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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