On Fri, Jan 13, 2006, Eric Crouch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > The BBC is, I guess, influential in spreading pronunciation and > before that the public schools (equivalent I think to private schools > in the US) would have had an influence.
I was born in Falmouth Massachusetts, and for the first 5 years oof my life was surrounded by people who sopke with a regional accent (Pahk the Cah in Hahvad Yahd). The accents in nearby new england states (Connecticut, vermont, new hampshire, maine) are quite similar, but to the natives they were then quite distinct. I was relocated to New York City at age 5, returning to Boston for College, but by then I had acquired the more neutral accent of TV I suppose, the accents of my birth home are rarely heard on my toungue these days, mainly when I am visiting there and hearnig it from others. Perhaps it is my singing experience, I do find that when I am conversing extensively with someone who has a strong regional accent I tend to drift my own speach in that direction; perhaps in a subconcious attempt to attain better communication. -- Dana Emery To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
