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Privateer
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Except for 10 and 11, it still irks me that anyone would rhyme any of those words. It makes North American accents seem quite alien.
It classified me as Northeastern, the closest accent to English. |
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mcviking
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| Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2010 5:42 am Post subject: |
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| Neutral. |
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Illysook
Joined: 30 Jun 2008
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| Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2010 6:12 am Post subject: |
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| Sector7G wrote: |
| I rated a "North Central", which they said is often called a "Minnesota Accent". Now I was born and raised in Orlando, Florida, but both of my parents were from Cleveland, Ohio, so it does make at least a little sense to rate like that. Florida has such a weird demographic mix of southern, northeastern, midwestern, and spanish speakers. |
That's because Cleveland sounds different from Columbus, which sounds different from Cincinatti.
I had a neutral accent when I last took this test, but this time I got western the first time, thought that it couldn't be right, and took it again thinking about it a little more and came up with neutral. I have become accustomed to hearing people from all over, so the way that I speak may be changing a little bit. Stalk does sound different from stock, but not very much different. Hock and Hawk are pretty close as well. It's a matter of how long one lingers over the vowel and people from Cleveland and Detroit sound more nasal than Columbus and Indianapolis, while in Cincinnati you begin to hear a bit of the southern drawl sneaking up from northern Kentucky. |
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Vagabundo
Joined: 26 Aug 2010
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| Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2010 8:36 am Post subject: |
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almost each one of those words were quite distinct to my sense of pronouncing things , though some were close, yet still DIFFERENT and DISTINCT.
it was the "similar/almost the same" option I had issues with. It was way too grey of an area for me.
hock and hawk to me are quite distinct.
ditto stalk and stock
similar mind you, but definitely distinct.
the only one I really couldn't differentiate, (though I tried) were the Mary, marry, merry series.
(though there's the ever slightest difference between marry and merry, but it's so slight it's basially unrecognizable)
btw.. I was classified as NEUTRAL. |
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Vagabundo
Joined: 26 Aug 2010
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| Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2010 8:42 am Post subject: |
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| Privateer wrote: |
Except for 10 and 11, it still irks me that anyone would rhyme any of those words. It makes North American accents seem quite alien.
It classified me as Northeastern, the closest accent to English. |
I didn't rhyme any of them save for marry, merry, etc. and my English is North American, so I don't quite get your point.
I do rhyme ON with JOHN though, either with the American or Brit pronounciation.. don't you? |
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Hotwire
Joined: 29 Aug 2010
Location: Multiverse
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| Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2010 8:43 am Post subject: |
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| Vagabundo wrote: |
almost each one of those words were quite distinct to my sense of pronouncing things , though some were close, yet still DIFFERENT and DISTINCT.
it was the "similar/almost the same" option I had issues with. It was way too grey of an area for me.
hock and hawk to me are quite distinct.
ditto stalk and stock
similar mind you, but definitely distinct.
the only one I really couldn't differentiate, (though I tried) were the Mary, marry, merry series.
(though there's the ever slightest difference between marry and merry, but it's so slight it's basially unrecognizable)
How I hear them 'phonetically'
Mary ' - same sound as fairy
Marry - same sound as Harry
Merry - like ferry.
3 very distinct sounding words
btw.. I was classified as NEUTRAL. |
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Vagabundo
Joined: 26 Aug 2010
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| Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2010 9:24 am Post subject: |
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| Hotwire wrote: |
| Vagabundo wrote: |
almost each one of those words were quite distinct to my sense of pronouncing things , though some were close, yet still DIFFERENT and DISTINCT.
it was the "similar/almost the same" option I had issues with. It was way too grey of an area for me.
hock and hawk to me are quite distinct.
ditto stalk and stock
similar mind you, but definitely distinct.
the only one I really couldn't differentiate, (though I tried) were the Mary, marry, merry series.
(though there's the ever slightest difference between marry and merry, but it's so slight it's basially unrecognizable)
How I hear them 'phonetically'
Mary ' - same sound as fairy
Marry - same sound as Harry
Merry - like ferry.
3 very distinct sounding words
btw.. I was classified as NEUTRAL. |
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very distinct sounds? I'd love to hear you pronounce them.
mary sounds like fairy??
I don't think so. Almost the same , but there's just the slightest hint of an "i" in fairy.. air.. fair..
agree on marry - harry and merry/ferry but they sound pretty much identical to me.
ferry and fairy have the tiniest bit of difference, but I'd bet most people 99% of the time would find them completely identical. |
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Hotwire
Joined: 29 Aug 2010
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| Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2010 9:38 am Post subject: |
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I stick by what I said absoultely 100% that is how I say them and people where I am from say them
And HUGE differance between MARRY and MERRY lol one has a short A sound as in 'At, one has a Short E sound as in 'Egg!!!'
I'm from the s.e of England by the way, not the US |
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rollo
Joined: 10 May 2006
Location: China
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| Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2010 5:19 pm Post subject: |
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Southern! I always thought that news networks went for the Canadian or mid western accent.
Southern accent ,people either find it charming or assume you are trailer trash. I dont care really. |
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lukas
Joined: 22 Aug 2009
Location: Bucheon
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| Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2010 5:50 pm Post subject: |
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| Vagabundo wrote: |
hock and hawk to me are quite distinct.
ditto stalk and stock
similar mind you, but definitely distinct.
the only one I really couldn't differentiate, (though I tried) were the Mary, marry, merry series.
(though there's the ever slightest difference between marry and merry, but it's so slight it's basially unrecognizable)
How I hear them 'phonetically'
Mary ' - same sound as fairy
Marry - same sound as Harry
Merry - like ferry.
3 very distinct sounding words
btw.. I was classified as NEUTRAL. |
Yep, all of this +1
I got a Northern Accent and I'm from New Jersey |
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machoman
Joined: 11 Jul 2007
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| Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2010 6:49 pm Post subject: |
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| Vagabundo wrote: |
| Hotwire wrote: |
| Vagabundo wrote: |
almost each one of those words were quite distinct to my sense of pronouncing things , though some were close, yet still DIFFERENT and DISTINCT.
it was the "similar/almost the same" option I had issues with. It was way too grey of an area for me.
hock and hawk to me are quite distinct.
ditto stalk and stock
similar mind you, but definitely distinct.
the only one I really couldn't differentiate, (though I tried) were the Mary, marry, merry series.
(though there's the ever slightest difference between marry and merry, but it's so slight it's basially unrecognizable)
How I hear them 'phonetically'
Mary ' - same sound as fairy
Marry - same sound as Harry
Merry - like ferry.
3 very distinct sounding words
btw.. I was classified as NEUTRAL. |
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very distinct sounds? I'd love to hear you pronounce them.
mary sounds like fairy??
I don't think so. Almost the same , but there's just the slightest hint of an "i" in fairy.. air.. fair..
agree on marry - harry and merry/ferry but they sound pretty much identical to me.
ferry and fairy have the tiniest bit of difference, but I'd bet most people 99% of the time would find them completely identical. |
here are the ipa pronunciation (correct way to pronounce)
marry- m�ri so the a should sound like the a in at or glass
merry- mɛri the e should sound like the e in extra
mary- mɛəri the a should should sound the e in extra plus the a in zebra
weird. i pronounce them all the same way |
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Hotwire
Joined: 29 Aug 2010
Location: Multiverse
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| Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2010 8:29 pm Post subject: |
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^^
Bingo.
Here's to people who know how to speak English proper!
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Vagabundo
Joined: 26 Aug 2010
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| Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2010 8:41 pm Post subject: |
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yes, I've figured out the difference between marry and merry, but it remains so slight it's virtually indistinguishable. Most people will hear the same thing.
mary I still can't figure out. |
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NYC_Gal
Joined: 08 Dec 2009
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| Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2010 9:28 pm Post subject: |
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| Hotwire wrote: |
^^
Bingo.
Here's to people who know how to speak English proper!
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Word! |
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crisdean
Joined: 04 Feb 2010
Location: Seoul Special City
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| Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2010 10:01 pm Post subject: |
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| JBomb wrote: |
| I'm Canadian! I guess the roof question is rigged like that. |
You must be from Ontario or maybe the Atlantic Provinces...
I got Western, and as I Western Canadian I guess that's appropriate. |
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