Thursday Thirteen #48
There is an awesome website hosted by George Mason University that is a compilation of wave files of people from all over the world reading the same text. It's a study in dialects, and I find it incredibly amusing! Here are 13 of my favorites.
That's an hour from where I grew up. Yes, I do know a lot of people who speak that way. No, I don't think I do! LOL
6. Pretoria, South Africa
7. Haslev, Denmark
8. Buenos Aires, Argentina
9. Helsinki, Finland
10. Drammen, Norway
11. Hong Kong, China
12. Casablanca, Morocco
13. Brooklyn, New York
Labels: Thursday 13
posted by Lesley at
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
7 Comments:
What a neat concept. I still have trouble thinking I have an accent, but people say that we clearly do here in WI.
Happy TT, hope you'll visit my 33rd TT...Fragments of Life at The Cafe.
That was absolutely fascinating.
Only 58 days!!!! You are getting close.
Well that last one is in my favorite city. NYC has been my home since I was born and there are so many different dialects there that it will take you a couple of years to study them all.
Happy TT and hope to see you visit my 2nd edition about Nora Roberts at Talk About My Favorite Authors.
Great list!
Thank-you for posting.
:)
Oh! Seriously cool! Thank you.
What a cool thing! How'd you find it?
Interesting concept. I love voices.
My T13 is up as well.
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