Re: Probability of Article Replacement?

John Cowan wrote:
> Tristan scripsit:
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>>American [Y](?) ones.)
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> I don't know any AmE speakers that have front rounded vowels.
Well, it sounds like there's a front rounded vowel whenever an American
says a word like 'good'. Especially one with a more extreme accent than
the standard TV American accent, which is become more common, so 'god'
sounds a lot more like 'guard' these days. Maybe it isn't front rounded,
I'm just mentally pushing it further forward, but it sounds a lot
further forward than it should.

> BTW, I'm not sure why my boss chose his one and only Australian employee to
> record the Reuters Health general greeting, but anyone who wonders what
> Australians sound like outside the movies is invited to call +1 212 273 1700;
> hang up when the recording is over, please.
I've heard tell that news-report-style Australian accents are easier for
Americans to understand than British accents and easier for Brits to
stomach than American accents. This may or may not be true. And it
probably makes especially less sense if the general greeting is supposed
to be heard only by Americans...

Oh, and if you really want to hear a real Australian accent, I suggest
ringing something beginning with +61. Australians overseas for more than
a week come back sounding like foreigners. (Though foreigners probably
still think they sound Australian, but you can always pick which people
have gone overseas. This is one reason why we believe---correctly, I
should add---that there's no such thing as an Australian accent, we lack
an accent and going to places with them means we gain them :P )

Tristan.

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