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Old 10-07-2005, 11:05 PM
UofISigKap UofISigKap is offline
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As far as the US goes: I could listen to Boston and New York City accents all day.

Out of the States: British and Irish.

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Originally posted by tinydancer
You need to ask my friends about the time they couldn't get me off of the bus in New Orleans because I just wanted to listen to the Cajun bus driver talk. Oh my......
I actually was on a bus tour in Ireland for three days with a young Irish guide speaking the entire time, so I hear ya! I could have listened to him forever! I actually looked into teaching there just so I could stay in Ireland...no, not for him. I was just enchanted by everyone!

I didn't even know my accent existed until I moved. I have to watch how I say things since I consistently had students spell words wrong on spelling tests. (Pondering as I grade: why did half my class spell "bother" with an a instead of an o?) People hear the Chicago obviously, but it's enough removed that people think Wisconsin or occasionally Minnesota.
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