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ctgirlscout
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Status: offline |  Posted - 24 Nov 2003 : 13:32:43  
| I have just watched an interview on the morning news with an American woman who suffered a stroke, and when she came out of it, she spoke with a compulsive British accent. An Oxford study has documented this is a disorder that is a disruption of the language center in the brain. Odd thing is, not only does she have the accent, but she also has the vocabulary and the phrases that seem to be peculiar to British english. She was even interviewed along with a Neuro-Linguistic Expert from the University of Central Florida who concurred that this is a disruption of the speech area of the brain. I would have thought she was faking it, but it seems to be a documented condition!  |
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chrisj
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Status: offline | Posted - 24 Nov 2003 : 14:57:38
| We still speak like that down here in London John 
Actually I have seen a documentary about this sort of thing before, where people wake from
a coma and have changed accents, very odd |
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chrisj
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Status: offline | Posted - 24 Nov 2003 : 15:38:07
| yuk, have you ever tried them, my nan used to make me eat them and ive hated them ever since.
Language is a very strange thing, Im sure ive also got a book about this subject at home somewhere. Will have to have a look for it |
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fiona
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Status: offline | Posted - 24 Nov 2003 : 18:48:17
| John has Freya been watching something on the TV or video with a west country accent? Catriona spoke certain words in an american accent due to Muppet Babies and something called Kissyfur (floridian gators etc!) and of course Sesame Street.
Sadly it will be all too soon when all they speak is estuary . I do wonder about the how much we pay in school fees to hear them dropping their t's etc. all the time. |
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chrizzy100
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Status: offline | Posted - 24 Nov 2003 : 19:03:25
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Originally posted by floridadreamvilla.co.uk
Freya (who is 3) says certain words with a very pronounced west country accent even though she has never been there or to my knowledge had any prolonged exposure to anyone with that kind of accent. Her cousin who is the same age does the same too....very odd.
Chris: I thought they all talked of jellied eels and such like in London  
I'm West Country.... Bristol....England I'll add....hehehe
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chrizzy100
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Status: offline | Posted - 24 Nov 2003 : 19:05:19
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Originally posted by fiona
John has Freya been watching something on the TV or video with a west country accent? Catriona spoke certain words in an american accent due to Muppet Babies and something called Kissyfur (floridian gators etc!) and of course Sesame Street.
Sadly it will be all too soon when all they speak is estuary. I do wonder about the how much we pay in school fees to hear them dropping their t's etc. all the time.
Kissyfur.....we used to call our son kissyfur when he was a baby....his names Christopher.....gezzz.....hes 15 now......time flies...... | | Report this post to a moderator | goto top of page |
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chrizzy100
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Status: offline | Posted - 24 Nov 2003 : 21:00:52
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quote:
Originally posted by fiona
John has Freya been watching something on the TV or video with a west country accent?
We only get the Teletubbies from Britain over here in this house... You mean you all don't say Ah-oh!!!
Thomas the tank engine gets me.....no Fat Controller.....he's Mr Topumhat......and you can't watch it without Ringos voice...its not right..... | | Report this post to a moderator | goto top of page |
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ctgirlscout
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ORLANDO_MAGIC
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Status: offline | Posted - 23 Jan 2005 : 13:23:09
| I have a habit of saying "TA" pronounced tar when i am thanking someone and it drives my American friend mad.
We might be eating out and when the waiter/waitress serves me i will often say "TA" despite the fact he/she does not have a clue what i'm saying.
In fact on my last trip we were eating at Hops and i said "TA" to a waitress and my friend asked her if she knew what i had said and she replied no,i have no idea..point taken,but wont stop me saying it in the future,and besides its not my fault the Americans cant talk proper English is it
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E. Cosgrove
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Status: offline | Posted - 23 Jan 2005 : 13:41:53
| My standard reply is often"cheers" which I don't think is understood any better than "ta".
Funnily enough "ta" is often used when parents are inducing their infants to say thankyou before they can speak properly, ta ta ta is one of the first vocalizations a baby makes ( other tha Da Da dA) I wonder what American parents try to get their infanfs to say for "thankyou"
Theresa, do you have the answer |
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ctgirlscout
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Status: offline | Posted - 23 Jan 2005 : 14:23:06
| | I think most parents just try to teach the kids "thank you". I think the young kids usually come out with something similar to "tanks" because they can't make the "th" sound. You are right that no one here would have a clue what "ta" is. I didn't know until I just read this. What is the exact meaning of "cheers"? I always thought it was just a form of saying goodbye. |
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ctgirlscout
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Status: offline | Posted - 23 Jan 2005 : 17:30:18
| | "Cheers" was one of my favorite shows, and I know the term is used in that context, but I wouldn't have taken it to mean "thanks", just some sort of general salutation or greeting. You learn something new every day. |
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Kiddie001
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Status: offline | Posted - 24 Jan 2005 : 16:47:58
| We cant have this thread without mentioning Dick Van Dykes "cockney"
accent in Mary Poppins.
Gor blimey mate apples and pears knees up muvver braan
cheers (West ham fan, but NOT a cockney)
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