I disagree. British accents sound rude, northern accents are annoying. Indian accents I can deal with, unless the talking gets to fast, at which point my head assplodes.
A good southern accent sounds respectable. They make for great story tellers. Of course, this coming from the guy that scored 96% Dixie, so, you know. > -----Original Message----- > From: Tony [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2006 8:53 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: So Yankee or Dixie? > > southern accents sound dumb. i know for god's sake that that isnt true > but its the common prejudice. british sounding accents are looked upon > more favorably, and anything else is intriguing to most people. indian > accents > are growing more and more annoying as they are the sound of bad tech > support. > i can whip out about 4 or 5 good renditions of some accents... never on > call, > more situational. same reason im not a leading singer in a metal > band... no balls :) > but anyway... the point is... i love linguistics. love. > > i study, replicate, practice and obsess on some sometimes. when i hear a > new one > i practice in my car, incessantly :) so, is that nuts? or normal? > > later > > tw > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:201946 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
