Michael Torrie <torr...@gmail.com>: > On 03/01/2015 09:58 AM, Marko Rauhamaa wrote:
>> Well, every nonnative strives for the standard Hollywoodese and does >> a decent job at that. But when I hear a Brit speak their native >> tongue, I just "smile and wave, smile and wave" because I usually >> have little idea what they are trying to explain. > > Ahh, I see. Your reaction, then, is similar to what most international > English speakers do when they hear American politicians trying to > speak in folksy southern accents. Yes. Note that the Atlanta-based CNN has standardized on a Hollywood accent(*). Only occasionally do the anchors slip and the Georgia accent shines through. Marko (*) With some fake artefacts. For example, "negotiate" is pronounced hypercorrectly [nə'goʊsəeɪt] instead of the standard [nə'goʊʃəeɪt]. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list