Thank you for rushing to my defense, Stephen. And thanks for apologies, Tim,
though not necessary at all.
The hideous example of "Young American Dialect" probably sounds even worse to
those not from New England, because in addition to what used to be called "Val
Gal" (remember that? it was a sort of mush-mouth speech affectation used by
teenaged girls, complete with its own little obscure glossary), here we also
have the New England accent twisted into it.
So my original sentence, phonetically, looks more like:
"OhmiGOO-od. Ah yuh SEER-e-ous?...LATE-uh."
As I'm originally from Ohio (where we have our own idiosyncratic pronunciation
- think "runnin'," "jumpin'," and "warsh" for "wash"), my ear still picks up on
New Englandese, even after 30+ years. And I haven't completely lost my Ohio
accent either, though I left in 1964, at 17. (Henry Kissinger and I may have
at least one thing in common.)
Beth Benoit
Granite State College
Plymouth State University
New Hampshire
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Beth Benoit went:
> Ohmigod, are you serious? When I saw this, I was like, whatever. You
> guys are so: I don't even know. Later.
Tim Shearon tried to explain:
> Beth. Approximately six documented cases a year people begin speaking =
> with notable and recognizable inflection following a stroke or head =
> injury. Is that what you mean by serious? :) Yup. Unusual but it =
> happens. Tim
I think I can help here. Tim, my deconstruction of Beth's remark is not
that she was expressing amazement at foreign language syndrome (as well
we all may). Instead, she was contributing a tiny perfect sample of Young
American dialect (accent, if you will).
Well done, Beth.
Stephen
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