> -----Original Message----- > From: Graywolf [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I have read that "educated mid-western english", and > "upper-class british english" (I assume not- the TV and > movie, "I, say, what?" stuff) are the only unaccented english > dialects. >
whatever you read that in deserves to be thrown into the mid-Atlantic. The whole idea of any unaccented natural language is complete nonsense. As far as your examples go, it would mean that 'educated mid-western' (or network English) and 'upper-class British English' (more properly, RP) were indistinguishable. You can discover that this is not the case by listening to the news on CNN and BBC World. Or have someone from each region or class say the following words: butter, bitter, batter, better, matter, fatter. You will notice very distinct differences in the 't' and 'r' sounds. These are only the most obvious differences (the 'o' in 'obvious' would also be very different). -- Cheers, Bob
