Yes, I was thinking about that. The attachment is 2.3 megs or so. Pretty big.
I can put it on my site wetmachine, I guess, if I can figure out how to do that without making it public. Or, if there's another, simpler solution anybody on the list cares to offer, please tell me. It's an mp4 file of me speaking, about 2.4 megs. I don't want to share it with the world, only with Silklist. jrs On Jun 2, 2012, at 10:50 PM, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > I'm manually forwarding this message which was trapped by the list > filters - John, could you link to your attachment rather than send it to > the list? > > On 03-Jun-12 7:28 AM, [email protected] wrote: > >> Subject: >> Re: [silk] How the Woosters captured Delhi >> From: >> John Sundman <[email protected]> >> Date: >> 03-Jun-12 7:27 AM >> >> To: >> [email protected] >> >> >> "Water" is a word that is pronounced in many different ways in Americanese. >> Even in these days of homogenization of speech, regional differences still >> exist. >> >> As do class distinctions. >> >> For example, when people first meet me they generally can't tell where in >> America I'm from unless I happen to utter a few "tell" words in the >> regional accent of the place I grew up. ( One such word is "coffee.") My >> home town was my father's home town; he was one of the few among his >> classmates who went to college and aspired to learn "high culture". My >> father was very particular with his seven children, correcting our grammar >> and diction when he thought they were "low class". He wasn't (isn't) a snob; >> he just didn't want to seem stupid or uneducated, or more precisely, I >> guess, boorish. He speaks with an accent markedly different from that of his >> childhood companions. >> >> I grew up in a place called North Caldwell, New Jersey, a borough that >> covers an area of 3 square miles or so. When I was a lad the area still had >> farms and wooded areas; now it's all houses. I grew up in a modest farmhouse >> on a small farm (2 cows, 8 sheep, 60 chickens. . .). My father was a farmer >> from 4:30 to 6:30 AM and from 7 to 8 at night. During the day he worked in >> Manhattan, climbing up the corporate ladder. >> >> I only mention this because I suspect that most members of this list are at >> least marginally familiar with the accent most associated with the little >> borough of North Caldwell: that of Tony Soprano ("Tony Fuckin' Soprano") and >> his wife Carmella. Tony and Carmella are fictional, but their North Caldwell >> is quite real; Carmella attends Notre Dame Church, where I was an altar boy; >> their daughter Meadow attends West Essex Regional High School, which was >> build on the farm taken from my family by eminent domain for that purpose, >> and so forth. The actors who portray Tony and Carmella do a very convincing >> job of speaking in a northeastern New Jersey accent.: >> >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9oY7zpan18 >> >> By contrast, here's what I sound like in my normal speaking voice >> (attached). For an extra bonus, if you listen to this short sample of me in >> my normal speaking voice you get to hear me in Tony Soprano mode at the end, >> including the word "coffee". >> >> Regards, >> >> jrs >> >> P.S. Would be delighted to hear what y'all sound like too-also. >> >> >> > > -- > ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com)) >
