--- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <no_reply@> > wrote: > > > > There are some words in Russian that, when spoken > > *by* natives, would bag people as being from a > > certain province, and having grown up there in > > a certain era. Same in French. I assume that the > > same was true about American English at one point. > > but much of that has been worn away by how much > > Americans move around from state to state. > > I remember seeing a TV program many years ago where authorities (I > think they were police) could identify where a person was from by > having them read a paragraph that had key words in it that by the > way the people pronounced each word could pinpoint where the > speaker > was from. I can't remember whether it was because the speaker was > reluctant to say where they were from or whether the speaker had > amnesia.
There was a guy on Johnny Carson many, many years ago who had a similar talent. If you grew up East of the Mississippi, he could give you a list of 50 words to pronounce and then tell you where you were from, within a distance of 100 miles or so. Even at the time (and this was decades ago) he said that it didn't work for people from the West because they moved around too much. I would suspect that these days he wouldn't be able to do it with East coasters, either. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
