[78-L] Accent you hate [FWD]

Mark L. Bardenwerper, Sr. citroenid19 at sbcglobal.net
Thu Jun 11 15:52:56 PDT 2009


Bud Black wrote:
> It always amuses me to watch an old movie where the actors are portraying
> the great statesmen of early American history, and hearing George Washington
>  Benjamin Franklyn, or Thomas Jefferson speaking in good old Americanese,
> when in all probability they all spoke with a pronounced English accent, not
> being that far removed from the mother country.
>
>   
Want to get really confused, then decide to drop the subject? Try to 
read this
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phonological_history_of_the_English_language

Arrgggghhh maytees


I will give you a quick lesson in Australian
Say
"Oil"
Say
"Beef"
Say
"Hooked"

Now say them together.
Again.

What did you say?

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