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2008-04-04 Thread Penny Ladnier
The accents hit me this week while visiting Hawaii. I could pick out where tourist were from in the Southern U.S. were from by their accents. I can generally pick out a person's region of the Gulf Coast states by their accents. South Carolina accents are my personal favorites. Penny

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2008-04-04 Thread Saragrace Knauf
Amherst Massachusetts, our speech and pronunciation was just too mixed up!Sg From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2008 02:17:46 -0400 Subject: Re: [h-cost] [ h-cost]Making history hip The accents hit me this week while visiting Hawaii. I could pick out where

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2008-04-01 Thread Candace Perry
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

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2008-04-01 Thread Dianne
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

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2008-04-01 Thread Jean Waddie
I went and checked with my husband about the original books, I assume that's what the writer was referring to. But it would be worrying if people then listened to Sean Bean's accent and thought Ah, that's what Cockney is! Jean Kate M Bunting wrote: Trust an American not to know the

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2008-04-01 Thread LLOYD MITCHELL
well, the Yunzers of Pittsburg probably would! Kathleen - Original Message - From: Candace Perry [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'Historical Costume' [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 9:26 AM Subject: Re: [h-cost] [ h-cost]Making history hip Well, if someone is PA Dutch or from

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2008-04-01 Thread Rickard, Patty
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

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2008-04-01 Thread Abel, Cynthia
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

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2008-04-01 Thread Sarah Krans
And Kentucky is different than Tennessee. :) For the most part, the same is said about every state/region. Sarah K Wisconsin (but have been asked on a number of occasions if I were from Canada!) Well, if someone is PA Dutch or from Western PA or from South Philadelphia, you should be

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2008-04-01 Thread Sharon Collier
. 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

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2008-04-01 Thread AlbertCat
In a message dated 4/1/2008 5:32:33 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: 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 ** Ocracoke Island

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2008-04-01 Thread Ron Carnegie
a surviving 16th century accent were in fact settled in that period! Ron Carnegie -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sharon Collier Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 5:32 PM To: 'Historical Costume' Subject: Re: [h-cost] [ h-cost]Making history hip

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2008-03-31 Thread Kate M Bunting
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. Saragrace wrote: I know this may start a firestorm, but I saw this and was wondering why it had

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2008-03-31 Thread AlbertCat
In a message dated 3/31/2008 5:02:45 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Trust an American not to know the difference between Yorkshire and Cockney accents! * And can you tell someone from Alabama from someone from North Carolina? I can

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2008-03-31 Thread MaggiRos
Maybe the writer hasn't actually seen the series, but has read the books? we'll never know. MaggiRos who can tell the difference between the accents --- Kate M Bunting [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Trust an American not to know the difference between Yorkshire and Cockney accents! I