Do you hear voices when you read posts? - Page 2

monster · 04-20-2009, 09:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DanaC

Monnie sounds like a manc in my head (but not a strong manc accent, just a hint),.

heehee, you would've been right in the UK. it was like standard Uni accent with flat vowels. But now I sound American to most Brits (and still Brit/Aus to most Americans), but it doesn't take me long back in the company of Brits for me to slide back a bit. I guess I mostly have American vocab, cadence and intonation with a Brit accent.

Cicero · 04-20-2009, 10:29 PM

Yes- I make UT sound like Mickey Mouse in my head.

kerosene · 04-20-2009, 10:38 PM

Sugarpop sounds like the good witch Glinda from the Wizard of Oz, to me. Not a bad thing...I always looked forward to seeing her in the movie when I was a kid.

Clodfobble · 04-21-2009, 05:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by monster

heehee, you would've been right in the UK. it was like standard Uni accent with flat vowels. But now I sound American to most Brits (and still Brit/Aus to most Americans), but it doesn't take me long back in the company of Brits for me to slide back a bit. I guess I mostly have American vocab, cadence and intonation with a Brit accent.

I can confirm that monster and Beest both sound British to my ear, but your kids sound American--except for one moment, when Hebe said "pasta" as if it rhymed with "master" and it caught me totally offguard.

lumberjim · 04-21-2009, 05:03 PM

I was shocked to hear clodfobble's training clip. sounds just like those ladies in those training clips!

Trilby · 04-21-2009, 05:15 PM

lj and ut sound like phillia's. Pure. Philly. Accent.

DanaC · 04-21-2009, 06:31 PM

How should pasta sound?

Aliantha · 04-21-2009, 06:33 PM

Don't they say it with a short 'a'? A few people use that pronunciation over here, but mostly it's a long 'a' like you lot in the UK.

DanaC · 04-21-2009, 06:39 PM

well...we don't all pronounce it with a long 'a' here. It varies regionally. I pronounce it with a short 'a'. Well...not quite as short as a full on northern accent.

Aliantha · 04-21-2009, 06:43 PM

Hmmmm...very interesting.

monster · 04-21-2009, 08:07 PM

here, the first syllable of pasta usually rhymes with car.

I would say the brits pronounce the first syllable to rhyme with fast, but as some yanks would give that two syllables (fay-ast) so that doesn't help

Clod, the "master" comparison doesn't always work either because some brits (southern pooftahs) would pronounce that to rhyme with American "pasta" and some (northern bastards) wouldn't

Trilby · 04-21-2009, 08:14 PM

teh cellar: we can argue about pasta!

lumberjim · 04-21-2009, 08:29 PM

pasta rhymes with rasta ...farian

Aliantha · 04-21-2009, 08:35 PM

Well that's got two pronunciations too where I live. Some say the first a short and others long.

monster · 04-21-2009, 08:54 PM

poor old Hebe, she didn't know we were dicussing her on here, but just said out of the blue "everyone on the bus laughed at me today because I said Vitamin (vitt-a-min) not Vye-da-min".

so I said "That's OK, everyone on the cellar is laughing at your pronounciation too"

04-20-2009, 10:29 PM	#17
Cicero Looking forward to open mic night. Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New Mexico Posts: 5,148	Yes- I make UT sound like Mickey Mouse in my head. __________________ Show me a sane man, and I will cure him for you.- Carl Jung

04-21-2009, 05:03 PM	#20
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	I was shocked to hear clodfobble's training clip. sounds just like those ladies in those training clips! __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

04-21-2009, 05:15 PM	#21
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	lj and ut sound like phillia's. Pure. Philly. Accent. __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

04-21-2009, 06:33 PM	#23
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Don't they say it with a short 'a'? A few people use that pronunciation over here, but mostly it's a long 'a' like you lot in the UK. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

04-21-2009, 06:43 PM	#25
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Hmmmm...very interesting. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

04-20-2009, 10:38 PM	#18
kerosene Touring the facilities Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The plains of Colorado Posts: 3,476	Sugarpop sounds like the good witch Glinda from the Wizard of Oz, to me. Not a bad thing...I always looked forward to seeing her in the movie when I was a kid.

04-21-2009, 06:31 PM	#22
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	How should pasta sound?

04-21-2009, 06:39 PM	#24
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	well...we don't all pronounce it with a long 'a' here. It varies regionally. I pronounce it with a short 'a'. Well...not quite as short as a full on northern accent.

04-21-2009, 08:07 PM	#26
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	here, the first syllable of pasta usually rhymes with car. I would say the brits pronounce the first syllable to rhyme with fast, but as some yanks would give that two syllables (fay-ast) so that doesn't help Clod, the "master" comparison doesn't always work either because some brits (southern pooftahs) would pronounce that to rhyme with American "pasta" and some (northern bastards) wouldn't __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

04-21-2009, 08:14 PM	#27
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	teh cellar: we can argue about pasta! __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

04-21-2009, 08:29 PM	#28
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	pasta rhymes with rasta ...farian __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

04-21-2009, 08:35 PM	#29
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Well that's got two pronunciations too where I live. Some say the first a short and others long. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

04-21-2009, 08:54 PM	#30
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	poor old Hebe, she didn't know we were dicussing her on here, but just said out of the blue "everyone on the bus laughed at me today because I said Vitamin (vitt-a-min) not Vye-da-min". so I said "That's OK, everyone on the cellar is laughing at your pronounciation too" __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

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