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hyperlexian
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24 Jun 2011, 11:15 pm

ShenLong wrote:

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ScientistOfSound wrote:

I recorded mine and uploaded it to soundcloud. Hope u guys like it!

http://soundcloud.com/ksummerson/thing-for-wp

okay this is going to sound weird, but i hear some northern european in your accent, like something scandinavian. i have no idea why you sound that way to me!

ScientistOfSound's paternal family is Swedish in origin. So that might be the reason why. And I think he lived in Liverpool for a little while. The Liverpoolian(Scouse) accent derives a lot from Norwegian, because Liverpool was a well known port city back in the 19th and 20th century. Not sure if it still is.

Yes, you guys. A living American who actually knows quite a lot about Britain. Or at least its dialects. :lol:

did he mention that upthread and i remembered it subconsciously, or did i actually hear that influence in his accent?

makes perfect sense that the Scouse accent would have Norwegian roots when you mention the history too.

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25 Jun 2011, 12:46 am

It's 1:30AM right now so I had to keep quiet, but here it is. I probably should have thought about the questions before I decided to do this, but oh well.

http://soundcloud.com/sammichpwner/samm ... ad/s-g3aGp

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25 Jun 2011, 1:15 am

iceman314 wrote:

Yeah here's mine:

is your avatar "j.c. denton"?

i am playing the game right now. what a coincidence

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25 Jun 2011, 2:39 am

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[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgeiIG7P0-c

Also blocked here

I guess everyhwere?:P

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25 Jun 2011, 4:23 am

FinnD wrote:

pree10shun wrote:

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgeiIG7P0-c

Also blocked here

I guess everyhwere?:P

I donno it plays here in the US

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25 Jun 2011, 4:29 am

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Can't believe I'm even doing this, I hate the way I look and sound! Please excuse my kids, especially my daughter who can't stay away when there's a camera around.
My Vid

Buggy? Clicker?? Never heard those before. :lol:

I use "clicker."

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25 Jun 2011, 4:49 am

jmnixon95 wrote:

Most boring voice evaaaaaar

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82hmN0a7bJQ&feature=player_embedded[/youtube]

Oh my gosh, you sound just like I sound in my head!! ! Like exactly the same!! !! When I listen to a recording my voice is much higher and super annoying, but when I'm just talking I sound like you. Weird... What does this mean? lol.

So I think I'm going to do this tomorrow. I don't have a functioning camera at the moment, but I do have a voice recorder that I had to buy for a class, so I might as well put it to some more interesting use. The consensus seems to be that they don't TP houses in Europe, lol, good to know.

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25 Jun 2011, 12:19 pm

Wow there's some great voices and accents on here! I haven't noticed anyone from the South West UK yet so I thought I should give it a go. Although I have to say that when I am more relaxed (which I certainly wasn't whilst doing this!) my accent porbably comes out a bit more, I guess it does with everyone?
Apologies for the boring wall to stare at; I don't feel ready to show my face and the bad sound, I only have a camera to record on.

http://imageshack.us/clip/my-videos/705/dsxm.mp4/

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25 Jun 2011, 5:46 pm

ShenLong wrote:

The Liverpoolian(Scouse) accent derives a lot from Norwegian, because Liverpool was a well known port city back in the 19th and 20th century.

What? You are getting confused with the dish Scouse or lobscouse - which almost certainly had its origins in Norway (lapskaus). Liverpudlians are called scousers after the the local dish - which is fantastic, if it's made properly. But the Liverpool accent owes nothing at all to Norway. It's unique in England. If anything, it's most influenced by Irish. Huge waves of immigrants came over after the potato famine. Many sailed from Liverpool to the Americas. Many got to Liverpool and went no further.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scouse_%28food%29

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scouse

Edit:

According to this contributor to a Q&A column in The Guardian, not even the dish may owe much to Norway. Similar dishes with similar names are eaten all over Northern Europe. It may have come from one of the German ports. Certainly, the link between Liverpool and Hamburg is a very strong one, as any Scouser will tell you.

The nickname is said to derive from the name of the traditional dish 'lobscouse', a sort of stew, which was/is eaten round there. Compare this with the German 'Labskaus', and Welsh 'lobsgows', both approximately similar dishes.

Dominic Watt, Department of Linguistics & Phonetics, University of Leeds

http://www.guardian.co.uk/notesandqueri ... 53,00.html

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25 Jun 2011, 7:18 pm

I like Sammich Eater's accent not that i could pin-point what kind of accent it is tho.

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25 Jun 2011, 11:43 pm

b9 wrote:

iceman314 wrote:

Yeah here's mine:

is your avatar "j.c. denton"?

i am playing the game right now. what a coincidence

I've been playing the game all week too.

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26 Jun 2011, 8:45 am

I'M SO EMBARRASSED.
prob delete this later

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QsN8ZB9280[/youtube]

eek

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26 Jun 2011, 8:52 am

OneStepBeyond wrote:

I'M SO EMBARRASSED.
prob delete this later

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QsN8ZB9280[/youtube]

eek

Your voice and accent are just delightful.

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26 Jun 2011, 9:14 am

"OneStepBeyont" from "Englant" who is "twenty-free" wants us to guess which county she's from.

:lol:

Can anybody guess?

Edit: OSB, I was not making fun of you, by the way. I mean it in a nice way.

I just love accents. :bounce:

Last edited by all_white on 26 Jun 2011, 9:19 am, edited 1 time in total.

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26 Jun 2011, 9:19 am

all_white wrote:

"OneStepBeyont" from "Englant" who is "twenty-free" wants us to guess which county she's from.

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26 Jun 2011, 9:20 am

OneStepBeyond wrote:

all_white wrote:

"OneStepBeyont" from "Englant" who is "twenty-free" wants us to guess which county she's from.

Awwwwwwwwww I'm sorry OSB! Please see my "edit" above. I think your accent is really nice. I did not mean to sound like I was making fun of you, like those mean people at your school. Please forgive me if it came out wrong.

(((((hugs))))))))

Maybe I will record myself as well now, so you can pick my own accent apart and write it down for phonetic analysis.

I made an audio one. How can I post it? :bounce:

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