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Vajra B. Hairava

PostPosted: Sat Nov 03, 2007 8:50 pm


Or something similar to it. I pretty consistently drop every /h/ at the beginning of a word, as well as /T/ and /D/ (the "th" sounds) at the beggining of most words. And the, every "ing" becomes pronounced as [IN]. And I find myself using "ain't" more and more. Those are pretty standard things of vernacular Englishes though. More weirdly, in certain situations that I have yet to exactly pinpoint, I'm trilling my R's. And I'm starting to say things more in the "-ing" way, "I'll not be doin' that, I'm wantin' a cookie", which I'm fairly sure is a common feature of Scottish English inherited from Gaelic, which does the same thing.

So lads and lasses, might I be turnin' inta a Scotsperson?
PostPosted: Sat Nov 03, 2007 8:57 pm


GIVES US RECORDATION.

My accent is actually slightly Scottish sounding very often. Except it occasionally has ejectives, in words like "bookcase." That /k.k/ ends up as [k_>].

gonk

Also, I tend to merge /E/ and /{/. This isn't uncommon when they're merged as [E], but I merge them as [{]. So "kettle" sounds like "cattle."

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PostPosted: Sat Nov 03, 2007 9:04 pm


Vajra B. Hairava
Or something similar to it. I pretty consistently drop every /h/ at the beginning of a word, as well as /T/ and /D/ (the "th" sounds) at the beggining of most words. And the, every "ing" becomes pronounced as [IN]. And I find myself using "ain't" more and more. Those are pretty standard things of vernacular Englishes though. More weirdly, in certain situations that I have yet to exactly pinpoint, I'm trilling my R's. And I'm starting to say things more in the "-ing" way, "I'll not be doin' that, I'm wantin' a cookie", which I'm fairly sure is a common feature of Scottish English inherited from Gaelic, which does the same thing.

So lads and lasses, might I be turnin' inta a Scotsperson?


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Old Utahnics: I was barn in a born but, not yesterday

The Utah accent was highly influenced by the scots but I don't think scots say "ain't" because the southern Americans say that.

I sometimes trill my 'r's but I usually do Uvular instead.

I say "I'm wan'en a cookie, and I won't be do'en that now"

Except I fully pronunce my /H/'s so yeah you could be in a way or a Utahn from Lay'un (Layton). rofl
PostPosted: Sat Nov 03, 2007 9:07 pm


IT NO HAS MICROFONE

I wan't ejectives! gonk

That seems very Minnesota-y to me. And generally weird. I don't like /{/ very much. I sometimes conciously uses /a/ intentionally instead.

I mentioned the [r] thing on the ZZB, and it seemed that most people didn't believe me. Is it that odd? I pretty consistently say "water" as [wO4r] nowadays. "I don't know", said fast becomes [arnou].

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PostPosted: Sat Nov 03, 2007 9:15 pm


@koko: Uvular trill? Really? gonk Weird.

Oh yeah, I forgot to mention glottal stops. I do them alot, in all the classic places. And it seeps into my writing. If you look a post up, you'll notice I wrote "wan't". It seems I use <'t> pretty consistently (though unconciously) where I have glottal stops.
PostPosted: Sat Nov 03, 2007 10:17 pm


Vajra B. Hairava
"I don't know", said fast becomes [arnou].

Don't feel alone in doing that.

I do it too,

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Vajra B. Hairava

PostPosted: Sun Nov 04, 2007 1:18 pm


So you have a trilled R happen when you say "I don't know?" Because thats what I'm talking about.
PostPosted: Wed Nov 07, 2007 5:21 pm


Yeah... People laugh att me, and it makes me sad...

D:

So I try not to do it... And anunciate each word...

Yeah.

I don't knwo if I'm doing quite what you say though, I only have a semi-noticeable trilled 'r' when I'm saying I don't know quickly...

What you're talking about?

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Vajra B. Hairava

PostPosted: Thu Nov 08, 2007 10:51 am


Wish I could do recordings.
PostPosted: Thu Nov 08, 2007 4:33 pm


confused

If I were magic, I would transport one to you...

But I'm not magic now, am I?

(Though that would be pretty freakin' sweet.)

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PostPosted: Wed Nov 14, 2007 6:52 pm


Vajra B. Hairava
@koko: Uvular trill? Really? gonk Weird.

Oh yeah, I forgot to mention glottal stops. I do them alot, in all the classic places. And it seeps into my writing. If you look a post up, you'll notice I wrote "wan't". It seems I use <'t> pretty consistently (though unconciously) where I have glottal stops.


Yeah, I did it in my chinese EDNET class and the teachter went berserk and correct'ed me!
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