there are good old man accents with a strong southern style that accompany big long beards, and lots of experience in life. but thats the exception rather than the rule. example: any wal*mart on any night.
tw On 3/28/06, Nick McClure <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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:5:201950 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
