Saturday Morning Toons

[gurdymonkey]

Sounds like any trace of MinneSOHda accent I might have briefly stepped in has come off my shoes. However, not everybody from North Jersey sounds like a mook. Yo, Joey, how you dooooooin'?

What American accent do you have?
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Mid-Atlantic. This is what everyone calls a Philadelphia accent although it's also the accent of south Jersey, Baltimore, and Wilmington. Well, everyone that lives near there, that is. Outsiders can tell you talk differently from them even though they can't tell what your accent is.

Take this quiz now - it's easy!

We're going to start with "cot" and "caught." When you say those words do they sound the same or different?

Different Same, no wait I mean different, maybe, a little bit different... Same

Oh, and BTW, next time I ask you "Are you a God?" say "Yes!"

What kind of God are you?
Name
DOB
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You earthly time was spent	Supplanting kingdoms, punishing tyrants and levelling the empires of the wicked with the breath of your nostrils
Your throne is	A humble respte overlooking the rolling hills of Elysia
You wear	A humble tunic and robes, belying your inestimable supernatural powers just waiting to shatter the woes of Creation
Your Godly superpower is	Complete dominance and sovereignty over time and space and the infallible right to do with both as you please
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This explains SO much.....  Gaius, that weird space-time continnuum thing? Me. I'm sorry. Sorta. 

WHOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My Regency gown fits. I don't have a proper corset for this period, but a Jockey Shapewear camisole and briefs are keeping everything where it's supposed to be and has the advantage of being made out of bacteriostatic fabric with good wicking properties. I can "glow" all I like and not smell like well marinated athlete.  I'm goin' to Gaskell's!

Comments

[kass-rants.livejournal.com]

Sounds like any trace of MinneSOHda accent I might have briefly stepped in has come off my shoes.

Well, thank God for small favours!

*I*, on the other hand, am apparently from Northern New England. Like as in Maine! Do I say "here-ah"? Ever?!?!

*sigh* Well, I guess you not sounding like you're from Joisey and me not sounding like I'm a Coal Miner's Granddaughter t'ain't so bad...

Have fun as Gaskell's! I'm jealous...

[gurdymonkey.livejournal.com]

There are a couple of problems with that quiz. 1. It's a WRITTEN quiz about how one's speech sounds. 2. The tester may have sorted certain regional characteristics, but there's no way for the tester to truly know what the taker sounds like. 3. The taker may not be conscious of every little thing in terms of how the taker sounds. 4. How does one quantify between "different" and "sort of different" ?

Whatever. Anyway, I promise to make a full report about Gaskell's.

[kass-rants.livejournal.com]

All very true points, but I really don't speak anything like the people where I grew up. Matter of fact I got an on-air job at a radio station at age 15 precisely because I didn't have a regional accent. 8)