El Viernes, 15 de Junio de 2007 16:40, Timothy Murphy escribió: > > Sadly, perhaps, any difference is disappearing fast. > My 10-year old grand-daughter talks a kind of mid-Atlantic or MTV English, > which is not surprising since she watches Disney channel all day long. > She would be as likely to say "elevator" as "lift". Well, in my opinion that's not bad, I mean, it's not bad to learn words people use in the other side of the Atlantic. Although I cannot imagine myself speaking like an argentinian :-) > > Her friend next door from Northern Ireland > can "do" a Northern accent if requested, > but normally speaks in the same way. Ummm I wonder in which situation could be one requested to speak with a specific accent :-) > > Dialects in the UK and Ireland have all but disappeared. > When I was young Geordies and Glaswegians were unintelligible. > Now someone with a real accent is treasured as an antique. > (I introduced a Scottish friend of mine recently, > and someone commented, "You do that accent beautifully".) I do love the scottish accent, though, in the beginning is difficult to understand for not native speakers but after a while it's wonderful. (yeah I had a scottish girlfriend, hehe) > > People in NY and London (and Paris) are unintelligible > because they speak too fast, and anyway don't care if you understand. Like here in Madrid I suppose (with the spanish, of course) we're always in a rush Cheers -- Manuel Arostegui Ramirez. Electronic Mail is not secure, may not be read every day, and should not be used for urgent or sensitive issues.
