Re: Apologetic for accent in English?! (was: Hello to you all!)
From: | John Cowan <jcowan@...> |
Date: | Thursday, March 14, 2002, 15:35 |
Michael Poxon scripsit:
> Or you could say
> something like "Vic said to Fred 'what you doing here?' in a thick
> Glaswegian accent" or suchlike. After that, you would know to 'hear' Vic in
> a Glaswegian accent.
All very well for Glasgow, which actually exists; and even a thick
Brithenig accent is fairly conceivable. But what is (in English) a
thick Uatakassi accent supposed to sound like? Still more, what
does a thick Livagian accent sound like when speaking Hangkerimian?
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han mathon ne chae, a han noston ne 'wilith. --Galadriel, _LOTR:FOTR_
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