The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #60438 Message #969444
Posted By: Rapparee
19-Jun-03 - 10:49 PM
Thread Name: Is that really you?
Subject: RE: Is that really you?
Sometimes, when I return to my town of birth and growth, I can hear the accents there, mostly (but by no means exclusively) among the older folks.
I, myself, have no accent unless I want to use one or have it forced upon my by proximity and time. I doubt that anyone has an accent when they hear themselves talk -- hearing themselves recorded, on the other hand, is a different story because you hear what others hear: without the echoing within your own sinuses, bone conduction, and so on that happens when you talk or sing.
You don't sound like yourself at all!!!