Re: Vocal Affectation Revisited

How about Dave Van Ronk.

I find when I visit y'all down south, that the drawl is infectious. I
notice myself starting to go that direction. But it wears off once I go
back North. ;>)

But the difference between N and S is not very big these days, at least with
the folks I've met.

Dave Hajicek
<kendcashion@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> The shifting of one's speech patterns is one of those things that
> many of us do. We might not even be aware of it. Many of us have our
> home speech, office speech, social engagement speech, and there are
> people with whom we converse where we might alter the way we say things
> for their benefit, as well as for the way we want to be perceived by
> them.
> What Springsteen is doing is a natural result of circumstances.
> The Arlo Guthrie (Brooklyn) affectation is the sort of thing I was
> wondering about. By the way, there is a member of my family who does
> this. I have other members of my family who talk like they talk in
> Southern California. They have gotten more this way over time. This
> was not a decision they made one day. When I point it out, they are
> not aware that they had changed but they recognize the change.
> The change of accent is more controlled some places than others.
> I was shooting a video of a castle custodian in England. I wired him
> up and my wife had been coached (privately) on how to prompt him into
> monologue should things slow down. She is superb at this.
> Just before we got ready to start shooting, he asked, "Ken, what
> accent would you like?" This really surprized me, then I remembered
> that I was in England...and in Devon. I asked him what my choices
> were. He said, "Midlands, North Dales, London, Cockney,..." I was
> amazed! And he was not an actor but a man who had a long career
> speaking with many visitors and tours to "his" castle.
> I told him that I liked the way he sounded when talking with
> me...he said, "Oh, OK. That is my natural accent because I was raised
> here in Devon." I still enjoy watching this tape and listening to him
> and knowing that he really could have sounded very much like he came
> from his choice of places. <g>
>
>
> Ken
>


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