Inspired by Tanit-Isis I have added my bit to the dialect and accent vlog that has been going around a bit over the last few months? (or longer??)
While of course this has nothing to do with my usual sewing or fashion-y stuff I really enjoyed viewing other people’s vlogs, devoting some time to tracking back links and viewing a whole lot of them last night. It’s addictive! So I decided to do my own. It’s nice to have a real voice, not to mention a real accent in your mind which can add a whole new dimension when reading static written words!
The list of words is:
Aunt, Route, Wash, Oil, Theatre, Iron, Salmon, Caramel, Fire, Water, Sure, Data, Ruin, Crayon, Toilet, New Orleans, Pecan, Both, Again, Spitting Image, Alabama, Lawyer, Coupon, Mayonnaise, Syrup, Pyjamas, Caught
And (face-slap) the word “Probably” is supposed to be in there also, but in my stage-fright and nervousness I forgot to read that one! Woops!
Plus I added a few bonus words for fun:
About, Aluminium, Apricot, Schedule, News
And the questions are:
What is it called when you throw toilet paper on a house?
What is the bug that when you touch it, curls into a ball?
What is the bubbly, carbonated drink called?
What do you call gym shoes?
What do you say to address a group of people?
What do you call the kind of spider that has an oval shaped body and extremely long legs?
What do you call your grandparents?
What do you call the wheeled contraption in which you carry groceries at the supermarket?
What do you call it when rain falls while the sun is shining?
What is the thing you change the TV channel with?
I hope you enjoy this, in spite of the fact that apparently I look a bit self-conscious according to the family… nerves! Also I’d like to point out that I said “…a series of questions”, not as it sounded “…. serious questions”, which would be a bit silly, no?
I hope to see some more of these out in blogland, please send me your link if you choose to do one of these yourself. It would be fun to compare all our various manners of speaking, and I would love to see some other accents joining in here!
Some others I’ve seen:
Louise
Steph
Franca
Hahaha, it was interesting to hear you talking :). I actually feel as if we finally met in person!
I can't imagine all the accents that non-native English speakers have when talking the language! I was told that I had an American accent, typical for Baltimore :). Funny, I've never been there!
Very fun to hear you, Carolyn! And the sounds of those tropical birds!! Amazing! 🙂
How lovely to hear your voice. You sound just as I imagined you might. I'm not sure I'm brave enough to make a voice presentation. YEAH you.
How I love that Australian accent! You sound just as I imagined too, but you pronounce a few words differently from what I'd expect. What fun – I'm off to watch the others!
Throwing toilet paper on someone's house is an act of vandalism and is illegal here also.
I loved hearing your accent.
It was very fun to hear your voice!
I loved hearing your voice! Thanks Carolyn.
This is totally fun!! I guess you sound just like I'd imagined.
The teenagers where you live must be very civilized. Here you "roll someone's house". I've never done it because it ought to be illegal and is horribly messy to clean up, but yet they seem to do it quite a bit. I think you can be prosecuted for it but I don't suppose it happens terribly alot.
What a super idea. It was really nice to put a voice to the face and how great to hear local sounds too, we don't get any birds as chirpy as that here!
I keep running into the fringes of this vlog. I'm getting tempted to give it a try myself – though my accent is a right thorough mix. My mother's from Chicago, my Dad from hillbilly territory, his mother from the deep South. I was raised in Baltimore and upstate NY, and have since lived in pretty much every major region of the US.
It was fun getting to hear your voice, and I always find the answers to the questions particularly interesting. I call the toilet paper thing TP'ing a house, and it's a fairly common act of minor vandalism around Halloween in several of the places where I've lived.
You inspired me, Carolyn! I also took a stab at this vlog meme, though my recordings kept quitting, so I had to make three of them. And I tried to do it outside, but the wind made it a bust (plus the fact that the video kept quitting).
http://communingwithfabric.blogspot.com/2011/05/she-speaks-vlog-meme.html
I've been seeing these pop up all over and have been hoping an aussie somewhere would do one! Its strange how much more similar aussie accents from different parts of the country are, than in the U.S or U.K. You sound very much like I do, and I've lived in Sydney since I was 4.
If I had a functional camera I'd be doing this in an instant.
I did one of these a while back! It was a lot of fun. I was super addicted to going back through some others.
http://smclevenger.blogspot.com/2011/04/my-vlog-meme.html
Yay! You have a lovely accent (and definitely say 'abowt' 😉 ) … But the birds! Wow!
You have a lovely voice, and I heard no accent at all :).
I think Australian regional accents only show up in a few words and expressions, and there are not many of them on this list. Maybe we should add castle, Indooropilly and fish and chips to the list;)
This is such a great idea.
I love your accent and it is as I imagined.
I don't have an accent so my vlog wouldn't be as interesting as yours 😉
I love your voice! Just like I've imagined it to sound when I read your words. I keep running seeing these vlogs and occasionally is tempted to post one. I'm sure I'll cringe at my own voice. 🙂
Loved it! I didn't hear any accent or "funny" words but then I live in Melbourne. 🙂
Hi Carolyn, I'm from Melbourne too and I would say the words the same as you (except for New Orleans – I'd say Orleens). But interestingly you sounded a bit New Zealanderie (only tiny bit) on some words when you were talking generally. Fun thing to do 🙂
Aussies; I wouldn't expect my accent to be VERY different from yours. I guess I mentioned a possible slight difference between Aussie accents because my mother-in-law is from Victoria, and she has a real Kath and Kim accent. Also, people hailing from rural areas sometimes have an ocker accent. But I agree that we are pretty much the same across the board!
Caroline: don't worry, teenagers here find other ways to act out, not always socially acceptable either!
Super interesting!
And I must say that the voice that comes out of you if the one I imagined! So funny!
(and the birds singing in the background is a real treat!)
I loved your vlog. You have such a sweet and beautiful voice. I might make one, too. I'd hate to miss out on the fun. I'll let you know if I do.
It's a gullywasher. I actually took a linguistics class in college and we had to do a poll very similar to this and I was really surprised at how many people used the word gullywasher, but I've even heard it on the news since so it's pretty common.
Yeah, the camera thing is something I'll have to get used to. I was planning on reading some stories to my little ones so that Q could have them when I'm at the gym or whatever but after watching myself I think I'll need to do a bunch of takes before I'll be happy.
Thanks for doing this – I love watching these, they're so addictive!
It's really nice to hear your sweet voice
Hi Carolyn,
its so interesting to hear bloggers speaking (its taken my this long to get around to turning computer on at home!) you have a very soft, sort of lilting accent compared to other australian's i've met, although still very much australian 🙂
my speed was partly nerves (when i read the list) and partly just how i talk (the other random inbetween chatter!)
oh and this is the first time i heard of sand shoes, ever!
my maternal granmother was granny to the kids and connie to everyone else – her name was agnes though so your story about marnie wasn't surprising at all to me!
You are totally adorable, via blog and vlog. Thanks for being out there.
I love this so much! I so wish I had your accent. Well I guess to you it's not an accent at all! haha. The Australian accent is definitely my favorite of all the accents though. When I was there, I would just listen to the people around us I loved it so much.
You guys don't go toilet papering?? :O haha no actually that's probably a good thing. It is super fun to do though. 🙂
I love that you call them trolleys. That's such much cuter than "shopping cart".
Gosh now I want to go back to Australia!
HEY! I don't even know how I missed this! Was awesome to see you and meet you… you sounded different to how I thought and your accent sounds more English to me actually. Is a cool idea but I'm not sure if i'm game enough yet to do one… I get so nervous in front of a camera… Thanks for doing this, was fun to watch. xo
This is so cool. I want to do it but I don't have a video camera. I would agree the Perth accent is softer than some others I have heard. Although I was corrected by a gentleman from Australia; he said he does not have an accent, that I do!
It is so cool to put a voice and all the non-verbal communication that the video records with the face. And the flash of pussycat tail was awesome.
How interesting – I came here via the link you left on Merche's blog, as I hadn't seen your video when you originally uploaded it.
I think your Perth accent sounds very nice, less harsh and less "lazy" sounding (ie dropped consonants) than many of the accents I hear around me in Sydney.
Maybe because I work with a really diverse group of people, some of whom have very strong ocker accents, mine has gotten more strine over time too – embarrassing!
Thanks for posting this.
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