seriously, "pee-can pie" does not sound like a delicious dessert I would want to eat, but more like some sort of indecipherable redneck jargon like "fi'nta", or maybe a horrible practical joke. "puh-con" sounds more like... I dunno, it sounds like food to me, and sounds like Chinese sugared pecans and pecan pie and roast pecans and this pecan-stuffed chicken thing my gran makes. It also reminds me of the sort of rare and persnickety wood you get from pecan trees that doesn't really make good learning material for your first bookshelf. "pee-can" just makes me want to snicker and point.


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Re: Sounds of QC - Now With More Accents
« Reply #196 on: 18 Mar 2011, 09:06 »

Conversely, people who say "puh-con" sound to me like they are trying to "do their posh accent"
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« Reply #197 on: 18 Mar 2011, 09:13 »

But... I have always said it that way! It is just how I say it, since pee-can just sounds so ugly.
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« Reply #198 on: 18 Mar 2011, 11:34 »

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Re: Sounds of QC - Now With More Accents
« Reply #199 on: 18 Mar 2011, 11:44 »

i say "peh-can" on it's own

but I say "pee-can pie"


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