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口音(3)

Post by icefire » 2006-07-19 12:28

在单位认识的同事,大多是来自五湖四海,为了一个共同的目标聚集到一起来的,所以大家说话和我在北方听到的并无多少本质的不同。刚来的时候,四处流窜买东买西填补我那贫瘠的窝。有时候到当地的一些红脖子白人的车库倾售,搬家大甩卖踩点,碰到一些年迈的本地人,他们说话的方式总是让我很新奇。第一个给我留下深刻印象的是他们的发音。我不知怎么形容,简单的说,他们比较喜欢用上颚末端的部位发声,所以有时你会觉得有些词他们就这样不经意地划过,不象电视里人说话那样清晰明了,字字铿锵。听惯了标准的北美英语,乍听到截然不同的南方口音,真是让我欢喜。而且我刚开始还存有不正确的印象,觉得那些老年南方人说话的方式和黑人兄弟很象,很象,简直一般无二。
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Post by gigi » 2006-07-19 13:12

Boston? :f20:

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Post by icefire » 2006-07-19 13:32

way down ...

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Post by tiffany » 2006-07-19 14:28

texas?
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Post by icefire » 2006-07-19 15:04

southeastern :-)

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Post by tiffany » 2006-07-19 15:04

wah, small world!
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Post by silkworm » 2006-07-19 15:05

饿狼陀?

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Post by 火星狗 » 2006-07-19 15:08

接上头没有? :-P

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Post by icefire » 2006-07-19 16:11

where is 饿狼陀?

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Post by icefire » 2006-07-19 16:12

tiffany wrote:wah, small world!
baijin why small world? u r in NYC rn't u?

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Post by 狸狸 » 2006-07-19 21:05

冰火同鞋没有看过中文版飘 :-D
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Post by icefire » 2006-07-20 13:02

no :oops: that explains why baijin said small world?

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Post by tiffany » 2006-07-20 13:06

呃??我搞错了。
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Re: 口音(2)

Post by silkworm » 2006-07-20 14:26

icefire wrote:6条大棱,条条堵得寸轮难行。
好像有一个著名堵车路口被是誉为spagetti junction?

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Post by icefire » 2006-07-20 14:36

it's in Birmingham UK right?


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Post by icefire » 2006-07-20 14:58

oh yeah oh yeah! :-o Doctor worm, u so awesome...

I'm more on 75 btw.

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Post by lindamm » 2006-07-20 15:49

icefire wrote:no :oops: that explains why baijin said small world?
icefire you mixed Tiffany and baijin again !(again?)

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Post by icefire » 2006-07-20 16:37

Tiffany is baijin, no? I thought it so from day 1!:shock:

Suddenly my simple to naive world got tossed upside down...

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Post by 洛洛 » 2006-07-20 16:58

你可以利用这段塞车时间来学习西班牙文,一定很有成就。我现在不开车上下班,所以学习时间不够。 :wink:
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Post by DeBeers » 2006-07-20 18:04

lindamm wrote:
icefire wrote:no :oops: that explains why baijin said small world?
icefire you mixed Tiffany and baijin again !(again?)
tiffany就是白金呀,简称白博 :lol:
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Post by icefire » 2006-07-20 18:16

luoluo, I chose an apt which is less than 1 mile from where I'll be working, and no traffice lights at all on the way. I won't have enough time for Spanish learning whlie driving. :-)

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Post by 森林的火焰 » 2006-07-20 19:05

DeBeers wrote:
lindamm wrote:
icefire wrote:no :oops: that explains why baijin said small world?
icefire you mixed Tiffany and baijin again !(again?)
tiffany就是白金呀,简称白博 :lol:
白金简称白博,俩字简成俩字? :f23:
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Post by lindamm » 2006-07-21 2:58

DeBeers wrote:
lindamm wrote:
icefire wrote:no :oops: that explains why baijin said small world?
icefire you mixed Tiffany and baijin again !(again?)
tiffany就是白金呀,简称白博 :lol:
我白白混了那末多年了 :let_me_die: :worthy:

居然一直以为白金镶钻和tiffany是两个人 :(

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Post by 红尘有缘 » 2006-07-21 9:24

俺有段时间住三番DOWN TOWN,每天开30多迈(单程)去乡下的办公室上班

每天早上看进城的车堵了能有将近10迈,而俺奔驰在出城的路上,俺的心情就无比舒畅 :admir001: :admir001:

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Post by thursdaynigh » 2006-07-21 16:21

wow, icefire搬到这儿来了 :-D

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Post by icefire » 2006-07-21 20:04

lindamm wrote:
DeBeers wrote:
lindamm wrote: icefire you mixed Tiffany and baijin again !(again?)
tiffany就是白金呀,简称白博 :lol:
我白白混了那末多年了 :let_me_die: :worthy:

居然一直以为白金镶钻和tiffany是两个人 :(
lindamn 你细想想,哪儿会有和败金同样有趣,同样爱科学,同样喜杀LV鼠,同样NYC 的人存在呢?(KNOWING, CAMELLA, DROPBY...等等同样有趣的NYER除外).

(俺不禁右手拍左肩膀,左手拍右肩膀地自我赞叹曰:尔马屁工夫真是日进千里呀~~~)

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Post by icefire » 2006-07-21 20:06

thursdaynigh wrote:wow, icefire搬到这儿来了 :-D
嗯哪,敢情您也在这疙瘩哪 :-D

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Post by thursdaynigh » 2006-07-24 10:14

是的是的, 我很高兴地拼命点头承认 :admir001:

于是我现在我益发好奇了, 下面到底还有什么感想呢? 你再写啊 :?:

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Post by Jun » 2006-08-01 20:51

Hmm... Still nothing about accents...

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Post by icefire » 2006-08-01 21:33

all right put one more bit... Jun you should consider being a boss... :mrgreen:

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Post by icefire » 2006-09-21 9:28

在单位认识的同事,大多是来自五湖四海,为了一个共同的目标聚集到一起来的,所以大家说话和我在北方听到的并无多少本质的不同。刚来的时候,四处流窜买东买西填补我那贫瘠的窝。有时候到当地的一些红脖子白人的车库倾售,搬家大甩卖踩点,碰到一些年迈的本地人,他们说话的方式总是让我很新奇。第一个给我留下深刻印象的是他们的发音。我不知怎么形容,简单的说,他们比较喜欢用上颚末端的部位发声,所以有时你会觉得有些词他们就这样不经意地划过,不象电视里人说话那样清晰明了,字字铿锵。听惯了标准的北美英语,乍听到截然不同的南方口音,真是让我欢喜。而且我刚开始还存有不正确的印象,觉得那些老年南方人说话的方式和黑人兄弟很象,很象,简直一般无二。

第一次发现用语的不同,是在和当地小孩打球的时候。刚开始,听到他们动不动就一个“I appreciate it”,一时间转不过弯来。后来就明白是“Thank you”的意思。在北方也听到人这么说过,不过很少,而且一般都是强调感激,比如“Thanks a lot, I really appreciate it”,这儿不,这儿是上来就给你一个“I appreciate it”,“Thank you”用得极少。

这样的例子挺多。有比如当你兴致勃勃地讲述某桩得意之作时,他们附和,会表情亲热地说“Well how's that?”表示对你的同意和赞许,相当于我们说“哟,真的麽?”,“哎呀,可不!”,嘿,你可~以啊!”。而当他们自己在表述事情时,为了表示自个儿为此很得意,会说“how's that?”,没有那个“well”。

还有一个比较让我新奇的习惯是,他们但凡对比他们年长的人说话,会时不时地说“Yes sir!”--不一定是长辈,只要是年纪比他们大的。

他们在听我对他们讲述我的感想和发现时,大多比较惊奇,因为他们自个儿自小就是这样说话,不比我这个外来者,能敏感地注意到不同地区的语言差别。其中有一个告诉我说,他有一次去芝加哥,“shocked by”芝加哥人说话和自己是有怎样大的差别,所以后来努力消除自己说话的口音。这个家伙,我原先还以为不是南方本地人呢。

嗯,这篇也完了。无债一身轻的感觉真好啊瓦哈哈哈

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Post by Jun » 2006-09-21 10:38

"How's that?" or "How about that?"

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Post by tiffany » 2006-09-21 10:50

我们应该说:WELL, how is that..... :mrgreen:
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Post by icefire » 2006-09-21 10:54

Jun wrote:"How's that?" or "How about that?"
Jun你这么一问,我也糊涂了。。。待我有机会再问问他们罢。。。
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Post by miumiu » 2006-09-21 11:35

真个儿巧了
昨晚刚看了To Kill a Mockingbird
小孩子说话带南方口音真可爱 :love011:
冰火说到的常用语包括那个yes sir一个不拉

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Post by Jun » 2006-09-21 11:42

Is it a rhetorical question? If yes I am only aware of "How about that?" But I have NEVER lived in the south.

I like the saying "Get outta here!" So New York.
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Post by silkworm » 2006-09-21 11:56

我看过不多几个有关南方的电影电视剧,接触过不多几个南方人,感觉南方人的规矩比较老派,总是yes sir,yes ma'am的。
另,他们还有一个口头禅,听你讲话中间会经常说"Is that so?",不是质疑,只是表示他们在听。

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Post by tiffany » 2006-09-21 12:04

我的口头禅是:really? 也是表示在听,后来发现有些群众以为我在质疑, :headscratch: :gros_yeux_tristes: :f22:
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Post by icefire » 2006-09-21 12:05

来来来,提问:什么情况下人们会说“you don't say!” :-)

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Post by tiffany » 2006-09-21 12:10

表惊讶?
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Post by Knowing » 2006-09-21 12:16

tiffany wrote:我的口头禅是:really? 也是表示在听,后来发现有些群众以为我在质疑, :headscratch: :gros_yeux_tristes: :f22:
我最常用表示在听的话有一堆:
Really?
Seriously?
OMG!
I can't believe this!
Good for you!
You are kidding me.
No kidding.
Tell me about it
He wish!
uhh..
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Post by Jun » 2006-09-21 12:17

"You don't say!"
"Get outta here!"

Same thing. :lol:

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Post by tiffany » 2006-09-21 12:28

我还有若干鼻腔嗓音单音节:
ah~~~~
hmmm.....

跟老板打哈哈就常说:
that's interesting
that's good
weired......
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Post by silkworm » 2006-09-21 12:36

我怎么感觉老美听别人说了一通以后,很插不上嘴,又不好没反应,就说:Interesting?

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Post by camellia » 2006-09-21 12:49

I just say Get out! But it's very girly/gay words to say.
Sometimes I will say Tell me that!

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Post by icefire » 2006-09-21 13:05

在职场说interesting,大多是为了防惹麻烦上身罢。因为当有人对你发表某些言论观念时,你是说是也不好,说不是也不好。为了2方面都不得罪,人们就会频频地用ah, that's interesting...

我听过一个人的面试经历,她前面几个面试结果都不错,所以底子比较硬,声气也比较壮。话说有一日她又在一个校园骗工作餐吃,听到2个当地系里的faculty在谈论一个人,因为是在同一个领域,所以她对这个人也知之甚祥,她,居然开始,兴致勃勃地和他们开始gossip! 当时这两人的面色就开始不对,她当时也立时知道不妙。后来OFFER果然没到手。
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Post by tiffany » 2006-09-21 13:12

兵火说话总不肯一次说完。
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Post by Knowing » 2006-09-21 13:39

上来抓狂一下:正在跟人测试,这个counterparty 说话特别GAY , 软软的象个小老太太,我听得难受死了。mmd 真烦人!
最喜欢跟伦敦的counterparty 们测试,澳洲的也不错,虽然过程一样繁琐恼人,至少口音好听,可以yy 的把没见过面的对方想像成clive owen
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Post by tiffany » 2006-09-21 13:58

:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
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