North American Dialects
Dec 31st 2010, 5:05 pm
#1
Yeah that guy.
Thread Starter
Joined: Dec 2008
Location: Arizona
Posts: 6,922
North American Dialects
You could spend hours on this.
http://aschmann.net/AmEng/#LargeMap
I love the fact they have video/audio examples. People here in CNY sound extremely nasal to my ears.
http://aschmann.net/AmEng/#LargeMap
I love the fact they have video/audio examples. People here in CNY sound extremely nasal to my ears.
Jan 2nd 2011, 11:44 pm
#3
Forum Regular
Joined: Sep 2010
Posts: 156
Re: North American Dialects
What I can't work out is why people of different races, that grow up in the same neighbourhood in the US speak completely different dialects. That doesn't happen in the UK...
Jan 3rd 2011, 12:50 am
#4
Sursum corda
Joined: Sep 2002
Location: Richmond Hill, GA USA
Posts: 38,860
Re: North American Dialects
there are words or phrases that originated wherever people came from. Yes, they may have been in the UK for 200 years, but that doesn't mean that there aren't holdovers, just like here.........
Jan 3rd 2011, 1:49 am
#5
Lost in BE Cyberspace
Joined: Jan 2008
Posts: 41,518
Re: North American Dialects
I heard 'honky' originated from the nasal white way of speaking, since being here I can believe that.
Jan 3rd 2011, 2:18 am
#6
Shocked of Redmond
Joined: Feb 2005
Location: Redmond, WA
Posts: 3,446
Re: North American Dialects
OT: Sally, I'm sure you're much more attractive than some weird white-dressed stereotype from the worst movie I have seen in a LONG time (and I've seen Sex and the City!).
Last edited by nettlebed; Jan 3rd 2011 at 2:59 am.
Jan 3rd 2011, 12:08 pm
#8
Unmitigated Gall
Joined: Dec 2006
Location: it's still too dark to tell
Posts: 16,162
Re: North American Dialects
You could spend hours on this.
http://aschmann.net/AmEng/#LargeMap
I love the fact they have video/audio examples. People here in CNY sound extremely nasal to my ears.
http://aschmann.net/AmEng/#LargeMap
I love the fact they have video/audio examples. People here in CNY sound extremely nasal to my ears.
Example: "Received Pronunciation" male, born Salisbury, 1942, boarding school educated- http://www.ku.edu/~idea/europe/england/england1.mp3
Jan 5th 2011, 11:55 pm
#9
Forum Regular
Joined: Sep 2010
Posts: 156
Re: North American Dialects
& then there is LA....
Jan 6th 2011, 12:29 am
#10
Sursum corda
Joined: Sep 2002
Location: Richmond Hill, GA USA
Posts: 38,860
Jan 7th 2011, 6:10 am
#12
Lapine Member
Joined: Nov 2004
Location: Austin, Texas in my own little world
Posts: 21,691
Re: North American Dialects
A fellow I work with calls himself Tex and weeps when the Dallas Cowboys lose. (He hasn't bothered to decorate his cubicle this football season. Usually he does.)
But his accent is unmistakably Jersey. The majority of the folks we work with speak English as a second language so he's never asked about his choice of moniker.
But his accent is unmistakably Jersey. The majority of the folks we work with speak English as a second language so he's never asked about his choice of moniker.
Jan 7th 2011, 3:09 pm
#13
Shocked of Redmond
Joined: Feb 2005
Location: Redmond, WA
Posts: 3,446
Re: North American Dialects
A fellow I work with calls himself Tex and weeps when the Dallas Cowboys lose. (He hasn't bothered to decorate his cubicle this football season. Usually he does.)
But his accent is unmistakably Jersey. The majority of the folks we work with speak English as a second language so he's never asked about his choice of moniker.
But his accent is unmistakably Jersey. The majority of the folks we work with speak English as a second language so he's never asked about his choice of moniker.
Jan 7th 2011, 5:58 pm
#14
Lapine Member
Joined: Nov 2004
Location: Austin, Texas in my own little world
Posts: 21,691
Re: North American Dialects
When people say Shrub is from Texas, I say that he is not. I go back to my ornery opinion that you must be born here to say you're from here - at least to the extent that HE says it.
