LanguageLover  +  117287 Mon, 11 Jul 05 01:27 PM Hi Friends, The following link gives you some information on how native speakers can sound different to each other: http://classweb.gmu.edu/accent/english0.html LanguageLover Joined on Fri, Feb 25 2005 Contributing Member 1,507 The similarities among the languages are more than their differences! Accents, Dialects

	abbie1948  +  117551 Tue, 12 Jul 05 11:45 AM Hey, LL - that's pretty interesting. The female from Birmingham, England did not have a Brummie accent though, and the others were not extreme - just a twang, but still interesting. abbie1948 Joined on Thu, Mar 24 2005 England Senior Member 2,657 Hope that helps. Abbie Accents, Dialects

	LanguageLover  +  117767 Tue, 12 Jul 05 10:21 PM You know, if they had a larger database .... But it is still interesting. I also was looking for the Irish accent that I like, Day Lwis in In the Name of the Father, it was close to strabane, but still different! If you go to the accent page, you'll see different nationalities, whose second language are English, also utter the same paragraph, and there is an analysis based on the data to determine which second language speakers have which pronunciation problems when talking English. Enjoy it, LanguageLover Accents, Dialects, Pronunciation, Paragraphs

	KYsheeplover06  +  117852 Wed, 13 Jul 05 04:11 AM That's really interesting, LanguageLover! I've just recently become interested in all of the different English accents and this really strikes my fancy. Sarah KYsheeplover06 Joined on Mon, Jun 27 2005 Full Member 251 "It's easy to see without looking too far that not much is really sacred." - Bob Dylan Accents, Dialects

	Eimai_Anglos  +  118020 Wed, 13 Jul 05 03:37 PM Number 2 does not have a Birmingham accent at all. Number 57 has. Eimai_Anglos Joined on Thu, Jun 23 2005 Regular Member 509 Martin - native English speaker and technical author. Accents, Dialects

	Eimai_Anglos  +  118028 Wed, 13 Jul 05 04:00 PM OK, guys, here's a treat for you. ME! http://www.The-Cool-Book-Shop.co.uk/sound1/english.htm Eimai_Anglos Dialects

	LanguageLover  +  118244 Thu, 14 Jul 05 10:18 AM Thanks Sarah, the area of your interests is getting bigger and bigger, though I thought it was big enough for your age before. Enjoy your life and good luck with everything, LanguageLover Dialects