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Re: First Sound Recording of Asha'ille!

From:Andreas Johansson <andjo@...>
Date:Saturday, March 5, 2005, 13:16
Quoting Joe Fatula <joefatula@...>:

> On Fri, 4 Mar 2005 23:21:22 -0500, Sally Caves <scaves@...> > wrote: > > >I don't pronounce Teonaht correctly. But I mispronounce it fairly > >fluently--lot's of practice. It has much more palatalization than I give it > >for my "pretty" little readings. But I don't sound American, I don't think; > >I don't in any of the foreign languages I speak feebly. The French usually > >take me for British, and the Germans take me for French. > > > >Sally > > > That's rather funny... > I've been told that my German sounds _Mexican_ of all things (though I doubt > most Germans would be aware of the difference between Mexican Spanish and > most other forms). My Russian sounds Kazak sometimes (uvular "q" and "g" > with back vowels, no palatalization, /Z/ > /dZ/, etc.). > > Sometimes the vowel harmony rules from Kazak seem to spill over to German > for me, which gets weird looks from people.
I've been accused of speaking English with, of all things, a Russian accent. Andreas