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Sundae · 04-29-2012, 04:59 AM

Thank you, that's very kind.

My voice in that clip is a little softer and huskier than usual because I'm still fighting this infection. Better than this time last week when I could barely speak and certainly coudn't have said all that without coughing

My accent is pretty typical Southern/ London accent.
My London family transplanted to Bucks in the 60s, so I had no chance of a Bucks accent despite being born and bred here. I'm not well spoken because I flatten my vowels and swallow my consonants, but people do comment that I have a good speaking/ telephone voice, because I do at least make some effort at "correct" pronunciation.

I've noticed my speech changing since moving back home. For a long while I lived in places where I had a noticeable accent, so I was free to speak in any way I wanted. Now I'm back home I fall into my parents' patterns of speech. I heard myself say, "yerr-ight?" the other day (are you alright?) and cringed.

04-29-2012, 04:59 AM	#372
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Thank you, that's very kind. My voice in that clip is a little softer and huskier than usual because I'm still fighting this infection. Better than this time last week when I could barely speak and certainly coudn't have said all that without coughing My accent is pretty typical Southern/ London accent. My London family transplanted to Bucks in the 60s, so I had no chance of a Bucks accent despite being born and bred here. I'm not well spoken because I flatten my vowels and swallow my consonants, but people do comment that I have a good speaking/ telephone voice, because I do at least make some effort at "correct" pronunciation. I've noticed my speech changing since moving back home. For a long while I lived in places where I had a noticeable accent, so I was free to speak in any way I wanted. Now I'm back home I fall into my parents' patterns of speech. I heard myself say, "yerr-ight?" the other day (are you alright?) and cringed. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac Last edited by Sundae; 04-29-2012 at 05:13 AM.