tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22518525.post5744170942332747855..comments2023-10-27T11:18:27.852+11:00Comments on From the notebook of.: History of English Podcast: a real treatS Simmondshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13082268725118026028noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22518525.post-1208232083594190542017-01-17T20:57:39.378+11:002017-01-17T20:57:39.378+11:00My brain is not really tuning into the similaritie...My brain is not really tuning into the similarities with Australian accents. It's just that, like the regional Australian accents, my brain smoothes over the differences in interpreting what the ear hears.<br /><br />I think part of the "problem" is that we have been inculcated American accents - of a variety of regions - by the sheer drilling persistence of American film and tv.<S Simmondshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13082268725118026028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22518525.post-9980565916126695072017-01-12T05:45:50.076+11:002017-01-12T05:45:50.076+11:00I am tickled to read that you find Stroud's re...I am tickled to read that you find Stroud's regional American accent "reasonably easy to listen to." Have I stumbled upon a fellow listener who not only notices regional accents, but notices regional American accents as an Australian? Bravo! <br /><br />But are you not bothered as I am by "old" pronounced as "ode"? <br /><br />gorse43https://www.blogger.com/profile/12630450817710689222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22518525.post-32280246548595948122012-11-07T08:13:35.423+11:002012-11-07T08:13:35.423+11:00I just listened to the introductory episode. Oh bo...I just listened to the introductory episode. Oh boy! - that's right up my street. I enjoyed Steven Pinker's The Language Instinct, a wonderful book which covers similar territory.<br />Looking forward to that beer next week!<br /><b><a href="http://todiscoverice.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow"> Click here for Bazza’s Blog ‘To Discover Ice’</a></b>bazzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794010156639774028noreply@blogger.com