tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20471270.post7371482910599930329..comments2023-05-13T12:42:00.360+01:00Comments on PamBG's Blog: My American AccentPamBGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11324370506889227234noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20471270.post-33294050966688515282007-01-15T08:26:00.000+00:002007-01-15T08:26:00.000+00:00Perhaps the person who devised the test was most f...Perhaps the person who devised the test was most familiar with Northern accents?PamBGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11324370506889227234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20471270.post-68194532284529315312007-01-15T07:21:00.000+00:002007-01-15T07:21:00.000+00:00Well, something's wrong here, because I am from th...Well, something's wrong here, because I am from the South and it gives my accent the same as yours. Yes, as in the Don Williams song, I "learned to talk like the man on the 6 o'Clock News" as I became educated. (News media in the U.S. use Midwest accents because they can generally be understood by everyone.) But still, there is something odd about that test. It doesn't even ask about most of the accent variations in the Southeast.<br /><br />For instance, a Georgian pronounces "ours" like "Rs", but someone from Virginia pronounces "ours" like "airs." I could multiply examples--none of which are in this so-called test.<br />But I call soft drinks "cokes," as a generic. Most people in the South do because Coca-Cola is bottled in Atlanta and Pepsi products weren't introduced until decades later.Michael Westmoreland-White, Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06343135380354344847noreply@blogger.com