tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9479398.post7216565706872591111..comments2024-03-27T14:45:28.176-05:00Comments on Adventus: Speaking of....Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9479398.post-38971201070961250902016-09-18T10:16:10.011-05:002016-09-18T10:16:10.011-05:00I don't know what kind of accent I have. Peop...I don't know what kind of accent I have. People tell me I still sound as though I'm from New Orleans (or Brooklyn), and, after living for over 40 years in southeast bayou country in Louisiana, I must have picked up some sort of accent. When I hear my voice on a recording, I am horrified. Do I really sound like that?!! I speak with a definite, annoying (to me) drawl, which makes me want to stop talking altogether or take elocution lessons. Remember those?<br /><br />Non-native actors who try to speak in New Orleans or Cajun accents fail miserably. June Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723016934182800437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9479398.post-29666314155507000042016-09-17T13:02:34.058-05:002016-09-17T13:02:34.058-05:00I'm not sure I can "do" a Maine coas...I'm not sure I can "do" a Maine coastal accent and I only live about an hour inland, I certainly can't do a Northern Maine accent. <br /><br />Local accents are made of differences so subtle I don't think that phonologists could really describe them. I love difference. I loved the difference between the Arcadian and the Quebecois French accents, though that's dying out around here. I'm told there is an area in Maine where there's a bit of Finnish and another where it's more Swedish, though I don't know enough to know the difference. And, as you say, it's probably all being crushed out by TV. Alas. The Thought Criminalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01381376556757084468noreply@blogger.com