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Old 03-23-2012, 09:37 AM   #31
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Absolutely good point, Dana.

I have an ear for these things, I think. I'm like Henry Higgins. I can 'hear' the slightest differences in the way things 'sound' when I'm reading them...and I think this contributes to my spelling ability too.
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Old 03-23-2012, 09:56 AM   #32
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I think this contributes to my spelling ability too.
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Old 03-23-2012, 10:00 AM   #33
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Old 03-23-2012, 10:04 AM   #34
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Ok. Did I imply you did?

I've heard people pronounce them the same but these people are uneducated mushmouths.
No --- Not at all. I just don't get how that makes me a
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Old 03-23-2012, 10:06 AM   #35
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My friend in Louisiana (born, bred, still there smack dab in the middle of cajun country) got a Philly accent response. I think it's very accurate: never noticed any sort of south in their accent.

Same friend said they could hear Wisconsin in my voice. I didn't know that, but I guess it's sort of true.
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Old 03-23-2012, 10:15 AM   #36
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*snickers*

Look at the letters. dAWn. dOn.

Figure it out, genius.
Ask a serious question....

Whatever.
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Old 03-23-2012, 11:19 AM   #37
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It doesn't matter how many times you show the different pronunciations, if that pair of letters represents that sound in an accent, then that's how the person will read it.
True dat.
For both Dani and I, bath rhymes with path and has the same vowel sound as laugh and graph.

But she could also include faff in that list.
Whereas I would include par.
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Old 03-23-2012, 01:55 PM   #38
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I do not have a good voice for TV and radio. When I speak, it's a mix of southwest, Philly, and I don't know what.

Your Result: The Midland
"You have a Midland accent" is just another way of saying "you don't have an accent." You probably are from the Midland (Pennsylvania, southern Ohio, southern Indiana, southern Illinois, and Missouri) but then for all we know you could be from Florida or Charleston or one of those big southern cities like Atlanta or Dallas. You have a good voice for TV and radio.
Result Breakdown:
90% The Midland
80% Philadelphia
70% The Northeast
70% The Inland North
69% The South
38% Boston
33% The West
15% North Central
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Old 03-23-2012, 02:02 PM   #39
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Some of my Brit friends would crack me up when they said "Pass the Pasta"

I would say "Pass the paahsta", they'd reverse the intonation of the a and say "Paahss the pasta"
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Old 03-23-2012, 02:07 PM   #40
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Paws the pesto.

Pees the penis.

Pace the pessimist.
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Old 03-23-2012, 02:53 PM   #41
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Some of my Brit friends would crack me up when they said "Pass the Pasta"

I would say "Pass the paahsta", they'd reverse the intonation of the a and say "Paahss the pasta"
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Old 03-23-2012, 02:56 PM   #42
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The 'Mary, merry, marry' question did not give me the choice I wanted: Mary & marry sound exactly the same to me, merry sounds different, which wasn't an option.

Kinda/sorta accurate.

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Old 03-23-2012, 02:59 PM   #43
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I love Kentucky...accent and all.
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Old 03-23-2012, 03:00 PM   #44
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BTW, God and Gawduh and Gawaduh shoulda been on there.
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Old 03-23-2012, 03:11 PM   #45
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pond, on, don all have the same different sound.
uhm... no.... pond, and don do. On sounds different to me. pond and don have the ah sound. dahn = don. pahnd = pond.

on rhymes closer with pawn. to me.

but then I'm from philly, yo.

I say Ah-fiss for office. shelby used to mock me.
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