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in reply to a message by queenv
I live in Rhode Island, and in our accent "harp" would sound like "haahhp." I say "coffee" like "cawwwfee," but my cousin from western Massachusetts says "cahfee." I had a very strong accent when I was very young. I have a video tape somewhere of my graduation from kindergarten in 1987, and the kids each a line from a little "story" about the first day of school. My line was "We said goodbye to our mothers," which sounded like "We sed goodbye to ah muhthizz" when I watched it. I'm mortified. My pronunciation has drastically improved, but the trashy accent still comes out a bit when I get emotional :-P
T's are definitely D's here. I had minor reservations at first when I decided to go by my MN, because without a doubt it would be pronounced "Fee-yuh-medduh." I got over it pretty quick, though.
T's are definitely D's here. I had minor reservations at first when I decided to go by my MN, because without a doubt it would be pronounced "Fee-yuh-medduh." I got over it pretty quick, though.
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I don't think that you should have been ashamed of your accent, and I don't think that any accent is trashy. Nor do I think that efforts should be made to change them. They are interesting and I'm glad they exist. I think it would be pretty boring if we all spoke exactly the same.
I'm from northern New Jersey and I also say coffee as "Cawwwfee". Fifteen years in South Carolina hasn't changed that, and I'm glad.
I'm from northern New Jersey and I also say coffee as "Cawwwfee". Fifteen years in South Carolina hasn't changed that, and I'm glad.
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