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Shaper
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written Saturday, July 23 2005 18:17
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He means strong. Strong = break bricks. He's right, you do. -------------------- I'll put a Spring in your step. Polaris Posts: 2396 | Registered: Saturday, January 29 2005 08:00 |
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Guardian
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written Saturday, July 23 2005 18:29
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Both of you are Australian, though. Stands to reason it'd sound like a strong accent to you. Pretty much any American would agree that it's thoroughly commonplace. :P -------------------- Stughalf "Delusion arises from anger. The mind is bewildered by delusion. Reasoning is destroyed when the mind is bewildered. One falls down when reasoning is destroyed."- The Bhagavad Gita. Posts: 1798 | Registered: Sunday, October 5 2003 07:00 |
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E Equals MC What!!!!
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written Saturday, July 23 2005 18:31
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See, I can't hear the Australian accent at all. Doesn't mean it doesn't exist. -------------------- Sex is easier than love. Posts: 1861 | Registered: Friday, February 11 2005 08:00 |
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Shaper
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written Saturday, July 23 2005 18:37
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To me, the Aussie accent is...normal. The American accent seems to me to be...um...cocky. I can't really put a word to it. But Aussies are the master of shortening words: G'day — Good day How ya goin? — How are you going? Naa — No Johno, Davo, Macca, and many more — nicknames depending on ones last name/first name. I love Australia. -------------------- I'll put a Spring in your step. Polaris Posts: 2396 | Registered: Saturday, January 29 2005 08:00 |
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E Equals MC What!!!!
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written Saturday, July 23 2005 18:41
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Who could forget having a stubbie and a bikkie for brekky? (Actually, that would be a terrible breakfast, but I just thought I'd demonstrate the tendency to make every word end in -ie.) EDIT: The American accent does come with negative connotations to me too. Maybe it's a result of it being associated with a country that often seems to forget that there's anything beyond it's own borders, or maybe it's just the sound. Either way, it does sound like the speaker is completely up himself. I know that isn't necessarily the case, of course, it's just how it sounds. Kinda like how Poms sound like toffs. [ Saturday, July 23, 2005 18:45: Message edited by: Ash Lael ] -------------------- Sex is easier than love. Posts: 1861 | Registered: Friday, February 11 2005 08:00 |
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Shaper
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written Saturday, July 23 2005 18:51
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Stubbie, bikkie, lippie, its all good. We are just too lazy to say the whole word. My personal favorite slang: 'Go tart yaself up.' Classic. -------------------- I'll put a Spring in your step. Polaris Posts: 2396 | Registered: Saturday, January 29 2005 08:00 |
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written Saturday, July 23 2005 19:38
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Lippie would make an even worse brekkie than a stubbie and a bikkie, though. -------------------- My BoE Page Bandwagons are fun! Roots Hunted! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
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Off With Their Heads
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written Saturday, July 23 2005 20:55
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I'll host anyone's voice clips. Keep it under a couple megs. -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever Posts: 7968 | Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00 |
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Too Sexy for my Title
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written Saturday, July 23 2005 21:37
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To Ash: I didn't say you sound british just more british than thuryl (whom i think does not sound british at all). To Dolphin: Don't worry about it; it is better to have no accent than a weird accent. For example me, I'm supposed to have the hispanic accent but since I've been living in the US for the past three years my accent has turned half american, half dominican, and half something else i'm not quite sure of, and according to some people my voice sounds pretty deep. Therefore, do not worry about it and post your voice. I'm sure many SW members are praying to God for you to do so. *Coughs* *Ben* *Coughs* Posts: 1035 | Registered: Friday, April 1 2005 08:00 |
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Shaper
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written Saturday, July 23 2005 21:40
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quote:Any-one else think this is a bit strange? You must be one and a half girls. :P -------------------- I'll put a Spring in your step. Polaris Posts: 2396 | Registered: Saturday, January 29 2005 08:00 |
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Off With Their Heads
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written Saturday, July 23 2005 21:46
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Yes, she definitely is. And I mean that in the best way possible. ;) -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever Posts: 7968 | Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00 |
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E Equals MC What!!!!
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written Saturday, July 23 2005 21:55
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Sent. I'm sure I butchered it. -------------------- Sex is easier than love. Posts: 1861 | Registered: Friday, February 11 2005 08:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Saturday, July 23 2005 22:07
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Apparently the most American accent is that used in Omaha and its environs. Unless you live in the area, you have an accent. —Alorael, whose real interest is in where words like schism and prism got a second syllable. There should be some accent that acknowledges that there's really only one vowel in there. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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Too Sexy for my Title
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written Saturday, July 23 2005 22:16
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quote:Not strange. I am a full woman who happens to be half better at other things than regular girls. Perhaps I'm more woman than most men can handle? Posts: 1035 | Registered: Friday, April 1 2005 08:00 |
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Off With Their Heads
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written Saturday, July 23 2005 22:16
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It's entirely normal for unstressed syllables to consist of nasals or liquids in English. Think of the two-syllable word "apple," for instance. What weirds me out is that apparently proto-Indo-European was perfectly fine with nasals, liquids, or continuants taking full stresses. That's just funky. -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever Posts: 7968 | Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00 |
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Lifecrafter
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written Saturday, July 23 2005 22:30
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It's kind of wierd but where I live no-one notices the kiwi accent (which is expected) but no-one notices most American accents either becasue theres so many that live in this area. Posts: 776 | Registered: Friday, July 4 2003 07:00 |
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Off With Their Heads
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written Saturday, July 23 2005 22:31
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Ash's second voice clip -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever Posts: 7968 | Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00 |
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Shaper
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written Saturday, July 23 2005 22:41
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*listens* Yay. You put in 'how you going?'. -------------------- I'll put a Spring in your step. Polaris Posts: 2396 | Registered: Saturday, January 29 2005 08:00 |
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Too Sexy for my Title
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written Saturday, July 23 2005 22:59
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I think I prefer the first clip. Posts: 1035 | Registered: Friday, April 1 2005 08:00 |
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written Saturday, July 23 2005 23:54
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This thread has definitely bottomed out. *this message sponsored by the Stugri-La in 2006 exploratory committee* Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |
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Nuke and Pave
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written Sunday, July 24 2005 14:03
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These voice clips are fun. Especially Ash's radio personality. Thuryl's voice also sounds very appropriate. I could see his posts being pronounced with that voice. As for impressions accents make, I think British accent makes the speaker sound more educated. About half-accents, I speak English with a Russian accent and Russian with an English accent. :) I wonder if I should post a sample of my grrreat Rrrushun uctzent. [ Sunday, July 24, 2005 14:06: Message edited by: Zeviz ] -------------------- Be careful with a word, as you would with a sword, For it too has the power to kill. However well placed word, unlike a well placed sword, Can also have the power to heal. Posts: 2649 | Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00 |
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Too Sexy for my Title
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written Sunday, July 24 2005 17:15
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quote:Yes you should, It would be great to hear it. Posts: 1035 | Registered: Friday, April 1 2005 08:00 |
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Fire! Fire! Fire! Fire!
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written Sunday, July 24 2005 19:47
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quote:Maybe I'm crazy but I definitely heard "how's it going" both times I listened... Stuggie, where can I find this famed recording of your accent? I agree that, to Americans, the midwestern accent is hopelessly bland, almost as bad as here in upstate NY. 'Course, from what they've said, that doesn't seem to be the case here... EDIT: Can we get a link to "The dingoes ate my baby"? [ Sunday, July 24, 2005 19:48: Message edited by: Lady Davida ] -------------------- And though the musicians would die, the music would live on in the imaginations of all who heard it. -The Last Pendragon Polaris = joy. In case of emergency, break glass. Posts: 3351 | Registered: Saturday, April 6 2002 08:00 |
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E Equals MC What!!!!
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written Sunday, July 24 2005 19:54
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quote:Yes, you can. *Adds name to the "We want to hear Zeviz" petition* [ Sunday, July 24, 2005 19:54: Message edited by: Ash Lael ] -------------------- Sex is easier than love. Posts: 1861 | Registered: Friday, February 11 2005 08:00 |
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Shaper
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written Sunday, July 24 2005 22:27
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quote:They mean the same thing. And anyway, a lot of the time in normal conversation its said in a way that you can't really tell the difference. EDIT: Actually, it is more like 'how's goin.' And I put that full stop there for a reason. Its not said as a question. [ Sunday, July 24, 2005 22:29: Message edited by: Spring ] -------------------- I'll put a Spring in your step. Polaris Posts: 2396 | Registered: Saturday, January 29 2005 08:00 |