online accent quiz

[Tom Zurinskas]

Paul

Sounds like you're another Brit on board.  I do believe there are more Brits
in this forum than non-Brits.  That's why I'd like to see a line like my own
in signature to indicate where lived.

I'm telling all dialectologists that you better muster up forces because the
dialects are getting out of hand.  I attended a talent show at Palm Beach
Community College a few years ago with my wife and  parents.  The MC used
street language and the crowd was responding to it.  We were constantly
looking at each other asking "what is he saying?".  And it was English.

Tom Zurinskas, USA - CT20, TN3, NJ33, FL4+
See truespel.com and the 4 truespel books at authorhouse.com.





>From: Paul Johnston <paul.johnston at WMICH.EDU>
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>To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
>Subject: Re: online accent quiz
>Date: Sun, 3 Dec 2006 22:35:43 -0500
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>Tom,
>We could have used you in 1385, when those dirty kids (no doubt
>corrupted by Lollardy, rampant anticlericalism and uncouth Northern
>influence (those wlaffyng harryng and garryng grisbyters) had the
>audacity to drop final -e, when it is written.  Now we can't tell
>weak from strong adjectives.  How are those from Flanders, Hainault
>and Cleves going to learn our language then??
>
>God save King Richard,
>Paul
>On Dec 2, 2006, at 8:42 PM, Tom Zurinskas wrote:
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> >> From: "Dennis R. Preston" <preston at MSU.EDU>
> >
> >> Tom,.
> >
> >> Not quite; since aspect is the phonological componenet of dialect,
> >> your monsieur from Indianapolis won't quite cut it.
> >
> > aspect?  You're saying you can't have a French accent in a midwestern
> > dialect then?
> >
> >> Please refer to former conceted efforts to change language. The
> >> caught-cot distinction will go, and our grandchildren will not be
> >> linguistic dummies for the loss.
> >
> > The caught/cot distinction won't go because it shouldn't.  You may
> > not care,
> > but there are those that do.  Awe-droppers do the language a
> > disservice,
> > create unnecessary homonyms, thereby lessening intelligibility and
> > ease of
> > learning English.
> >
> > Are all efforts to change language conceted?
> >
> >> dInIs (who, as you notice, does very well with I-E conflation
> >> beore nasals)
> >
> > conflation?  Another word for merging.  Of I-E.  What's this SAMPA
> > for short
> > i and short e?
> >
> > I have no clue what dInIs is.  SAMPA for Dennis?  Both vowels are
> > short i?
> > This does not happen in USA.  You must be a Brit?
> >
> > Tom Zurinskas, USA - CT20, TN3, NJ33, FL4+
> > See truespel.com and the 4 truespel books at authorhouse.com.
> >
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