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Because so many people were being Wrong On The Internet, I decided to upload an accent sample which uses all the relevant vowels in the manner G-d intended.
Transcript:
If I err on the side of caution, then I can’t marry either Mary or Kerry.
My reaction went something like this:
“So, brain, was any of that weird?”
Weird is such a subjective term.
“Was it different from how we would say it?”
Well, her “can’t” [here pronounced in an attempt to mimic it] is all British…
“I meant the other bits. Were they different?”
The difference is insignificant.
“So there was a difference?”
I don’t know. The difference is insignificant.
English plays so fast and loose with vowels that there’s no point paying attention to fine distinctions. We might not even use consistent vowels for any of those words ourself; I honestly don’t know.
“No wonder you’re so terrible with accents.”
Yes.
Tags:
#language #reply via reblog #in which Brin somehow manages to be among the most singlet people she knows #(to be fair keeping the original dialogue format rather overstates the extent to which the two are separate entities) #accents
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