tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1750120863647373520.post4337384561885937916..comments2023-08-08T11:48:10.725+01:00Comments on swisslet: And he don't even have to say 'owt...swisslethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16708248700851998044noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1750120863647373520.post-42495016195806266662006-09-29T14:05:00.000+01:002006-09-29T14:05:00.000+01:00My question is this:What other way is there of pro...My question is this:<br><br>What other way is there of pronouncing <i>much</i>?<br><br>I grew up in Wisconsin. My family ate breakfast, lunch and supper, in that order. Dinner was a large, formal-ish meal, replacing either lunch or supper. So we could have breakfast, dinner & supper, or breakfast, lunch & dinner. Except for my grandmother. She referred to mealtimes as breakfast dinner & supper. Lunch was a snack between meals, as in, <i>would you like to lunch on some cookies?</i><br><br>I've now lived in Texas for over 17 years (nearly half my life). I've picked up a slight twang, but it's usually only noticeable when I'm back home in Wisconsin. I do say <i>y'all</i> but refuse to say any form of <i>fixin'</i> (i.e. <i>I'm fixin'ta go to the mall</i> or <i>I'm fixin'ta make dinner</i>.monogodohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05199805669905170061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1750120863647373520.post-82482441092821120272006-09-28T09:09:00.000+01:002006-09-28T09:09:00.000+01:00i can't stand listening to my own voice, Lizzy...i can't stand listening to my own voice, Lizzy, so you are reet there.<br><br>an audiopost?<br><br>*overtaken by pace of change in world*LBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02066193789730336267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1750120863647373520.post-11913215003670222282006-09-28T00:45:00.000+01:002006-09-28T00:45:00.000+01:00I've sometimes been told that my accent is Can...I've sometimes been told that my accent is Canadian, but it's just Minnesotan (rent Fargo, if you need a reference).spinsterwitchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02170310579228627517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1750120863647373520.post-43569192472763820152006-09-27T23:51:00.000+01:002006-09-27T23:51:00.000+01:00I had an audio thing recorded for another site a w...I had an audio thing recorded for another site a while back and messed it up, so it never got aired. In the meantime, Radiohumper did an audioblog involving her speaking both English and Italian, and she sounded so impossibly sexy and wonderful in audio form that I just couldn't get the urge to do my own again. Nobody finds their own speaking voice listenable, do they? (or do they?)<br><br>Short answer: do it, Swiss. Your public has decreed it.Literary Hoaxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07419448000189576363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1750120863647373520.post-87566855680963083302006-09-27T23:38:00.000+01:002006-09-27T23:38:00.000+01:00Do it Tone. All your US readership will adore you...Do it Tone. All your US readership will adore you for it.<br><br>When I did one in my LJ, I got accused of being posh. Bah rumpfh, What utter rot!YokoSpungeonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05964135094941312857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1750120863647373520.post-35536741594935565982006-09-27T23:30:00.000+01:002006-09-27T23:30:00.000+01:00oh heavens - you don't want an audiopost from ...oh heavens - you don't want an audiopost from me. I have a terribly nasal monotone. I'm sure you wouldn't like it. I'm not sure I do. I sound like a constipated smart-arse.<br><br>oh. hang on.....<br><br>STswisslethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16708248700851998044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1750120863647373520.post-83016032049879297542006-09-27T23:23:00.000+01:002006-09-27T23:23:00.000+01:00Hmm...I'm still trying to read this post out l...Hmm...I'm still trying to read this post out loud. I've got a hint of the NY accent, so even though I say "Bath" instead of "barth," my "bath" is more like "Baath." Perhaps an audiopost would have been in order!<br><br>:)<br><br>hHydehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05361348356625074872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1750120863647373520.post-13403569433291701802006-09-27T22:18:00.000+01:002006-09-27T22:18:00.000+01:00well ya see, i talk like dis. I'm frum da are...well ya see, i talk like dis. I'm frum da area sout of da city of chicawga. We gots deez tings called accents too.Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03531414847817210475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1750120863647373520.post-63445927438552855832006-09-27T21:51:00.000+01:002006-09-27T21:51:00.000+01:00Stef - I think it's pronounced "Grarse&qu...Stef - I think it's pronounced "Grarse" not "grass".<br><br>I found this when I was looking up the nottingham dialect, and as I'm on something of a golf vibe at the moment....<br><br>---<br><br>Severiano Ballesteros, the famous Spanish golfer had come to Nottinghamshire to play in a charity golf match. He had been paired with the club professional, a Nottingham lad.<br><br>At the first hole, the club golfer had the honour and drove first. He hit a wonderful tee-shot down the middle of the fairway, got a favourable bounce and his ball rolled on to the green, coming to rest within inches of the hole.<br><br>"That's a fabulous tee-shot." said Sevvy graciously<br><br>"Ta very much," said the club pro, "Burrittint a tee-shot, it's a pullova!"<br><br>---<br><br>tee hee.<br><br>I sympathise with your wandering accent syndrome too Cat - I once went to a scout camp in towcester when I was about 11. I was quite young for a scout, and I ended up the same tent as a load of americans. My accent morphed into something hideous from the mid-atlantic over the course of about a day. I sort of knew I was doing it, but I couldn't stop myself. Gosh - I haven't thought about that in 20 years.<br><br>Now if you'll excuse me, I'm off for a cob.<br><br>STswisslethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16708248700851998044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1750120863647373520.post-41719627439388115962006-09-27T21:45:00.000+01:002006-09-27T21:45:00.000+01:00All I have to say is "aye oop me'duck&quo...All I have to say is "aye oop me'duck"Sirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10307258809353216898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1750120863647373520.post-63453003685576520112006-09-27T21:25:00.000+01:002006-09-27T21:25:00.000+01:00you can also determine whether you are turning int...you can also determine whether you are turning into a Northerner (a good thing) by whether you say "us" like "uzz" or "us" like "us".<br><br>Breakfast, dinner, tea.<br><br>bath, path, laugh. All with no "r" sound in.<br><br>mad f'rit, me.LBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02066193789730336267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1750120863647373520.post-33096030088066839702006-09-27T20:30:00.000+01:002006-09-27T20:30:00.000+01:00watford gap yoko - it's even further north!STwatford gap yoko - it's even further north!<br><br>STswisslethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16708248700851998044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1750120863647373520.post-54929265186684188052006-09-27T20:11:00.000+01:002006-09-27T20:11:00.000+01:00"There's no sodding r in bath or grass fo..."<em>There's no sodding r in bath or grass for that matter</em>"<br>Bugger. There is an r in grass but you know what I mean.Stefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16723338929365683113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1750120863647373520.post-11932672644302830822006-09-27T20:10:00.000+01:002006-09-27T20:10:00.000+01:00I'm from Birmingham so I pronounce everything ...I'm from Birmingham so I pronounce everything poperly.<br><br>"Up" not "Oop"<br>"Bath" not "baarth" There's no sodding r in bath or grass for that matter.<br><br>Notice the Brummie versions are the way the words are spelt. <br><br>Just don't get me to say "all right" though as it'll come out "orlrooit" ;-)Stefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16723338929365683113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1750120863647373520.post-76637659465967585242006-09-27T20:01:00.000+01:002006-09-27T20:01:00.000+01:00Crikey, Watford? North of Cockfosters and I start...Crikey, Watford? North of Cockfosters and I start feeling cold.<br><br>Oddly, I am from Guildford and we say both tea and dinner.YokoSpungeonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05964135094941312857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1750120863647373520.post-54786045814305307562006-09-27T18:24:00.000+01:002006-09-27T18:24:00.000+01:00You've done well, with my wandering accent syn...You've done well, with my wandering accent syndrome it would have only taken me a couple of hours before I was talking like a native! <br><br>We eat lunch and dinner here too...Cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16091141519664411812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1750120863647373520.post-37476639814108180162006-09-27T17:51:00.000+01:002006-09-27T17:51:00.000+01:00Well, north or south, your post seems to be workin...Well, north or south, your post seems to be working now because I received my CD. (Review soon to follow). Yours is in the mail, let me know when you receive it!Jennihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16620338910442780375noreply@blogger.com