If you know me in person, you can probably skip the video. Or not. I'm not judging.* This is part of the Blog Voices thingy, wherein we get to hear how other bloggers sound.** And I'm sorry for that weird business at the end.
List of Words:
Aunt, Route, Wash, Oil, Theater, Iron, Salmon, Caramel, Fire, Water, Sure, Data, Ruin, Crayon, Toilet, New Orleans, Pecan, Both, Again, Probably, Spitting image, Alabama, Lawyer, Coupon, Mayonnaise, Syrup, Pajamas, Caught
List of Questions:
What is it called when you throw toilet paper on a house?
What is the bug that when you touch it, it curls into a ball?
What is the bubbly carbonated drink called?
What do you call gym shoes?
What do you say to address a group of people?
What do you call the kind of spider that has an oval-shaped body and extremely long legs?
What do you call your grandparents?
What do you call the wheeled contraption in which you carry groceries at the supermarket?
What do you call it when rain falls while the sun is shining?
What is the thing you change the TV channel with?
You can see a list of the other bloggers who have been doing this at the Three Dresses Project.
*Actually, I'd like somebody who does know me to watch it and tell me if I sound like this. Because, aside from the usual "I don't sound like that" thing, I've never heard myself sound like this. I've listened to recordings of myself, and this is bizarre. The DC says it's a bit tinny and that my voice is more mellow in person.
**I even created a YouTube channel for this. I might start putting up ukulele videos. We'll see. I'll do it if I can put Lucy in the videos, because I hear that's a thing.
List of Words:
Aunt, Route, Wash, Oil, Theater, Iron, Salmon, Caramel, Fire, Water, Sure, Data, Ruin, Crayon, Toilet, New Orleans, Pecan, Both, Again, Probably, Spitting image, Alabama, Lawyer, Coupon, Mayonnaise, Syrup, Pajamas, Caught
List of Questions:
What is it called when you throw toilet paper on a house?
What is the bug that when you touch it, it curls into a ball?
What is the bubbly carbonated drink called?
What do you call gym shoes?
What do you say to address a group of people?
What do you call the kind of spider that has an oval-shaped body and extremely long legs?
What do you call your grandparents?
What do you call the wheeled contraption in which you carry groceries at the supermarket?
What do you call it when rain falls while the sun is shining?
What is the thing you change the TV channel with?
You can see a list of the other bloggers who have been doing this at the Three Dresses Project.
*Actually, I'd like somebody who does know me to watch it and tell me if I sound like this. Because, aside from the usual "I don't sound like that" thing, I've never heard myself sound like this. I've listened to recordings of myself, and this is bizarre. The DC says it's a bit tinny and that my voice is more mellow in person.
**I even created a YouTube channel for this. I might start putting up ukulele videos. We'll see. I'll do it if I can put Lucy in the videos, because I hear that's a thing.
lol - the flag on the link to Leila's blog! (I believe you will find the answer on her About page.)
ReplyDeleteYou sound very normal to me - not a thick Canadian accent like one college teacher I had with a very strong "aboot". Interesting to know the correct pronunciation of "Toronno".
Oh, you and your logic.
DeleteOf course I sound normal. Don't you know the Canadian accent is the purest? (True story: Someone from Virginia once told me she loved my accent, and when I replied facetiously that I didn't have an accent, another Virginian agreed and said the Canadian accent is the most pure!)
The secret to not sounding like a tourist is actually not the t. It's not emphasizing the last syllable. :)
I think the whole 'oot' thing is because of people from BC. I was shocked, when I lived in Seattle and did a couple of trips to Vancouver and Victoria, to find that people there do say 'oot'. So people in Seattle were always disappointed to find that I didn't say 'oot'. I did have one friend in Seattle who grew up in Kentucky who used to tease me about my accent. I teased him right back - he pronounced 'out' as two syllables...
ReplyDeleteThe video sounded like you. Like a recording from a computer mic, but still you.
Wow. That's really weird!
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