[Ads-l] emerging Antarctic accent?

[Margaret Winters]

A question for me would be whether, when the scientists leave Antarctica, they retain the new accent or if it is a phenomenon specific to the place and circumstances.  They are, after all, adult speakers of some other dialect/language when they arrive.

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MARGARET E WINTERS
Former Provost
Professor Emerita - French and Linguistics
Wayne State University
Detroit, MI  48202

mewinters at wayne.edu

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Subject: Re: emerging Antarctic accent?

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On Mon, Aug 28, 2023 at 8:50 AM Amy West <medievalist at w-sts.com> wrote:

> On 8/28/23 12:00 AM, ADS-L automatic digest system wrote:
> > Date:    Sun, 27 Aug 2023 18:31:46 +0000
> > From:    James Landau<jjjrlandau at NETSCAPE.COM>
> > Subject: emerging Antarctic accent?
> >
> >
> https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/wellness/a-new-accent-from-antarctica-has-been-discovered-by-scientists/ar-AA1fII1b?cvid=52b79da7d1464426cbddb40488ab3c5d&ocid=winp2fptaskbarhover&ei=17
> >
> > <quote>Antarctica might be the only continent on Earth with no natural
> human habitation, but it’s emerged that an “Antarctica accent” is very much
> a thing.
> > Despite having no locals, thousands of scientists have made up an
> ever-changing population in research stations over the years.
>
> The ISS has a similar situation. I think I've heard mention of
> development of an ISS dialect on Lingthusiasm. Is there any literature
> on it? (I can't remember if I tracked down a Lingthusiasm episode on it
> or not.)
>

That came up on the very first episode of Lingthusiasm:

https://lingthusiasm.com/post/154520059101/lingthusiasm-episode-1-speaking-a-single-language
transcript:
https://lingthusiasm.com/post/155357756341/transcript-lingthusiasm-episode-1-speaking-a

More on the "Runglish" of the Space Station here:

https://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/13/nyregion/russian-in-one-ear-english-in-another-and-a-3rd-tongue-in-between.html

--bgz

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