Posted by Domènec on July 22, 2008, 5:14 am
>> I heard a radio prog a few years ago about how you can hear the origins
>> of the English/Scottish/Welsh/Irish regional accents still in the
>> dialects of various rural parts of the US.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_American_English
That title made me think of English spoken in Argentina, Chile, Brazil...
Posted by Grimly Curmudgeon on July 22, 2008, 8:48 am
We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
like:
>> I heard a radio prog a few years ago about how you can hear the origins
>> of the English/Scottish/Welsh/Irish regional accents still in the
>> dialects of various rural parts of the US.
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_American_English
That's the stuff. I recall mention of the Ozarks and Appalachians in
particular. Places where people took to the hills and their sheep.
--
Dave
GS850x2 XS650 SE6a
"It's a moron working with power tools.
How much more suspenseful can you get?"
- House
Posted by Twibil on July 22, 2008, 3:15 pm
wrote:
> >> I heard a radio prog a few years ago about how you can hear the origins
> >> of the English/Scottish/Welsh/Irish regional accents still in the
> >> dialects of various rural parts of the US.
> >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_American_English
> That's the stuff. I recall mention of the Ozarks and Appalachians in
> particular. Places where people took to the hills and their sheep.
It's understandable if you've ever seen their women.
Posted by Grimly Curmudgeon on July 22, 2008, 3:53 pm
We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
saying something like:
>wrote:
>> >> I heard a radio prog a few years ago about how you can hear the origins
>> >> of the English/Scottish/Welsh/Irish regional accents still in the
>> >> dialects of various rural parts of the US.
>>
>> >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_American_English
>>
>> That's the stuff. I recall mention of the Ozarks and Appalachians in
>> particular. Places where people took to the hills and their sheep.
>It's understandable if you've ever seen their women.
I imagine the sheep have more teeth.
--
Dave
GS850x2 XS650 SE6a
"It's a moron working with power tools.
How much more suspenseful can you get?"
- House
Posted by Rob Kleinschmidt on July 22, 2008, 4:50 pm
wrote:
> We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
> saying something like:
> >wrote:
> >> >> I heard a radio prog a few years ago about how you can hear the origins
> >> >> of the English/Scottish/Welsh/Irish regional accents still in the
> >> >> dialects of various rural parts of the US.
> >> That's the stuff. I recall mention of the Ozarks and Appalachians in
> >> particular. Places where people took to the hills and their sheep.
> >It's understandable if you've ever seen their women.
> I imagine the sheep have more teeth.
I understand they're more into piggies than sheep, but
other than that they've certainly held true to their
English/Scottish/Welsh/Irish origins.
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>> of the English/Scottish/Welsh/Irish regional accents still in the
>> dialects of various rural parts of the US.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_American_English