Comments on: Me & Scott in Bologna http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2006/04/08/me-scott-in-bologna/ writing, reading, eating, drinking, sport Thu, 17 May 2012 20:45:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Little Willow http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2006/04/08/me-scott-in-bologna/comment-page-1/#comment-3529 Little Willow Sun, 09 Apr 2006 20:20:14 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=301#comment-3529 Very cute. Very cute.

]]> By: Justine http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2006/04/08/me-scott-in-bologna/comment-page-1/#comment-3521 Justine Sat, 08 Apr 2006 22:26:41 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=301#comment-3521 Hezaa: I think I say "cute" more like "kewt". I'm trying to imagine what "kyuut" sounds like . . . New York accents are fabulous. Tricia: Proves my point! Phoenetic spelling rarely works cause we all talk and hear so different. Veejane: My "Mary" and "merry" are pretty much the same. Yup rhymes can be effective cept when you say the word so different from the other person that they can't conceive of how those words could possibly rhyme. But back off from those vowels, missy, they's mine. Candy Gourlay: Really? I'm so pleased it was useful! And thanks for posting <a href="http://candygourlay.com/blog/2006/04/ya-voice-slang-and-teen-vernacular.html" rel="nofollow">your notes from Scott's talk</a>. Good luck with the novel! Hezaa: I think I say “cute” more like “kewt”. I’m trying to imagine what “kyuut” sounds like . . .

New York accents are fabulous.

Tricia: Proves my point! Phoenetic spelling rarely works cause we all talk and hear so different.

Veejane: My “Mary” and “merry” are pretty much the same.

Yup rhymes can be effective cept when you say the word so different from the other person that they can’t conceive of how those words could possibly rhyme.

But back off from those vowels, missy, they’s mine.

Candy Gourlay: Really? I’m so pleased it was useful! And thanks for posting your notes from Scott’s talk. Good luck with the novel!

]]> By: Candy Gourlay http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2006/04/08/me-scott-in-bologna/comment-page-1/#comment-3520 Candy Gourlay Sat, 08 Apr 2006 22:04:03 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=301#comment-3520 i really enjoyed your talk. i came to the conference specially - had been struggling with an english language novel set in a non-english speaking country, with characters who love reading english language books and who, in part, are characterised by their different accents. your talk helped me work on a strategy for these lingusitic challenges! i really enjoyed your talk. i came to the conference specially – had been struggling with an english language novel set in a non-english speaking country, with characters who love reading english language books and who, in part, are characterised by their different accents. your talk helped me work on a strategy for these lingusitic challenges!

]]> By: veejane http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2006/04/08/me-scott-in-bologna/comment-page-1/#comment-3518 veejane Sat, 08 Apr 2006 15:59:36 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=301#comment-3518 My favorite pronunciation shibboleth is "Mary, marry, merry" -- a sequence of three different vowels that only a few Americans hear as different at all. Certainly not midwesterners and Californians. I say "can't" as if it rhymed with "wont," as in the archaic word for habit. (I do think that finding rhyme words is a great, and transnational, method for sussing out accent differences. Turns out, Canadians are not pronouncing "sorry" as SORE-y just to annoy me; they can't help it! All their short Os have been stolen away.) All of your vowels are belong to me! My favorite pronunciation shibboleth is “Mary, marry, merry” — a sequence of three different vowels that only a few Americans hear as different at all. Certainly not midwesterners and Californians.

I say “can’t” as if it rhymed with “wont,” as in the archaic word for habit.

(I do think that finding rhyme words is a great, and transnational, method for sussing out accent differences. Turns out, Canadians are not pronouncing “sorry” as SORE-y just to annoy me; they can’t help it! All their short Os have been stolen away.)

All of your vowels are belong to me!

]]> By: tricia sullivan http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2006/04/08/me-scott-in-bologna/comment-page-1/#comment-3516 tricia sullivan Sat, 08 Apr 2006 07:02:06 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=301#comment-3516 actually your queen reads a bit yorkshire to me, which would be vastly more amusing than her actual voice... actually your queen reads a bit yorkshire to me, which would be vastly more amusing than her actual voice…

]]> By: Hezaa http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2006/04/08/me-scott-in-bologna/comment-page-1/#comment-3514 Hezaa Sat, 08 Apr 2006 03:13:59 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=301#comment-3514 Phonetic spellings are fun. I say the word "cute" like "kyuut," and sometimes I create new words for the bizarre sounds my palat expander (like headgear, but entirely inside my mouth) sometimes makes my mouth articulate. Additionally, I am quite fond of spelling words like people in Brooklyn say them. Phonetic spellings are fun. I say the word “cute” like “kyuut,” and sometimes I create new words for the bizarre sounds my palat expander (like headgear, but entirely inside my mouth) sometimes makes my mouth articulate. Additionally, I am quite fond of spelling words like people in Brooklyn say them.

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