I find it good when you can start to figure out the best way to phrase things to people who may speak differently or have a different perspective on things...
Something uniquely my own. :) I was brought up in Massachusetts, then went to college on Long Island. The change of the location and working in radio put the letter R in my speech where it should have been all along. From there I've been in Arizona and Salt Lake City. When I first started work down here, I had a hard time making myself understood and an even harder time understanding. I recall going nuts when I was trying to look up a name the customer pronounced "Coke" and it turned out to be spelled Koch.
I remember being on the phone with someone from Hollywood and she was saying how they say "warsh" instead of "wash"....I've apparently got a really strong Aussie accent...when I was in Hawaii...they couldn't even understand when I asked for a "lighter"...there's certain subtle inflections that seem to make a lot of difference to what is being said....as in contextwise...I think we raise our voices in a different part of sentences...as opposed to a lot of American accents...
Ack! I understand this perfectly. I have a slight Southern accent. It isn't what you'd expect, as I was raised on a farm in Arkansas, and you'd expect not to be able to even understand me. ^_^ However, operatic voice lessons sorta FORCE diction onto you, so I have no accent on some words, slight accent on others , and pronounced accent on a few.
However, no matter HOW I try to pronounce everything clearly and precisely, people from the northeastern United States NEVER UNDERSTAND ME. I've had one in New York be QUITE rude about it. Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island--they all giggle and mention they can't understand me well. e_e I NEVER get this problem with Midwestern, Southwestern, or Northwestern states (and it obviously wouldn't be a problem with my Southeastern customers).
The BEST is when I go from a Connecticut call in which someone says "So, uh, wow. You're from the South, huh?" to a south-Alabama call in which someone says "Why, hunny, you aren't from around there, are ya?" *head explodes*
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Date: 2004-03-03 04:23 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-03-03 06:43 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-03-03 11:13 pm (UTC)I find it good when you can start to figure out the best way to phrase things to people who may speak differently or have a different perspective on things...
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Date: 2004-03-04 09:57 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-03-05 01:47 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-03-16 11:26 am (UTC)However, no matter HOW I try to pronounce everything clearly and precisely, people from the northeastern United States NEVER UNDERSTAND ME. I've had one in New York be QUITE rude about it. Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island--they all giggle and mention they can't understand me well. e_e I NEVER get this problem with Midwestern, Southwestern, or Northwestern states (and it obviously wouldn't be a problem with my Southeastern customers).
The BEST is when I go from a Connecticut call in which someone says "So, uh, wow. You're from the South, huh?" to a south-Alabama call in which someone says "Why, hunny, you aren't from around there, are ya?" *head explodes*