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Oct 8^th, 2007 at 9:26am

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mr. was informed about this by a friend of ours. I've only looked through it a little, but it seems incredibly useful. The spoken passages are long enough that you can get a feel for the dialect. And the regions/types are very specific.

International Dialects of English Archive

"...there are more people alive now than have died in all of human history. �In other words, if everyone wanted to play Hamlet at once, they couldn't, because there aren't enough skulls!"

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Reply #1 - Oct 8^th, 2007 at 9:49am

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yeah...this is a GREAT resource. I use it all the time in my audio book work.

Very useful.

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Reply #2 - Oct 8^th, 2007 at 9:55am

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Of course, there's some glaring omissions, namely, Utah, Idaho, Wyoming. I might have to record some people and submit the files.

"...there are more people alive now than have died in all of human history. �In other words, if everyone wanted to play Hamlet at once, they couldn't, because there aren't enough skulls!"

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Reply #3 - Oct 8^th, 2007 at 10:51am

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spiker wrote on Oct 8^th, 2007 at 9:55am:

Of course, there's some glaring omissions, namely, Utah, Idaho, Wyoming. �I might have to record some people and submit the files.

That's because we don't have dialects. It's all the rest of you that talk funny! Roll Eyes

Very useful-looking site, though.

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Reply #4 - Oct 15^th, 2007 at 11:02am

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they need a Staten Island, and a South Jersey one too...

but otherwise it looks pretty cool.

it makes me laugh that playing them at work with my friend (who was born and raised in N Jersey), he got almost all of the east coast ones right, but much past PA, and he said they all sounded the same to him...

Why yes, I AM the Mekong River Commission!

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Reply #5 - Jan 30^th, 2008 at 5:58pm

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I love IDEA. It's a great archive. If you combine that with fantastic voice/speech teachers like I've had and a working knowledge of IPA, it's an utterly invaluable resource.

My personal final project for my senior year in voice/speech was a short dissection of the Utahn dialect. I can try to find it, if any of you wish.

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Reply #6 - Jan 30^th, 2008 at 7:45pm

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Pshaw. Who "studies" dialects? Everybody learned how to use the same generic pseudo-British accent in High School drama, and it works for EVERYTHING.

http://www.maniccity.tv/

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Reply #7 - Jan 31^st, 2008 at 7:41am

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spiker wrote on Oct 8^th, 2007 at 9:55am:

Of course, there's some glaring omissions, namely, Utah, Idaho, Wyoming. �I might have to record some people and submit the files.

I heard an NPR story a few years ago (might have been on Radio West) where someone was studying the Utah dialect, and found there are actually at least three of them.

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Reply #8 - Jan 31^st, 2008 at 9:54am

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That would explain the communication problem I have with my grandpa who lives in Central Utah. �Once he asked me to find him a "power card" for his chain saw. �I looked at him with a bewildered expression. �I didn't know what a power card was! �He looked back at me like I was the biggest idiot on earth! �He had to repeat the term three times before I realized he really wanted a "power chord."

"I have noticed that nothing I never said ever did me any harm."--Calvin Coolidge&&&&"Some families go water skiing together; others go camping.....our family does THEME PARTIES." --my brother Ben

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Reply #9 - Jan 31^st, 2008 at 12:07pm

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Pshaw. Who "studies" dialects? �Everybody learned how to use the same generic pseudo-British accent in High School drama, and it works for EVERYTHING.

Does this include the nasty nasal tone everyone seems to think is "proper" British? And the use of the dreaded "t" sound in lieu of the "d" sound?

(So help me, if one more person says "Lay-teas and Jjjjjentellmon..." in the hopes of achieving a British-sounding accent... *shakes fist and narrows eyes*)

For a good example of a proper British dialect: *points to Spiker and Kaylee*

Let me make one thing quite clear: I never explain anything.

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