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ebola? said:
"Y'all" is drastically fucking useful, as standard English lacks a second person plural pronoun.

ebola
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YES!!! I agree!!! Everyone makes fun of me when I say y'all (I'm from Chicago, now I'm in Hawaii) like "What are you from the south? uhhuhuhuh" 8)

I say "like" and "um" too much, at least thats what ppl tell me.

I'm also one of those ppl that starts talking like the person they hang out with the most, i dont try to, in fact i try NOT to, but i do... :\
 
ebola? said:
"Y'all" is drastically fucking useful, as standard English lacks a second person plural pronoun.

ebola
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Amen, I'm come from a small southern town area where it's common, yet others from there trying to separate themselves from the uneducated stereotype refuse to use it! They resort to the ridiculous "you guys".

Another thing I noticed about my speech is that I don't pronounce T's at the end of words like that, what, not. so, "that" becomes something like "thagh" with a glottal stop, without even using the front of my tongue. I can't even figure out how this is regionally divided, as some Americans use it and some don't , and some British use it and some don't. The only ones who seem to constantly do this are the Irish.

Probably the most southern of my speech is the way I pronounce "don't". It comes out more like "dol'" again with a glottal stop. The only was I can fully pronounce it is with a kind of British accent--"down't".
 
MyDoorsAreOpen said:
Jamshyd and rachamim, does Arabic even have a 'ch' sound like in English? Whenever I've seen any Semetic language romanized, 'ch' represents a guttural, raspy consonant, as in 'Achmed'.
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Yep, "Ch" is the most widely accepted academic rendering of the gutteral sound that sounds like a more sandpaper-y "ch" in "Bach".

Worthy of note is that the word "Achmed" is a specifically hebrew corruption of the same name in Arabic, as Hebrew does not contain the equivalent of the letter ح (which sounds like hiss) and they tend to substitute it with a hebrew Cheth (ח). The plain "h" sound is actually a closer approximation to the way "Ahmed" sounds.
 
God, I last posted in this thread five years ago, practically to the month...

A little to add:

*I've found that I in fact do have a slight Texas accent, albeit one that foreigners seem to be able to pick up on more quickly than other Americans, strangely enough. Every so often I'll hear it in my own voice, though I'll maintain to the bitter end that it's barely noticeable.

*I swear a lot, but less than I used to; as a prospective teacher, it behooves you to work such language out of your daily vocabulary.

*"Like". I am so sick of this, but it's so deeply ingrained in my speech that getting rid of it is almost impossible.

*"Mm-hmm." I always hum this with full-on soul, like I'm at a black Baptist convention. ;)
 
n3ophy7e said:
Ahh cool, makes perfect sense. Thanks for explaining hun!
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hehe, i had to read the explanation as well! To me, though, the Jersey accent, and all of those words, have the same explanation as Occer Australiang. For instance.

"Gai Mai Hair'Garn?" (spoken really fast)

Is classic Occer and translates to "G'day mate, how are you going?

My mum used to have a book called "Let's talk 'strayan". (Let's talk Australian) which was an Occer dictionary - it was fantastic; I wish I still had it.

The only thing i know about the way I speak is that when i'm overseas, people don't believe that i'm Australian - even in Thailand, a Brit couldn't tell that i am an Aussie. :)

Lacey, i think you'd get a total kick out of listening to this on youtube (if you haven't already) - Train trip bogan girl rant - it's a classic example of a very classic type of Aussie - The Bogan. :D
 
Firstly, I can't believe I stumbled upon this thread when giving up and frustrated on a final paper for formal syntax. About to be a "Master" of linguistics, this thread is fascinating. I'm from NYC, and have lost/never had a lot of the features commonly associated with it. I've been living in Western NY for the last several years because of school, and I think I've managed to flatten my accent. Wikipedia has a good variety of articles about different varieties of English which are fun to look at, but here are some of mine I'm NOT willing to give up, no matter how "sub standard" they may be:
- I call a shopping cart a "wagon"
- the receptacle you put garbage into is a garbage pail
- the first vowel in "horrible, orange, forests, Florida" is NOT the same as the first vowel in "whore." It's more like "har".

When I'm not so fed up with linguistics that I want to say "fuck language why did i spend so long studying it," I will definitely jump back in on this thread. It's old, but seriously, very brilliant idea to start a thread like this lacey =)
 
purple cloud - my favourite word is onomatopoeia - 8 vowels, 4 in a row BOOYEAH! ;)

You should google Occer Australian or youtube it - very interesting :)
 
I have to say, recently I have become more and more proud and amused by a really heavy ocker Aussie accent. So awesome!! I find it hilarious that in my home country, some accents are so thick I can hardly even understand what the person has said =D

My favourite kind of Aussie accent is the type that drugfukkdrockstar possesses. Slightly ocker, but soft and feminine :) <3
 
My voice isn't very ocker at all. Maybe one day if I feel so inclined I might post something in that vocaroo Lounge thread.
dfrs' voice is freaking HOT <3

Samadhi I haven't heard your voice yet hun! :(
 
I did post something AGES ago in the lounge, but it's probably been deleted now. I hope we get to speak face to face soon <3

I watched you sing "I Can't Help Falling In Love With You" at a wedding and was enchanted - Now, whenever I hear that song (any version, but i have UB40's on my computer) I think of you :)

I love DFRS' voice - her laugh is one of the best i've ever heard :D:D:D
 
^You are right. DFRS has a VERY hot voice:) I love it.

I need to go through here and see how I said I speak- :)
Sometimes I'm high pitched- like when I get excited, its obvious- or if I'm smiling :) haha
I talk like I post as far as wording and all......
I think I'm nasally.........when I sing I'm nasally- I hate that.
I cuss like a sailor, I say like, like all the time.........I say 80's California sayings like, Totally,Majorly and OMG quite a bit......I say rad on occasion and I over use awesome.
 
Samadhi said:
I watched you sing "I Can't Help Falling In Love With You" at a wedding and was enchanted - Now, whenever I hear that song (any version, but i have UB40's on my computer) I think of you :)
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Aww thanks love! *blush* =D
Another song I did, "At Last" by Etta James, was better IMO...

Samadhi said:
I hope we get to speak face to face soon <3
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Me too :) <3
 
n3ophy7e said:
Me too :) <3
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Actually, DFRS posted a very bad video of me very very drunk singing Blondie's "Atomic" with a friend, Loey (the voice sounds shite because i'd sung about 10 songs before that) - and then actually there is a video of Trancegirle and I speaking utter shit - have a look at her Facebook Vids for a laugh (yay hens night videos) :D
 
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