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I was close, you sounded too Canadian/Valley Girl for a Californian ;)
So, it's PA ;) Welcome to the forum :) Lauren. Is it l/A/ren or l/Q/ren?
I think I've heard both pronunciations of that name.
Does it belong to the cot/caught category or to the horrible/orange category? Does anyone know?
thanks.
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I was very close and I didn't even listen to her sample until later. LOL! I should have said "Pennsylvania". Apparently that "leave" characteristic comes from German and she has that feature in her area. The Amish speak a kind of Swiss German I think. Some of them came into Alsace before they moved to the United States, I understand
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Lauren,
Thank-you for explaining the "all" part. Very interesting. I listened to your sample and didn't find it unusual except for a few vowels. You have a nice, clear voice. It does sound young, but twenty-five is still young.
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>>I was very close and I didn't even listen to her sample until later. LOL! I should have said "Pennsylvania". Apparently that "leave" characteristic comes from German and she has that feature in her area. The Amish speak a kind of Swiss German I think. Some of them came into Alsace before they moved to the United States, I understand<<
The Amish and Mennonites that speak languages other than English speak a range of different High German and Low German dialects, rather than any particular dialect. Take, for instance, the Plautdietsch spoken by Mennonites - it is a group of East Low German dialects rather than a High German dialect.
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Milton, I'm still confused on the /A/ or /Q/.
So, perhaps you can clear that up for me? I did both sets of words and how I say my name.
http://fizleglitz.com/media/test.mp3
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I uploaded a video reading the Rainbow passage to YouTube. I'm from the United States, just try to guess which State.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsRuZfsTPmM
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Boston or Pittsburgh or Canada or Surfer Dude
You're CC merged with many /Q/ realizations.
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None of the above places. Pittsburgh is the closest guess so far though.
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Ed, you sound like a non-native who has worked VERY hard on his speech, or possibly a native that has picked up some foreign aspects in your speech. Possibly you're a second-generation X?
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West Virginia or Kentucky.
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Guest, I am a native speaker. The closest forigen person to me is my grandmother, who is from El Salvador. But, I don't think she would influence my speech that much.
Anyways, thanks for the info. Once a couple more people comment I will tell you where I'm from.
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You have an African American accent. You could be from anywhere.
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"You have an African American accent. You could be from anywhere."
Wow. That is interesting that it would come across that way. I'm just about as white as they come.
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Ed, I'm from Maryland and you sound like the people here.
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Okay, I'm from northern Florida. Thanks for all the guesses.
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