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Thread #103911   Message #2122394
Posted By: GUEST,Squeaky at work
09-Aug-07 - 08:22 AM
Thread Name: Accents and Dialect
Subject: RE: Accents and Dialect
Georgian - I had the same sort of schooling - my rural accent was literally beaten out of me. Singing in the church choir helped to dampen it down, enunciating properly for the (mostly deaf!) congregation. I still have moments though when it pops out, usually when I've been visiting relatives in Dorset or spoken to one of the South-West offices on the phone.

I'm pathetic at working out accents though... I have to have the subtitles on for any TV show produced north of Shrewsbury.

LTS