Newsgroup: it.cultura.linguistica.inglese
Titolo: Quiz: Where is the Speaker from?

http://www.pbs.org/speak/seatosea/americanvarieties/map/map.html

 
http://www.pbs.org/speak/seatosea/americanvarieties/map/map.html
L'unico che ho riconosciuto senza alcun problema e' stato "D"... 

Gennaro wrote:
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Questa lettura forse puņ aiutare. O no? Boh! :)
  Below are some examples of important features of the speech of talkers
from different parts of the United States. Click on the links to hear
examples of each feature.
New England: One prominent feature of New England speech is a change in the
vowel in the word cat. For example, in the sentence Old metal cans were
made with tin the word cans sounds almost like kens.
Mid-Atlantic: One feature of Mid-Atlantic speech, particularly in New York
City and New Jersey, is a change in the vowel in the word caught. In the
sentence I ate a piece of chocolate fudge. the word chocolate sounds almost
like choke-late.
North: One prominent feature of Northern speech is a change in the vowel in
the words cot. In the sentence The doctor prescribed the drug the word
doctor sounds almost like dactor. Northern talkers also show the same shift
in the vowel in cat that the New England talkers do.
Midland: The only prominent feature of Midland speech is a merger of the
vowels in the words cot and caught that result in nearly homophonous
pronunciations of these two words.
South: One of the most prominent features of Southern speech is a change in
the vowel in the word kite. In the sentence We swam at the beach at high
tide the words high and tide sound almost like ha and todd.
West: A prominent feature of Western speech is a shift in the vowel in the
word boot. For example, in the sentence The super-highway has six lanes the
word super sounds almost like sipper. Western speakers also have
homophonous pronunciations of the vowels in caught and cot like the Midland
talkers.
http://www.acoustics.org/press/147th/clopper.htm
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 Questa lettura forse puņ aiutare. O no? Boh! :)
[...]
Non credo che mi sara' di grande aiuto pratico, ma e'
interessante ;-)
ciao
Gennaro 

 
http://www.pbs.org/speak/seatosea/americanvarieties/map/map.html
Wow, non ne ho imbroccata manco una!
:-D
Ciao,
Enrico il Pentolaio.
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She's not worth it. Or is she?

 :-D
Io 5... buono, non pensavo! Non ho mai badato a distinguere tra di loro gli 
accenti americani.
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Laz 

 Io 5... 
Allora dicci il segreto! :D
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Absolutely untrue. The words "chocolate"and "coffee" are pronounced
"chawklit" and "cawfee" in New York City and New Jersey, and not as
described on this site. It is very difficult for a New Yorker to remove
these pronunciations from his speech, and they are always the last vestiges
remaining when a New Yorker thinks he has lost his regional accent. As a
former resident of both locales, I have to take issue with the competence of
the providers of this information.
Joe from Massachusetts

 gli accenti americani.
Io ho trovato utile leggere dov'è che dicono termini come "bob" con la 
vocale apertissima, cosa che ho notato di frequente in alcuni telefilm. Per 
il resto ci ho capito ben poco. Ad esempio, ad un certo punto dicono che un 
certo accento si riconosce dal tipo particolare di "r". Qualcuno gentilmente 
me lo puo' spiegare? Thanks!
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«word-            south jersey-    north jersey
all -                 oll -                     awwl
talk -                 tok -                  tawwk
dog -             dog -                 dawg
you,                 your-                 u - ya
chocolate-  choklat -             chawwklit»
http://urbansemiotic.com/2005/07/26/new-jersey-pronunciation-guide/
Joe from Massachusetts

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The "North Jersey" accent and the "New York" accent are virtually identical,
while the "South Jersey" accent is actually closer to the
"Philadelphia-Camden" accent than to the "New York" accent.
Joe from Massachusetts

 the providers of this information.
I don't understand this assertion about Mid-Atlantic either. Mid-Atlantic is 
a pronunciation that newscasters aspire to and it is supposed to sound 
midway between American and British pronunciation. There isn't any native 
group that speaks with this accent, and certainly not people who live in New 
Jersey or New York.
The following links aren't from authoritative sources but do give and idea 
of what is a Mid-Atlantic accent:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid-Atlantic_English
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Mid-Atlantic+accent
While searching for a link to support my understanding of what is a 
Mid-Atlantic accent, I found this link which delves into American and 
British pronunciation and may be of interest to some of the fanatics who 
read this newsletter:
http://pages.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/~hill/papers/pronguid.htm
Personally, I find it dense and I can barely make it through the first few 
lines before I'm distracted by something more interesting like the fading 
ink stamp on the back of my hand..

 I don't understand this assertion about Mid-Atlantic 
I guess they refer to the [supposed!] accent of the the Mid-Atlantic states
in the US 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid-Atlantic_States
rather than to the quasi-British quasi-American "Mid-Atlantic English"
accent 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid-Atlantic_English

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That area of the US has a very wide variety of accents. Interlocutors from
Jersey City and the rural West Virginia might even have difficulty in
understanding one another. It is impossible to convincingly group the
speakers of these states into one accent category.

That should be "Interlocutors from Jersey City and rural West Virginia..."

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There really is no common "Mid-Atlantic" accent, as you would discover
driving down Interstate 95 from New York to Washington, D.C. The New
York/Northern New Jersey accent, the Philadelphia/Camden accent, and the
Baltimore/Maryland accent are each very distinct from one another. People in
New York and New Jersey say "Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington", but
they also say "Noo Yawk" and "Noo Joisey". People in Philadelphia pronounce
the names of their own and other cities normally (except for the distinctive
letter "L"). People in Baltimore and Washington pronounce the other cities'
names normally, perhaps with a tinge of the "Philadelphia L". In addition,
it is not uncommon to hear "Balmer", "Merlin" (Maryland) and "Warshnin" in
and around those cities.
http://wilk4.com/humor/humorm221.htm
Joe from Massachusetts

 understanding one another. 
Gee!
Thanks to you and Joseph for your first-hand (first ear!) observations. :)
BTW, did you try the PBS quiz?
http://www.pbs.org/speak/seatosea/americanvarieties/map/map.html
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 information.
Well, they are from Indiana ;DDD
Cynthia G. Clopper- 
cclo...@indiana.edu
 
David B. Pisoni
Speech Research Laboratory
Department of Psychology
Indiana University
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