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cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Rick McCallister <gabaroo6958@...> wrote:
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> --- On Thu, 2/19/09, Max Dashu <maxdashu@...> wrote:
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> > From: Max Dashu <maxdashu@...>
> > Subject: [tied] Re: Franco-Provençal
> > To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com
> > Date: Thursday, February 19, 2009, 8:10 PM
> > >REALLY?! Sarah Palin sounds like a _Canadian_ to you?
> > Wow, that is news.
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> > No, she sounds like someone from Minnesota, and the midwest
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> > Max
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> I'm from the Midwest and she doesn't sound anything like me. She
does sound like she could be from Minnesota, though, which is next to
CANADA
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I agree about her sounding like a Minnesotan. But just because it's
next to Canada, doesn't mean it will sound more like Canada: see what
I said about Upstate New York and Michigan. Upstate New York, which
is close to eastern Ontario (and hence is very near to me) in
particular sounds very different from any Canadian variety: I often
wonder if it is the result of English being taken on as a language by
Germans. It sounds like how Germans might alter English, almost.
Note that I think the regional variety that sounds most like Canadian
varieties is California English, which is one of the farthest states
from Canada. This is based on listening to people who say they grew
up there, on TV, so it's not a scientific conclusion.
Andrew