How people talk

[thebitterguy]

An archive of accents.

Curiously, it lacks Canucks. That's because we talk normal, I guess.

Courtesy, of course, of cleolinda.

edit: Yes, Canadians are under "English", I see that. I just posted it up so I'd remember it when I got home from work.

edit2: God, this is GREAT. The English accents ALONE are fascinating.

Comments

[ketronic.livejournal.com]

hehe.... yup, we're normal and everyone else is weird :)

[creativedv8tion.livejournal.com]

Ummmmmm, no. ;)

[creativedv8tion.livejournal.com]

No, you just didn't look hard enough.

Under the "english" category:

28. English Speaker from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
29. English Speaker from Lindsay, Ontario, Canada
30. English Speaker from St. Mary's, Ontario, Canada

Under the "french" category:

7. French Speaker from Quebec, Canada

Whoops!

[thebitterguy]

Heh. I actually didn't get to look at any of them (the link was posted so I could find it later). I see now they're organized by language of origin, rather than nation.

[thebitterguy]

Oh, God. They have one from South Africa. They have the best accent EVER.

[creativedv8tion.livejournal.com]

*listens* Yeah, that was pretty good.

I'm disappointed in the fact that the word "coffee" or "garage" isn't in the narration, b/c it would so make the Boston speaker's that much better.

Kinda like (whatever region of) Canuckians and "about".

(Not poking fun - seriously enjoy hearing them.)

[skaiser.livejournal.com]

I can attest to that...

[thebitterguy]

DoooOOOOo tell?

[skaiser.livejournal.com]

My girlfriend just happens to be South African. And lemme tell you I find no accent sexier.

You may have met her at Charlottes house warming last summer.

[thebitterguy]

Oh, yes.

I may have asked her to say "passionfruit".

[skaiser.livejournal.com]

Passionfruit?

[thebitterguy]

My favourite sound in the universe is someone with a SA accent saying 'passionfruit'. Something about the emphasis on the "pa" and "roo" sounds that just makes my spirit soar.

[skaiser.livejournal.com]

Ahhh... I do remember her telling me that someone asked her to say passionfruit and not entirely understanding why...

[terheyt.livejournal.com]

I found them through the atlas.

Fascinating site, though. Thanks.

[thorkell.livejournal.com]

There's no Icelandic there, we're the normal ones..

[kaijugal.livejournal.com]

I like how the non english speaking participants have listed "age of english onset", like it's a disease or something. XD

[dogbreathcanada.livejournal.com]

There are a few Canadian accents ... under English.

[andpuff.livejournal.com]

Um, shouldn't that be: That's because we talk normal, eh.

[thebitterguy]

Oh, yeah. Too right, eh?