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Re: YAEPT: Woman imitates many English accents

From:Adam Walker <carrajena@...>
Date:Sunday, March 9, 2008, 22:15
Well the "Texas" accent does sound like it should be
form somewhere in the state, but it doesn't sound East
or North.  It might be a western accent.

Adam

> I can vouch for the California accent (my native > one, 1:39 - 1:44 of > the video) and the Seattle accent (where I currently > live, 1:45 - > 1:50) as being more-or-less accurate. People in the > comments don't all > agree that her rendition of particular accents are > good, though. YMMV. > > I think this video just proves to myself that my ear > really isn't all > that well-trained, despite knowing intellectually > about phonetics; I > couldn't come *close* to imitating even one other > accent convincingly. > I'd love to see a close IPA transcription of this > video, if anyone who > *does* have a good ear is interested in taking the > time. :) > > > -- > AA >
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