i feel the opposite when i hear british speakers, especially londoners. even very educated speakers seem to have adopted a lot of cockney sounds. london's *dave* rhymes with america's *dive*, for example. i thought all that had been cleared up in my fair lady. don't people in london feel it is vulgar to sound that way? you hear it even on the bbc. and then there are northern england and scotland! when i see a scottish movie, it takes a while to realize they're speaking english and not a dutch or danish. when i spoke over the phone with you colin, i had such a hard time understanding you, though you have such a beautiful voice -- much lower than i had expected. chris marshall is easy to understand -- and les ross too, though i was terrified that he would sound so terribly dialectal. to me the person with the most nearly perfect british accent on the list is john van tiel -- and he is dutch! of the canadians, mags has the most delightful sounds. and the american winners: maggie mcnally, rose and bob muller, each in her/her category. i still have to find the perfect new yorker, though (in more ways than one...) wallyK, pidgin english speaker
-----Mensaje original----- De: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]En nombre de chuty001 Enviado el: Miircoles, 22 de Enero de 2003 02:12 p.m. Para: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Asunto: Re: since we *like* fighting over oil..... NJC > Colin wrote: > > > I didn't realise Americans didn't speak English until my vist there!
