Re: The Queen's English and derrivatives.

[TomFODW]

In a message dated 6/18/01 12:34:41 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

<< English, Aussie, South African, and New Zealand to name a few.   Does 
anyone have any pointers that would help easily distinguish these dialects? >>

Well, to start with, there are many "English" accents - Cockney, Yorkshire, 
midlands, west country, Liverpool (several of those), etc. (Plus Welsh and 
Scottish - lowland, highland, Glaswegian - Belfast, Irish.) Not to mention 
the RP. You have to be more specific.

It's hard to describe a sound using words. I can recognize many of the 
different ones, and I could point them out, but I'm not sure I can describe 
them in print.



Tom Beck