--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" > <shempmcgurk@> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_reply@> > > wrote: > > > > > > There are some words in Russian that, when spoken > > > *by* natives, would bag people as being from a > > > certain province, and having grown up there in > > > a certain era. Same in French. I assume that the > > > same was true about American English at one point. > > > but much of that has been worn away by how much > > > Americans move around from state to state. > > > > I remember seeing a TV program many years ago where authorities (I > > think they were police) could identify where a person was from by > > having them read a paragraph that had key words in it that by the > > way the people pronounced each word could pinpoint where the > > speaker > > was from. I can't remember whether it was because the speaker was > > reluctant to say where they were from or whether the speaker had > > amnesia. > > There was a guy on Johnny Carson many, many years > ago who had a similar talent. If you grew up East > of the Mississippi, he could give you a list of > 50 words to pronounce and then tell you where you > were from, within a distance of 100 miles or so. > Even at the time (and this was decades ago) he > said that it didn't work for people from the > West because they moved around too much. I would > suspect that these days he wouldn't be able to > do it with East coasters, either. >
I've tried to find out if there is a "science" or "hobby" in which people do such a thing...and I've tried googling but can't come up with anything. Anyone know what such a thing would be called? Accent identification? Region identification through accents? ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
