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The Guardian Notes & Queries asks today, Is there a foolproof way to distinguish a Canadian from an American by their accents?Someone suggests that Canadians pronounce the phrase 'out and about'...
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Of course I can tell the difference between Irish, English, Scottish, etc. accents. They sound nothing alike. You didn't mention one distinctive British accent, though....... royalty LOLYou know, that...
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A site with mp3 files of various speakers from various regions of England if anyone would like to listen to some various English accents.www.ku.edu/~idea/england.html
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We Yanks have a reputation for being poor linguists. Struck up a conversation once with fellow passenger on airport shuttle; when I asked if she was from New Zealand, she said, suspiciously "Yes, but...
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>>Is "BBC news" an accent? That's called "RP" or "received pronunciation," or "public school," I thought.It seems to be in flux, though. I remember seeing a film showing a bunch of British...
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Do Canadians (or Mexicans or South and Central Americans) have a problem with the US being referred to as America? I sometimes hear folks correcting us when the noun is used to refer only to the States.
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There are some who like to point out the "America" thing. Personally, I think they're being silly. It seems to me that the entire land mass is "The Americas," and that these people must stay up nights...
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My experience is that Canadians will complain about the US appropriating the word "American" when they want to take a dig at those south of the border, but will otherwise happily use the term to...
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I talked to someone yesterday who I was sure is from New Zealand, though my mother thought she wasn't. I didn't have the nerve to ask, since I'm sure she's asked all the time...so I don't know how...
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This is a good site for helping to distinguish between Australian and New Zealander accents, berekah.One of the tips is, get them to say The cat sat on the mat.If the cet set on the met, you've got...
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Is it just me, or does a New Zealand accent sound more South African than Australian? If I only hear a couple of words, those are the two I have to think about.
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Thanks, aldi...I really don't know where my mom thought the woman was from :-) Reading it, I still think I was right!I'll have to send her that link!
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I know quite a few South Africans, but only one New Zealander. In my experience, the two accents are not even remotely alike--although I am sure one can pick out a few common traits. The New Zealand...
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I was puzzled by Dave accusing me of nonsequiturism, seeing as everyone else was discussing "funk", but now I see that I somehow landed my post in the wrong thread. Obviously, it was supposed to be in...
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I guess I'm in the Wilton/Seinfeld camp. While I am certainly familiar with the hip/cool/weird/ sense of funky, I have only used or heard it (in real life) to mean smelly. In its hip sense funky has...
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AHD4 lists the odor sense as the primary one. That's the only dictionary I have that lists senses in order of usage, as opposed to chronological order. But if you check other dictionaries that list by...
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Just to repeat here - we Brits recognize only the "cool", not the "smelly" meaning of funky.
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"Not necessarily. Funky is a particular type of bad odor. Rotting fish would smell very bad, but not funky. A New Orleans cathouse or a teenager's gym locker might smell funky." (JJ)I would have to...
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I'm not so sure about this. "Funky" has a strong connotation of mustiness, the smell of stale sweat and other bodily secretions. Though like many words, the sense can be applied rather loosely. One...
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As a Canadian (Maritimer) I am with you MoMac lets not funk up the thread (or mix metaphors).My subject line (from earlier in the thread) is true for many reasons. More and more these days...Due to...
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I always thought that Canadians mispronounced "schedule" when I was younger. Now I know they do.
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