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JimmyCracksCorn
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Macedonia - Sovereign country north of Greece.
Dec 2002
time: 05:26
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I'm really interested in accents. Not for school or anything, just as a hobby. I love hearing different accents from English speaking populations around the world, especially from remote areas in the colonial and post colonial world.
Like for instance I just became interested in hearing what a white Bahamian would sound like... since most are descended from Loyalist Americans, I would assume there would be some kind of connection with a late 18th century American accent... either from New England or the Carolinas. It would be fascinating to hear one. However there is very very very little literature on this, and its almost impossible to find any way to hear one without actually going to the Bahamas. This is just one example.
Over the years I've found a few sites which have audio clips of different people from around the world reading various passages from books, etc... just so people can hear their accent. However, the ones I've found are very limited and don't have much selection, especially from smaller countries.
So does anyone know of a similar site/database which they've found useful... or am I just not making any sense?
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06-02-2005 00:15
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