07-06-2007, 16:01 PM
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Join Date: 09-15-06
Location: Penzance, Cornwall UK
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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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Good question, and not an easy one to answer. The American accent has been changing, as we can see from watching old films (movies). 50 or 60 years ago it sounded quite different from films made today. It was closer to standard English then. Pronunciation of the name 'Bob' has changed to BAAB in that time span. I like regional accents and I think they add interest. In the UK regional accents were even more marked before the advent of radio, and then TV came along - so we are changing also! I think a lot of early settlers went to the Appalachians and because they were rather isolated their speech could be different from mainstream America. I know they kept dulcimer music alive while it has all but died out here.
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