Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id LAA07700 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Fri, 1 Dec 2000 11:13:51 GMT Message-ID: <A4400389479FD3118C9400508B0FF23004115C@DELTA.newhouse.akzonobel.nl> From: "Gatherer, D. (Derek)" <D.Gatherer@organon.nhe.akzonobel.nl> To: "'memetics@mmu.ac.uk'" <memetics@mmu.ac.uk> Subject: RE: RE: Fwd: Thinking Like a Chimp Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2000 12:09:15 +0100 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
Vincent:
I'm pretty certain that Mel Gibson, like Russell 'Gladiator' Crowe, is
Aussie-born,
Derek: No, he's American by birth, as indeed was Maria Callas - there's
another good one for a trivia quiz.
Vincent:
Aren't the BeeGees British?
Derek:
But you're right on that one. They are British by birth.
Vincent:
distinguish between Aussie and English accents
Derek:
Off the trivia quiz, have you been listening to Melvyn Bragg's current
series on spoken English on Radio 4? It's getting critical raves.
Apparently in South Carolina for instance (this example is from the first
series last year), it's possible to distinguish 4 regional accents which
correspond roughly to 4 groups that settled the territory. Coastal
Carolinian (if that's the word) has affinities with Devon/Cornwall English,
central agricultural Carolinian has SE English roots and the hill dialect is
from Ulster. Can't remember the 4th one..... Incidentally, have you heard
Newfoundland dialect? It's incredibly Irish sounding, even though some are
5th or 6th generation immigrants.
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