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Do you say "buyed" instead of "bought"?

Started by bandit957, September 15, 2017, 11:19:22 PM

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Brandon

Quote from: jakeroot on September 21, 2017, 12:35:18 AM
Most of the remaining "unique" accents in this country seem to be in areas with little outside contact. I'm sure certain villages in the Upper Peninsula would qualify. A more famous example might be the High Tider accent spoken in some of the isolated coastal North Carolina communities.

Define a "unique" accent.  There are a lot of accents out there, across the US and Canada.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_English
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_English
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/UsefulNotes/AmericanAccents
And my accent: http://michigannative.com/ma_home.shtml
Which is a subset of: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inland_Northern_American_English
With all stages of: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Cities_Vowel_Shift
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LM117

Quote from: Brandon on September 21, 2017, 05:39:17 PM
Quote from: jakeroot on September 21, 2017, 12:35:18 AM
Most of the remaining "unique" accents in this country seem to be in areas with little outside contact. I'm sure certain villages in the Upper Peninsula would qualify. A more famous example might be the High Tider accent spoken in some of the isolated coastal North Carolina communities.

Define a "unique" accent.  There are a lot of accents out there, across the US and Canada.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_English
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_English
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/UsefulNotes/AmericanAccents
And my accent: http://michigannative.com/ma_home.shtml
Which is a subset of: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inland_Northern_American_English
With all stages of: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Cities_Vowel_Shift

Having grew up in eastern NC, my accent is the lovechild of Larry the Cable Guy and Foghorn Leghorn. :-D
“I don’t know whether to wind my ass or scratch my watch!” - Jim Cornette

jakeroot

Quote from: Brandon on September 21, 2017, 05:39:17 PM
Quote from: jakeroot on September 21, 2017, 12:35:18 AM
Most of the remaining "unique" accents in this country seem to be in areas with little outside contact. I'm sure certain villages in the Upper Peninsula would qualify. A more famous example might be the High Tider accent spoken in some of the isolated coastal North Carolina communities.

Define a "unique" accent.  There are a lot of accents out there, across the US and Canada.

"Unique" meaning "spoken by a very small group of people".



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