[at-l] RE: OT: Great Internet Radio station.

[nealb at midlandstech.edu (William Neal)]

Fiona Ritichie use to broadcast her public radio show on Celtic Music from
Charolotte, NC.  I  use to listen to it a lot.  She always had a lovely
accent, but since moving back to Scotland   her accent is more Scottish than
it was.  

And when I use to visit my kin folk in Florida, I would come back to South
Carolina with a Yankee accent.  I also remember an "actor" who sounded as
"hick" as any hillbilly ever sounded.  He never became a star, but he use to
teach other actors how to speak with a correct accent for almost any
language: I saw a TV article on him showing some actor how to speak English
as if she was a native born Russian speaking American English.  And all I
could think was, "Wow.  And he sounds like me naturally."  Now I love my
accent; especially after getting complimented at a SF con on how lovely my
Southern accent was.  Since then my accent has moved even farther South. ;-)

As to Orientals and accents...  There is a Korean or Chinese commedian who
is from the Kentucky or Tenn. area.  When I first heard him, I was a bit
shocked when I looked at the TV screen and saw him.  He sounds like my
cousins.  

William, The Turtle

-----Original Message-----
From: Kelly Whitman [mailto:kellyswhitman@hotmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2003 9:49 PM
To: at-l@backcountry.net
Subject: Re: [at-l] RE: OT: Great Internet Radio station.


When I came back from living in Ireland, I sounded Irish, which is fine 
since I'm a dual national with Ireland anyway, and Americans tend to find 
Irish accents charming.  When I came back from living in India, I sounded 
Indian, which baffled everyone, since I look Irish, lol.  I worked hard in 
voice lessons to get rid of my soCal accent, but it'll still come back when 
I talk to someone else with a strong soCal accent. That's okay because 
that's where I'm from.

However, I DO NOT want to sound like a southern Arizonan!  Nonononono!!!

Kelly Whitman
INTP
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"There ARE no other women like me."  -- 7 of 9

> > I'd DIE if I had to listen to small-town radio where I live now, I need 
>a
> > refuge  from these accents (so I don't develop one).
>
>I've lived in South Florida for have my life now, which, ironically, is as
>far south as you can get, but is a mixture of New York, Spanish and 
>Caribean
>accents.  I STILL have my southern accent.  Although if you asked a 
>relative
>still living in Tennessee, they would say I sounded like a "Yaynkay"  
>(Yankee).
>The Boy often still looks at me funny when I come out with an odd saying 
>every
>now and again.  He finally learnt that when I get my "uhl" changed in my 
>car,
>I'm getting my oil changed in my car.  You should hear him in his New York
>Bronx/Chinese accent try and say "Hi Ya'll!"  It's comical.

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