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From: peter@statsci.com (Peter Schumacher)
Subject: Re: Dutch and English accents
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sommar@enea.se (Erland Sommarskog) writes:

>First, when I said I preferred British accents over American ones,
> [cut]
>Nevertheless, Canadian English seems to share traits with USAmerican
>English which makes them both sound ugly.

I don't disagree with this one bit. RP, BBC, Oxford and related accents and
constructions sound pleasant, N. American varieties (mine included) sound
harsh.

I happen to like Irish and Scots accents as well, though for different
reasons. They aren't smooth and unemotional like RP, but they have an
expressive and musical cadence. You can hear echoes of it in Atlantic
Canadian English, but the real thing is, as usual, in Europe.

Peter Schumacher
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Peter Schumacher
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