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Originally Posted by astralis
glyn,
just wondering, is there any particular US accent that you find, ah, less outrageous in the pronunciation of the english language? or is it all the same? i've wondered about this in regards to brits.
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hearing an educated - i suppose i mean less-strident - southern accent is like having Liv Tyler make love to your ears, a New York/Jersey accent drives one to beat its owner to death with the nearest wall. the rather nasty 'like, OMG' califorinan accent (or perhaps dialect?) produces a similar result.
i suppose its a kind of a reflection on the way we view the differing parts of american society, with a southern accent you can imagine the speaker smiling at you while they're speaking, with a dreadful New York nasal accent you can imagine them stabbing you for standing on the PAVEMENT!, while the Californian accent - or perhaps 'shopping mall' accent - gives the distinct impression of absolute inactivity between the ears and
appears to intone that while said imbecile may be speaking at you, they aren't actually aware of your existance...
perhaps, in light of
Shek's rather excellent idea of a monthly book club, we should lay on a monthly 'how to speak and write English' club where the chosen among us can give gentle help to our less fortunate cousins in putting the letter 'U' in words, not subtituting the letter 'D' for the letter 'T', and not devising really naff alternative words for high-quality offensive language.
yippee ky-ay muddyfunsters!
