tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4729559664676971737.post5094057764823229839..comments2024-03-28T11:20:31.192-04:00Comments on Years That Answer: Talk that talkColettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13929646037752189809noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4729559664676971737.post-51320551536904763332022-12-10T19:58:26.325-05:002022-12-10T19:58:26.325-05:00She was a police detective in Chicago.She was a police detective in Chicago.Joanne Noragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16601010208310707750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4729559664676971737.post-48708119829128314332022-12-07T12:50:05.444-05:002022-12-07T12:50:05.444-05:00Do you say "You guys?"Do you say "You guys?" Colettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13929646037752189809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4729559664676971737.post-47261224428460377382022-12-07T05:22:46.986-05:002022-12-07T05:22:46.986-05:00I would dispute the suggestion that regional accen...I would dispute the suggestion that regional accents are rare on the BBC. For ideological reasons the Tories are attempting to close the BBC down and in desperation the BBC is trying to prove its commitment to linguistic diversity. The plum job on BBC News has recently gone to Chris Mason a guy who was born where I come from, the long-standing senior foreign correspondent, Orla Guerin, comes from Northern Ireland, and the senior international editor, Lise Doucet has the most weirdly modified Canadian accent I've ever heard. More than that, many more more people of colour are being employed - some with impeccably hoity-toity south-eastern accents, others with Asian and Caribbean twangs.All very welcome as far as I'm concerned. Just recently the popularity of Netflix's The Crown series has re-exposed the viewing population to just exactly what the Queen's English actually sounds like; I have lived through the Queen's entire reign and I'd forgotten just how those twittery, pinched sounds used to grate my teeth when I was young. Very wisely she modified her spech as she got older.Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4729559664676971737.post-17940669751716302962022-12-06T22:48:48.552-05:002022-12-06T22:48:48.552-05:00I have only lived in the mid-west; born and raised...I have only lived in the mid-west; born and raised in Chicago and to the western burbs as an adult. I play around (a lot) with dialects because I work on the phone. I try to sound like I'm from everywhere, yet no-where. LOL Plus I have an actor in the family, words and sounds are our playground. :-) Middle Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12334580430376973159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4729559664676971737.post-34485650105544138092022-12-06T08:12:05.357-05:002022-12-06T08:12:05.357-05:00It actually sounds quite similar. I wonder if it i...It actually sounds quite similar. I wonder if it is the same around the world.Colettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13929646037752189809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4729559664676971737.post-76021395047738104612022-12-06T08:11:35.647-05:002022-12-06T08:11:35.647-05:00In Ithaca, NY subs are called Gyros (pronounced He...In Ithaca, NY subs are called Gyros (pronounced Heros). Colettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13929646037752189809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4729559664676971737.post-2907600853731783332022-12-06T08:10:38.615-05:002022-12-06T08:10:38.615-05:00Born and raised in the Bay Area! That must have b...Born and raised in the Bay Area! That must have been amazing. Colettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13929646037752189809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4729559664676971737.post-68692813217116141862022-12-06T08:09:38.988-05:002022-12-06T08:09:38.988-05:00I bet your British friends think you have an accen...I bet your British friends think you have an accent. lolColettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13929646037752189809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4729559664676971737.post-47255966525476926702022-12-06T04:20:52.400-05:002022-12-06T04:20:52.400-05:00Fascinating that you had to talk differently in NY...Fascinating that you had to talk differently in NYS to be treated as intelligent! There's still a lot of prejudice about regional accents in the UK. Queen's English is still regarded as the norm and anyone with a regional accent is seen as a bit lacking. You won't find many regional accents on the BBC.nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10472673041193755894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4729559664676971737.post-5224515711775030512022-12-05T17:08:01.401-05:002022-12-05T17:08:01.401-05:00I'm surprised the map only shows 4 dialects fo...I'm surprised the map only shows 4 dialects for NY state. I grew up in the NYC metro area and everyone can identify someone from Brooklyn from someone from The Bronx from someone from Long Island. <br /><br />I have lived in three different parts of the state and have had to adjust to many dialects and learn several names things like sub, hero, bomber, and wedge or soda, pop, soda pop.<br /><br />But apparently I am like a chameleon and adapt quickly and revert back to whatever region I re-visit.8thdayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17139355263412766126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4729559664676971737.post-41472371643597683222022-12-05T16:38:37.662-05:002022-12-05T16:38:37.662-05:00Ha! I have German ancestors who lived in Eastern N...Ha! I have German ancestors who lived in Eastern New York State. I say pa jahh mas, but I was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. My parents were born in Minnesota. Now I live in Washington State, 25 miles from British Columbia. As long as I have lived here, I have been asked where I am from when people hear my voice. People have guessed Canada, Ireland, and Scotland. <br /><br />When I was a medical transcriptionist, I loved hearing all the ways that English is spoken both by those born in the U.S.A, those from other English-speaking countries and those whose first language is not English. I'm tuned to regional accents and like to guess which part of the country a person is from.<br /><br />I just remembered that I have also been asked if I am from Chicago (-:amhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09212213177713917828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4729559664676971737.post-45307333486421805502022-12-05T09:12:50.654-05:002022-12-05T09:12:50.654-05:00This has really led me down a rabbit hole, wonderi...This has really led me down a rabbit hole, wondering how to characterize my accent. I don't think I really have much accent, aside from occasional use of the word "y'all," but I suppose an expert could find one in there somewhere.Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4729559664676971737.post-15932603774080751832022-12-05T08:22:57.772-05:002022-12-05T08:22:57.772-05:00What was her job that required such an interesting...What was her job that required such an interesting skill?Colettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13929646037752189809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4729559664676971737.post-40233271154520788472022-12-05T08:22:24.096-05:002022-12-05T08:22:24.096-05:00In Eastern New York State they call them pa jahh m...In Eastern New York State they call them pa jahh mas. I didn't know that about the Dutch. Colettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13929646037752189809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4729559664676971737.post-89980596640203929992022-12-05T08:20:44.216-05:002022-12-05T08:20:44.216-05:00Oh wow! That's remarkable. I think our langu...Oh wow! That's remarkable. I think our language is often shaped not only by our home life, but by our peer groups in school. In junior and senior high school, we all so desperately want to fit it. Colettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13929646037752189809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4729559664676971737.post-51789648114388988232022-12-05T08:18:08.974-05:002022-12-05T08:18:08.974-05:00I'm sorry to hear that.I'm sorry to hear that. Colettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13929646037752189809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4729559664676971737.post-61435948736406011912022-12-04T21:49:16.932-05:002022-12-04T21:49:16.932-05:00I don't know how else you would pronounce pyja...I don't know how else you would pronounce pyjamas.<br /><br />My husband was born closeby and has lived here all his life in Alberta, but has a little bit of an accent because he spent so much time in Holland. He pronounces all of the letters, as the dutch do. Pixiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01313413260127376288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4729559664676971737.post-49002559774060539262022-12-04T20:30:11.409-05:002022-12-04T20:30:11.409-05:00I met a customer at an art show who claimed she co...I met a customer at an art show who claimed she could listen to me and tell me where I was from. At the moment she knew I was NE Ohio, but she could narrow it down in time. She wandered my booth, asking me questions about growing up. We exchange childhood stories. After some time she said Akron, Ohio. She left, but was in and out all afternoon, asking a new question. Then she said "North Hill". And I said yes. "Will you get this narrowed to the street before the show ends?" Probably, she said. It was her job; what she did. And while we were packing up she stopped one last time and said "North of North High School, but there are too many streets and I'd just be throwing a dart." In fact we grew up on the last street in North Hill.<br />What I've always wondered, on reflection, was who taught us language? Our Mother spent all her life In Cleveland, Ohio and Dad in Irish coalminer Altoona, PA.Joanne Noragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16601010208310707750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4729559664676971737.post-68756344270536546222022-12-04T18:32:10.088-05:002022-12-04T18:32:10.088-05:00If I hadn't had 7 years of speech class I too ...If I hadn't had 7 years of speech class I too would have a midwestern accent. If I say Pop then everyone asks, where are you from immediately.<br />I've lived in the PNW, the east, Mid-Atlantic (DC area) and now the south. I always tried not to judge southeners But accent aside they have been the most rude people I've ever met and while their accents makes them sound like they aren't too bright I was gob smacked by how rude EVERYONE is here. <br />It so disappointed us!!! So who cares how they talk if only they were friendly, nice and smile. Margaret (Peggy or Peg too)https://www.blogger.com/profile/04247428494327269983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4729559664676971737.post-66932980773190354432022-12-04T18:17:59.623-05:002022-12-04T18:17:59.623-05:00No punching. My height was one factor but I was al...No punching. My height was one factor but I was also held in awe for other reasons, pollysyllabilism being the main one. Strange really, given that most of them had been formally educated for at least a couple of years more than I had.Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4729559664676971737.post-41730393860843163902022-12-04T14:08:34.619-05:002022-12-04T14:08:34.619-05:00I'm laughing out loud as I read this. I'm...I'm laughing out loud as I read this. I'm sure they hated you for correcting them, ha. You're lucky you didn't get punched out. Colettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13929646037752189809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4729559664676971737.post-43370116794968675502022-12-04T14:05:18.730-05:002022-12-04T14:05:18.730-05:00Ha! I've lived in Northern Indiana, Southern I...Ha! I've lived in Northern Indiana, Southern Indiana, Washington State, San Francisco, New York State, and now down to Florida. I pretty much don't feel like I belong anywhere.Colettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13929646037752189809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4729559664676971737.post-897794417468379482022-12-04T14:03:59.917-05:002022-12-04T14:03:59.917-05:00I'm glad you enjoyed it. I find regionalism t...I'm glad you enjoyed it. I find regionalism to be fascinating.Colettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13929646037752189809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4729559664676971737.post-69271666397372587402022-12-04T14:03:28.502-05:002022-12-04T14:03:28.502-05:00What fun! What fun! Colettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13929646037752189809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4729559664676971737.post-69986165965975634272022-12-04T13:32:41.229-05:002022-12-04T13:32:41.229-05:00I have lived in four of these sections. I suppose ...I have lived in four of these sections. I suppose I sound funny to all of them.Emma Springfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10543689047463574012noreply@blogger.com