There's an island off the Carolina coast, which, until they got a bridge and satellite TV, had an almost perfect version of a 16th century eastern English accent, which has died out/changed in England. My mom is frequently asked if she is from New York, but she is a native San Franciscan. The accent is similar, apparently.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Abel, Cynthia Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 7:59 AM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost] [ h-cost]Making history hip Sometimes it is difficult to pick up accents and how people will react. My Dad was born and raised in New York State. The accent there is quite different than the Bronx, for example. Twenty years in the Air Force and thirty years in Nebraska "erased" his NYS accent--he and two of his sisters sounded quite different to me as a teenager from my two aunts that remained in their home state. Eighteen years in northern Arkansas, gave he and my Mom a bit of Arkansas/southern Missouri "twang", but not much. Mom was raised in western Iowa, but she and I pronounced drama and wash differently. I say dra-ma and wash; she said warsh and draama. Both are correct for each state, but we argued a lot about it. When I went to school in Minneapolis, MN, I was teased for a Nebraska accent. What is interesting is that language experts are making a lot of discoveries of simularities between some area accents in Britain and some American accents, usually in rural areas. Cindy Abel -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rickard, Patty Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 9:10 AM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost] [ h-cost]Making history hip Or from Pittsburgh, y'uns. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Candace Perry Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 9:27 AM To: 'Historical Costume' Subject: Re: [h-cost] [ h-cost]Making history hip Well, if someone is PA Dutch or from Western PA or from South Philadelphia, you should be able to tell, youse guys! KY and TN sound very different from TX. Candace Perry Bally, PA -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dianne Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 9:07 AM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost] [ h-cost]Making history hip Trust an American not to know the difference between Yorkshire and Cockney accents! I believe Bernard Cornwell originally created Sharpe as a Londoner, but Sean Bean comes from Sheffield.>> Can you tell the difference between a Michigan accent and a Pennsylvania accent? How about Kentucky and Texas? Dianne _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
