I used to get my mother to say "Cougahs eat bananars", and then we'd all laugh and everyone but me would have tea.
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Of course, cougerrs eat banahnerrs in that part of the world. There was also some demonstration of the Canadian accent from Dr Lindsay, you know? I learnt all aboot it. -
I don't sound like the rest. You've heard me. I sound like a saltwater hillbilly.
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I can't tell the difference between anyone from that part of the world unless they're really, really southern.
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I've had people from down James' way (OK, South Carolina) ask me if I was from Georgia or Texas. On several occasions. They thought I sounded MORE southern than them. I talk slow, but not a drawl.
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Well, you're a weirdo. We knew that,
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I do prefer British "received pronunciation": the vowels are "clear", at least (the "a" in "bath", for example, is indeed an "a")
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Barth in received. Barf in London. Bah-th up north.
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Sounds hilarious
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I have had to keep my hilarious comments about English accents to myself at work. And work to keep my own American accent as flat and neutral as possible.
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Those few days just flew right by, didn’t they?
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