Well, the marrys are all really close, but I tend to make merry sound different than the other two. It has a bit more of an 'eh' sound for the vowel than the other two, which tend towards 'air'.
Seeing as we sound quite different. Not as different as you and I would sound, but different all the same.
Hee, true. I wonder if I could tell you guys apart. I mean, I'd be able to tell the difference, but I wonder if I could figure out which was which from the accent. You should record something and make Sam do it too and send them both to me without telling me which one's which and see if I can do it. Because it'd be obvious to you, because you're so exposed to it (like I can sometimes tell you what part of my state you're from, much less what area of the US), but I've always had a hard time distinguishing between New Zealand and Australia, at least in my trying to mimic them. I know I can hear the difference, but I can't quite get them to differentiate as they come out of my mouth. I want practice. I need people with accents to come stay at my house so I can work on picking them up.
I'd probably end up with some bizarre, unknown country or something. Or possibly England.
Yeah, if it wasn't very specific, they'd probably call you a Brit. It boggles my mind, though, that people in America can't figure out the difference between the two when they hear them. Okay, New Zealand and Australia, I can see you thinking they're both the same, the differences aren't dramatic. But the difference between you guys and the Brits is much larger. Especially if we're talking RP.
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Date: 2007-03-13 05:48 am (UTC)Seeing as we sound quite different. Not as different as you and I would sound, but different all the same.
Hee, true. I wonder if I could tell you guys apart. I mean, I'd be able to tell the difference, but I wonder if I could figure out which was which from the accent. You should record something and make Sam do it too and send them both to me without telling me which one's which and see if I can do it. Because it'd be obvious to you, because you're so exposed to it (like I can sometimes tell you what part of my state you're from, much less what area of the US), but I've always had a hard time distinguishing between New Zealand and Australia, at least in my trying to mimic them. I know I can hear the difference, but I can't quite get them to differentiate as they come out of my mouth. I want practice. I need people with accents to come stay at my house so I can work on picking them up.
I'd probably end up with some bizarre, unknown country or something. Or possibly England.
Yeah, if it wasn't very specific, they'd probably call you a Brit. It boggles my mind, though, that people in America can't figure out the difference between the two when they hear them. Okay, New Zealand and Australia, I can see you thinking they're both the same, the differences aren't dramatic. But the difference between you guys and the Brits is much larger. Especially if we're talking RP.