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Accents of some famous stars
Tuesday, February 10, 2004, 22:25 GMT
Yes, Alice, I agree. Now that a university education is no longer a middle-class (and therefore RP-speaking) privilege, we are beginning to hear many more regional accents on campus. Maybe a sea change in common assumptions will swiftly follow. Well, one can always live in hope!
Wednesday, February 11, 2004, 19:15 GMT
There are also different "formal" accents. I imagine that there is both a Scottish and Irish formal accent along with the English RP one. In the US, there is both a northern and southern formal accent, and the southern one is still heard in many southern universities even today. There is also an African-American formal accent, such as the one spoken by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. or Thurgood Marshall, which is different than the accents you hear most African Americans speak.
Thursday, February 12, 2004, 03:45 GMT
What about the accents of Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, and Rupert Grint?
Thursday, February 12, 2004, 23:25 GMT
Did anyone see Michael J Fox on Conan last night? At one point, Conan asked him if he's had to work hard to loose his Canadian accent, he responded, "You mean to get my American accent?". The whole crowd cheered, (Late Night is taping in Toronto this week). He then went on to talk about certain words he had to modify for Family Ties, he specifically mentioned that when saying "sorry" he had to think about indian garments, (ie "sari"). It was very cute. I just adore Michael J Fox!
Saturday, February 14, 2004, 18:09 GMT
Now I'm confused, if so English-speaking people have accents, what is the standard English accent?
Sunday, February 15, 2004, 21:53 GMT
There is no standard.
Tom
Monday, February 16, 2004, 01:30 GMT
I saw the show tonight and I found his comments strange. I think a fair number of Americans pronounce "sorry" as ['so:ri(:)] as opposed to ['sa:ri(:)], don't they?
Anyway, I couldn't understand a lot of what he said, even though I have plenty of experience watching Conan O'Brien.
Monday, February 16, 2004, 03:38 GMT
I say ['sa:ri(:)], but I have heard ['so:ri(:)]. I hear ['sa:ri(:)] most of the time, though.
Monday, February 16, 2004, 04:01 GMT
I pronounce ''sorry'' as ['sa:ri:};. it seems to be more common than ['so:ri:] in American English. ['so:ri:] sounds a bit canadian to me.
Tom
Monday, February 16, 2004, 12:14 GMT
Both m-w.com and my Random House Webster's list ['sa:ri(:)] and ['so:ri(:)].
Monday, February 16, 2004, 14:10 GMT
Yeah, they do, but, Merriam-websters dictionary lists ['sa:ri:] first before it lists ['so:ri:]. It seems more common in America for ''sorry'' to rhyme with ''starry'' than for it to rhyme with ''story'' and ''lorry''. For me, ''sorry'' and ''lorry'' don't rhyme. I pronounce ''sorry'' as ['sa:ri:] and ''lorry'' as ['lo:ri:].
Monday, February 16, 2004, 14:58 GMT
There are 2 main standards, There is the British Standard as represented by BBC aaccent. And there is an American Standard, represented by normal pronunciation on Comercial US TV. (ABC, CBS, NBC) Regards, Paul V.
Monday, February 16, 2004, 16:37 GMT
If I'm emphasizing the word, I'd likely pronounce it to rhyme with "starry", but when speaking more quickly, or less distinctly, the vowell sound would probably be closer to "blurry". But, that's just me...
Monday, February 16, 2004, 19:02 GMT
This pronunciation of sorry came out of Merriam-websters dictionary. They said ''sorry'' javascript:popWin('/cgi-bin/audio.pl?sorry001.wav=sorry')
Monday, February 16, 2004, 19:05 GMT
The dictionary said this pronunciation of sorry.
http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/audio.pl?sorry001.wav=sorry |