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Claire Silverspar
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08-18-2008 12:39
lol Lexxi. I like that one
 I spose those guys don't really have an accent. Though I have heard people thinking the cor blimey guv'nor accent is the regular british and strangely I've had people think my accent is normal. I guess it depends what your used to, but yeah...BBC is generic british _____________________
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Max Herzog
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08-18-2008 12:39
The "regular" British accent is the BBC accent. At least that is how I've heard it discribed. I have never found "BBC" on the map. (hehe, yes, I know what BBC stands for) I have a very neutral, "regular" English accent, which at a push, is BBC. Although modern day BBC English is nothing like the strangulated vowels of 1950s newsreaders (or the Queen, who is the only person alive who speaks in that fashion). _____________________
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Max Herzog
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08-18-2008 12:41
Oh, and for the uninitiated, the "cockney" accent employed by Dick van Dyke in the Disney hit "Maori Pawrpince" is by no means authentic.
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3Ring Binder
always smile
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08-18-2008 12:42
I don't even know where Charter Way is. I was raised in Visalia, which is about half way between Fresno and Bakersfield in the South San Joaquin. I turned 18 and got the hell out of town so fast you could see flames from my footprints. Moved to Tacoma, Seattle, then down to Olympia. I'd be perfectly happy living here the rest of my life. Or not. I'll probably finish my career here and then go somewhere interesting. sounds like you were raised in the good part. _____________________
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Claire Silverspar
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08-18-2008 12:43
Oh, and for the uninitiated, the "cockney" accent employed by Dick van Dyke in the Disney hit "Maori Pawrpince" is by no means authentic. lol, that makes me laugh every time _____________________
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Kaimi Kyomoon
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Join date: 30 Nov 2006
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08-18-2008 12:46
A selection of British accents: http://www.bl.uk/learning/langlit/sounds/index.html Though some of these aren't really strong. Birkenhead is the scouse accent. My accent is on there too (try the aberdeenshire one...see if you can understand it  )The "regular" British accent is the BBC accent. At least that is how I've heard it discribed. I have never found "BBC" on the map. (hehe, yes, I know what BBC stands for) I have a very neutral, "regular" English accent, which at a push, is BBC. Although modern day BBC English is nothing like the strangulated vowels of 1950s newsreaders (or the Queen, who is the only person alive who speaks in that fashion). _____________________
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Trout Recreant
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Join date: 24 Jul 2007
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08-18-2008 12:46
sounds like you were raised in the good part. lol - the South San Joaquin is one of the worst places on earth. Visalia was like that town in Footloose only with hotter weather and not quite as progressive an attitude. Now it's exactly the same, but with more stripmalls and pollution. The main industries are farming, burning old rubber tires and hatred. I go back to visit family, but honestly, good riddance to that place. _____________________
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Lexxi Gynoid
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08-18-2008 12:48
lol - the South San Joaquin is one of the worst places on earth. Visalia was like that town in Footloose only with hotter weather and not quite as progressive an attitude. Now it's exactly the same, but with more stripmalls and pollution. The main industries are farming, burning old rubber tires and hatred. I go back to visit family, but honestly, good riddance to that place. Ah the life, farming hatred and tires. Then burning them, the tires, while laughing evilly and stroking a white cat. _____________________
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3Ring Binder
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08-18-2008 12:49
lol - the South San Joaquin is one of the worst places on earth. Visalia was like that town in Footloose only with hotter weather and not quite as progressive an attitude. Now it's exactly the same, but with more stripmalls and pollution. The main industries are farming, burning old rubber tires and hatred. I go back to visit family, but honestly, good riddance to that place. Charter Way is the dark side of Stockton. I have been to Visalia recently... during the day, i find it safer. i can't speak for night time dangers, although i suspect they both compare to Watts on a hot summers full moon night. _____________________
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3Ring Binder
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08-18-2008 12:51
Ah the life, farming hatred and tires. Then burning them, the tires, while laughing evilly and stroking a white cat. good memories, eh? LOL _____________________
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Cee Edman
The Dude Abides
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08-18-2008 12:55
Right you are.My mom and my Aunt Olive, unlike all the other girls who quit school at 14 to work in the Leicester hoisery factory, or anyone else in their family, except my Uncle Derek, who went to college, managed somehow to have perfect BBC accents. My American friends always thought she sounded so cool on the phone. I lived in the UK in the same period you were there. My secretary in London came from Yorkshire, but had a perfect BBC accent. She informed me that girls in their late teen years who expect to have careers, especially in the home counties, are all taught that accent before they finish their schooling. |
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Kaimi Kyomoon
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08-18-2008 12:55
lol - the South San Joaquin is one of the worst places on earth. Visalia was like that town in Footloose only with hotter weather and not quite as progressive an attitude. Now it's exactly the same, but with more stripmalls and pollution. The main industries are farming, burning old rubber tires and hatred. I go back to visit family, but honestly, good riddance to that place. _____________________
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3Ring Binder
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08-18-2008 12:59
tomorrow i have to go back to werk. back to a job i don't want to be at. back to rising at 6am and answering to the man. ugh
i hope i don't lose my mind and go postal.  _____________________
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3Ring Binder
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08-18-2008 12:59
I drove through there last summer. Seemed nice enough from the freeway... sounds like it's just as well we didn't stop and try to cause any trouble. they wouldn't have known what hit them!  _____________________
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Cee Edman
The Dude Abides
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A Message from Ireland
08-18-2008 12:59
Speaking of accents -- there are also geo-specific attitudes. Here's one, in a message I received from a sister-in-law:
____________________________________ 'We, in Ireland , can't figure out why you people are even bothering to hold an election in the United States. On one side, you had a pants-wearing female lawyer, married to another lawyer who can't seem to keep his pants on, who just lost a long and heated primary against a lawyer, who goes to the wrong church, who is married to yet another lawyer, who doesn't even like the country her husband wants to run! Now...On the other side, you have a nice old war hero whose name starts with the appropriate 'Mc', married to a good looking younger woman who owns a beer distributorship !!! !!!!!! ? What in God's name are ya lads thinkin' over there ? ! ? ! ! |
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Kaimi Kyomoon
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08-18-2008 13:00
I lived in the UK in the same period you were there. My secretary in London came from Yorkshire, but had a perfect BBC accent. She informed me that girls in their late teen years who expect to have careers, especially in the home counties, are all taught that accent before they finish their schooling. _____________________
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3Ring Binder
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08-18-2008 13:01
Speaking of accents -- there are also geo-specific attitudes. Here's one, in a message I received from a sister-in-law: ____________________________________ 'We, in Ireland , can't figure out why you people are even bothering to hold an election in the United States. On one side, you had a pants-wearing female lawyer, married to another lawyer who can't seem to keep his pants on, who just lost a long and heated primary against a lawyer, who goes to the wrong church, who is married to yet another lawyer, who doesn't even like the country her husband wants to run! Now...On the other side, you have a nice old war hero whose name starts with the appropriate 'Mc', married to a good looking younger woman who owns a beer distributorship !!! !!!!!! ? What in God's name are ya lads thinkin' over there ? ! ? ! ! LMAO! tell your SIL that she has just swayed my vote! _____________________
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Kaimi Kyomoon
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08-18-2008 13:01
tomorrow i have to go back to werk. back to a job i don't want to be at. back to rising at 6am and answering to the man. ugh i hope i don't lose my mind and go postal. _____________________
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Amaranthim Talon
Voyager, Seeker, Curious
Join date: 14 Nov 2006
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08-18-2008 13:04
Speaking of accents -- there are also geo-specific attitudes. Here's one, in a message I received from a sister-in-law: ____________________________________ 'We, in Ireland , can't figure out why you people are even bothering to hold an election in the United States. On one side, you had a pants-wearing female lawyer, married to another lawyer who can't seem to keep his pants on, who just lost a long and heated primary against a lawyer, who goes to the wrong church, who is married to yet another lawyer, who doesn't even like the country her husband wants to run! Now...On the other side, you have a nice old war hero whose name starts with the appropriate 'Mc', married to a good looking younger woman who owns a beer distributorship !!! !!!!!! ? What in God's name are ya lads thinkin' over there ? ! ? ! ! I am about to spam everyones email I know - ROFL _____________________
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Kaimi Kyomoon
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08-18-2008 13:04
Speaking of accents -- there are also geo-specific attitudes. Here's one, in a message I received from a sister-in-law: ____________________________________ 'We, in Ireland , can't figure out why you people are even bothering to hold an election in the United States. On one side, you had a pants-wearing female lawyer, married to another lawyer who can't seem to keep his pants on, who just lost a long and heated primary against a lawyer, who goes to the wrong church, who is married to yet another lawyer, who doesn't even like the country her husband wants to run! Now...On the other side, you have a nice old war hero whose name starts with the appropriate 'Mc', married to a good looking younger woman who owns a beer distributorship !!! !!!!!! ? What in God's name are ya lads thinkin' over there ? ! ? ! ! _____________________
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Maureen Boccaccio
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08-18-2008 13:08
tomorrow i have to go back to werk. back to a job i don't want to be at. back to rising at 6am and answering to the man. ugh i hope i don't lose my mind and go postal. Poor punkin...  _____________________
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Maureen Boccaccio
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Join date: 28 Feb 2008
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08-18-2008 13:09
Speaking of accents -- there are also geo-specific attitudes. Here's one, in a message I received from a sister-in-law: ____________________________________ 'We, in Ireland , can't figure out why you people are even bothering to hold an election in the United States. On one side, you had a pants-wearing female lawyer, married to another lawyer who can't seem to keep his pants on, who just lost a long and heated primary against a lawyer, who goes to the wrong church, who is married to yet another lawyer, who doesn't even like the country her husband wants to run! Now...On the other side, you have a nice old war hero whose name starts with the appropriate 'Mc', married to a good looking younger woman who owns a beer distributorship !!! !!!!!! ? What in God's name are ya lads thinkin' over there ? ! ? ! ! Good one. _____________________
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Claire Silverspar
Pokes Badgers With Spoons
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08-18-2008 13:11
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Trout Recreant
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Join date: 24 Jul 2007
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08-18-2008 13:16
Unless you count my dad's funeral, the birth of my daughter or my mom's cancer surgery, I haven't had a legitimate vacation since 2002. I'm trying to work up some sympathy for you, 3Ring. Really, I am.
NNNGHHGHHHHH. /strains mightily. Nope. No good. I bet you're looking forward to it more than you're willing to admit. Have fun with the new gig! _____________________
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Beathag McMahon
Undercover Perv
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08-18-2008 13:34
Oh? Did you find a mirror? Well yes, I am - but this lovely lady has darker hair than I do. Taller too _____________________
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