Re: Of accents & dialects (was: Azurian phonology)
| From: | Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, October 21, 2008, 0:52 |
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Yes, I do dissimilatory code switching. It throws people off...
What I *meant* was that an RP speaker sounds to me like they have a
very strong accent.
On 10/20/08, Eugene Oh <un.doing@...> wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 10:21 PM, Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> wrote:
>
>>
>> Thus, from the perspective of an RP speaker, I have a strong American
>> accent, and vice versa, even when, say, reading something in Formal
>> Written English.
>>
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> From the perspective of an RP speaker you have a strong American accent and
> vice versa? You mean, from the perspective of a Merkan speaker you have a
> strong RP accent? How quaint!
>
> Eugene
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