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Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 04:50 PM Original message |
I'm curious: Who here has a regional accent? |
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grace0418 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 04:51 PM Response to Original message |
1. I don't have the stereotypical Chicago "soss-age and da bearss" accent, but I suppose it's |
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Bjornsdotter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 03:15 PM Response to Reply #1 |
88. That's a Bridgeport accent |
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grace0418 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 03:26 PM Response to Reply #88 |
90. I'd like to agree with that but I have a whole mess of cousins who sound like that and |
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Bjornsdotter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 03:47 PM Response to Reply #90 |
91. Wow |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 04:05 PM Response to Reply #88 |
95. Every life-long Lakeview type I knew talked that way. |
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Bjornsdotter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 04:07 PM Response to Reply #95 |
97. Another wow |
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ceile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 04:54 PM Response to Original message |
2. I have developed an accent over the years. |
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Aristus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
3. Every region but mine. |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 08:55 AM Response to Reply #3 |
73. Everybody but me! |
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Call Me Wesley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 04:57 PM Response to Original message |
4. I have! |
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texas1928 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 04:58 PM Response to Original message |
5. I have a Texas accent, and not that crap Bush* spews out. |
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driver8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 05:04 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. My father grew up in Texas and absolutely HATES that Shrubmeister |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 04:59 PM Response to Original message |
6. Dewd |
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wildhorses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 04:59 PM Response to Original message |
7. very thick hillbilly. |
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Esra Star (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 05:11 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. What? Do you sound like Cletus on the "Simpsons"? nt |
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wildhorses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 07:59 PM Response to Reply #13 |
33. i dunno. i haven't had tv for the past 4 yrs. i just got it |
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idgiehkt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 06:42 PM Response to Reply #7 |
27. true southern? |
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wildhorses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 07:58 PM Response to Reply #27 |
32. well, i am from alabama and, when i visit my family |
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idgiehkt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 08:09 PM Response to Reply #32 |
38. that makes sense |
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Ptah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 07:49 PM Response to Reply #7 |
31. Now I wish my phone was working. |
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wildhorses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 08:05 PM Response to Reply #31 |
37. your phone is broke? |
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Wapsie B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 12:05 AM Response to Reply #7 |
57. Yes I would agree with that. |
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Inchworm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 05:03 PM Response to Original message |
8. I think I have a southern mix |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 05:05 PM Response to Original message |
10. I have a wicked Bawstun accent and I phark my chahr |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 05:06 PM Response to Original message |
11. Mex, Tex-Mex, Massatwochits |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
12. I lapse into a bit of Houston drawl when I'm really tired. |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 05:14 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Same here |
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BarenakedLady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 05:25 PM Response to Original message |
15. I gave up mine |
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ellisonz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 05:41 PM Response to Original message |
16. West Coast. |
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Throd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 05:58 PM Response to Original message |
17. I slur my words like a Hoosier when I'm tired or drunk. |
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Jokerman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 08:38 AM Response to Reply #17 |
70. From a Hoosier who is neither tired nor drunk: |
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kmla (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 11:19 AM Response to Reply #17 |
78. I concur with Jokerman. |
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Throd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 02:15 PM Response to Reply #78 |
86. Calm down. |
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kmla (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 03:52 PM Response to Reply #86 |
93. You should look up the definition of self-deprecating. Your post wasn't. |
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WritingIsMyReligion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 06:00 PM Response to Original message |
18. Didya pahk tha cah? (A little Maine) |
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Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 08:04 PM Response to Reply #18 |
36. Words with -ar endings are the only indication that I am from the north. |
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maveric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 06:00 PM Response to Original message |
19. Boston, but a bit watered down of late. |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 06:02 PM Response to Original message |
20. Texas drawl. n/t |
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Random_Australian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 06:14 PM Response to Original message |
21. Well, y'd pick me out in a crowd o' yanks, that's for sure. |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 08:30 PM Response to Reply #21 |
45. Sometimes Ozzies sound JUST like Yanks |
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Random_Australian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 11:38 PM Response to Reply #45 |
52. If we are carrying a megaphone, then perhaps. |
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femmocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 06:17 PM Response to Original message |
22. I can speak a great Pittsburghese, informally. |
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no name no slogan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 06:37 PM Response to Original message |
23. I bet you do... |
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KitchenWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 06:38 PM Response to Original message |
24. I do - I have the Minn-a-soooooota accent |
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NMDemDist2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 11:08 AM Response to Reply #24 |
75. you certainly do! |
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idgiehkt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 06:39 PM Response to Original message |
25. I do. |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 06:42 PM Response to Original message |
26. Apparently, I do. |
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AggieGal (635 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 06:43 PM Response to Original message |
28. Texan I guess |
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Fox Mulder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 07:40 PM Response to Original message |
29. I have a strong Minnesota accent. |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 07:48 PM Response to Original message |
30. Depends on whether I need it or not. |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 08:02 PM Response to Original message |
34. Light southern drawl |
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Redneck Socialist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 08:03 PM Response to Original message |
35. By the Jesus, you all tahk wicked weird. |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 08:17 PM Response to Original message |
39. I can put on a Maine accent, but my folks were raised further down the east coast so I have |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 08:19 PM Response to Original message |
40. Mine comes and goes from southern midwestern |
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Aristus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 08:24 PM Response to Original message |
41. I'd give anything to hear NewWaveChick1981's North Carolina accent. |
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idgiehkt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 08:46 PM Response to Reply #41 |
49. probably |
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AggieGal (635 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 08:27 PM Response to Original message |
42. My sister sounds like the Shake n Bake girl |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 08:27 PM Response to Original message |
43. I was told once that I have a TOTAL Bay Area accent... |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 08:29 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. There's a Bay Area accent? |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 08:33 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. It's more about the word usage than the tone, I think |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 08:43 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. Hella. They don't use that in SoCal? |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 08:44 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. Napes |
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MsKandice01 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 11:48 PM Response to Reply #46 |
55. I'm from SoCal but live in the bay now... |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 08:47 PM Response to Original message |
50. Boston accent, it gets worse the more excited I get |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 11:52 PM Response to Reply #50 |
56. I do the same thing!! lmao! |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 07:08 AM Response to Reply #56 |
64. I find most peope outside the north east can't tell the difference between Boston and NYC accents |
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MissMillie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 07:04 AM Response to Reply #50 |
63. I, too, find that my Boston accent gets thicker when I get excited |
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stuntcat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 09:11 PM Response to Original message |
51. heavy Southern but not annoyingly so |
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Left Is Write (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 11:39 PM Response to Original message |
53. I've been told I've lost my Minnesota accent. I've been told I've never had one. |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 11:41 PM Response to Original message |
54. Not at all. |
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ElizabethDC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 12:07 AM Response to Original message |
58. A little bit of Southern-ness. It comes and goes. |
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BreweryYardRat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 01:41 AM Response to Original message |
59. Moi. A semi-Southern accent. |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 06:28 AM Response to Original message |
60. I have a Philadelphia accent. |
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I Have A Dream (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 06:53 AM Response to Original message |
61. I'm told that I don't. n/t |
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BikeWriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 06:53 AM Response to Original message |
62. English is my second language... |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 07:43 AM Response to Original message |
65. An amalgam of southern NJ and Piedmont NC |
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WilmywoodNCparalegal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 08:13 AM Response to Original message |
66. A mixture of standard American English, |
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unsavedtrash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 08:28 AM Response to Original message |
67. Southern accent |
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dropkickpa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 08:30 AM Response to Original message |
68. I'm a mess |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 08:33 AM Response to Original message |
69. Pennsylvania Dutch here |
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lost-in-nj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 08:45 AM Response to Original message |
71. I didn't know I had one |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 08:46 AM Response to Original message |
72. broadcaster english with no trace of regional dialect |
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Arkansas Granny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 11:03 AM Response to Original message |
74. I grew up in the midwest, but I've lived in the south for over 40 |
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NMDemDist2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 11:10 AM Response to Original message |
76. I'm so schizophrenic, but right now since I live in West-West Texas (aka SE NM) |
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CottonBear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 11:10 AM Response to Original message |
77. Southern accent (Western NC/Eastern TN mountains). |
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DFW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 11:44 AM Response to Original message |
79. Been a Texas resident since 1982, but |
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slj0101 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
80. I never really had one, but I grew up in Pittsburgh |
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I Have A Dream (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 07:56 PM Response to Reply #80 |
102. That's for sure! n/t |
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I Have A Dream (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 07:56 PM Response to Reply #80 |
103. That's for sure! n/t |
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I Have A Dream (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 07:56 PM Response to Reply #80 |
104. That's for sure! n/t |
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DFW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 11:53 AM Response to Original message |
81. By the way, the governor of California has a regional accent |
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Drum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
82. Not really identifiable... |
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tjwmason (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
83. No, I speak pretty much R.P. |
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Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 12:43 PM Response to Reply #83 |
85. "Which may be frightfully old-fashioned, nay archaic..." |
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tjwmason (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 03:00 PM Response to Reply #85 |
87. I don't know how Dickens spoke |
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Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 03:16 PM Response to Reply #87 |
89. Aw c'mawn! (to use a bit of my Maine) |
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buddhamama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
84. i don't |
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Madspirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
92. The Spice of the Language |
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Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 04:00 PM Response to Original message |
94. I'm not sure. |
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TrogL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
96. Buffalo |
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Bjornsdotter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 04:12 PM Response to Original message |
98. Ha, I have 2 |
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Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 05:36 PM Response to Original message |
99. I do in Spanish. |
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texanwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 06:01 PM Response to Original message |
100. I have a Texas accent but didn't really think about it until I went into the Army. |
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Penndems (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 06:05 PM Response to Original message |
101. Southern accent here - a multi-generational Virginian |
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tinfoil tiaras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 07:59 PM Response to Original message |
105. Mee |
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Chemical Bill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 08:01 PM Response to Original message |
106. A girl from Houston... |
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