March 14, 2007
Indians
I could listen to Indians talking all day, particularly when the speaker is British educated. Of all the accents and dialects of the English language, English as spoken in India might just be my favorite.
After that, there are some southern American dialects that I find particularly enjoyable, and it is hard not to enjoy hearing a Scotsman talk. And I will always have a soft spot for the way South Africans speak the Anglo-Saxon tongue.
The dialect I absolutely can't stand, the one that is like nails on a chalkboard, is Canadian. Sorry (and don't you dare pronounce it with a long "o"), but it is all the flat and ugly of Southern Californian with just enough quaintness to be nearly unlistenable. How did the Canadians get such an atrocious accent and the Australians get such an amusing one?
Ah, the mystery.
Posted by erik at March 14, 2007 9:09 AMBarry,
I think you need to let the marihuana wear off before you read.
1. You are commenting on the wrong post.
2. What killed Caesar was the utopian ideal combined with mob frenzy. I said nothing about environmentalists. I mentioned neo-cons (i.e. the assholes who are gung ho for all of these Republican adventures) and the Green Party (not environmentalists in general, however), as the sort of utopians who are dangerous.
3. Who do you mean by the right? Don't you dare lump me with any Republicans, Protestants or Mormons.
4. 94 issues? I am curious. Could you please elaborate? Or is this just a number pulled out of your culo?
Interesting take: the antecedents of the Green Party killed Caesar, along with selected neocons? So I guess only people you selectively like didn't kill a fascist roman dictator. Those damned environmentalists, if only they would keep their subversive opinions to themselves. I gotta tell you, you lost me on this one, and I doubt I'm the only one walking away from this confused as all get out. What the hell did indymedia do to warrant your vitriol? Boy, the right is really becoming unglued these days, and will do anything to avoid admitting that they've been wrong on, oh, the last 94 important issues.
Posted by: Barry at March 15, 2007 11:37 AMThanks Erik!
Just to let you know, I am not English educated.
:)