Ron.M -> RE: New mail adress (again) (Jan. 15 2008 8:55:54)
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To be honest Hem, actually I can't tell the difference between a Californian accent and a Florida accent! Apart from say.. Southern drawl, Jewish New York and James Cagney Chicago, it all sounds the same to me! To me, most Americans tend to have longer, more powerful and well rounded vowel sounds where as in Britain, the vowels tend to be a lot shorter. (Except "Julian Bream" English and the Daaaaahncers! [:D][:D] ) Strange...It's probably because I don't live in the US that I can't hear the difference, but in the UK, practically anyone can immediately identify at least 10 regional accents. Jeez, in Scotland alone there are about 7 clearly different accents and that's just a population of about 5 million. I really like the sound of speech...it conveys so much. cheers, Ron
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