Theiling Online    Sitemap    Conlang Mailing List HQ   

Re: USAGE: English, Masculine, Feminine

From:Jonathan Knibb <j_knibb@...>
Date:Tuesday, June 15, 2004, 18:51
Sally Caves wrote:
>I wonder if the English are as tone deaf to differences in American accents >as we are to British accents?
Depends what kind of TV and films one watches. I myself am almost completely clueless -- I can just about tell deep south from the rest, but that's as far as I go. Sorry! Now if someone would publish the definitive text: 'How To Tell Where An American Comes From, For Amateur English Phoneticians' ... Jonathan. _________________________________________________________________ It's fast, it's easy and it's free. Get MSN Messenger today! http://www.msn.co.uk/messenger