It also made him sound 80 years old and quaint, as if he genuinely thought this was the only way to reach new people, but he is ‘a 49 year old technology designer’ so presumably someon can nudge him towards Tinder?

50 women picked up gargabe out of a river, read the romantic note attached, and thought, “Yeah this doesn’t sound like it’s gonna get me murdered, let’s go for it!”

lol the Scottish do not fuck around when it comes to trash/litter, especially on public beaches. How on Earth did this guy not see this coming as a direct result of his actions? (And a much more likely one than finding a significant other.)

The headline made him sound cute and whoever cited him like a killjoy. 2,000 bottles, though? That’s enough to make me a killjoy too. Take out a personal ad.

I call what most Americans sounds like (including myself) as the “newscaster from Anywhere, USA” accent.

It’s an odd style; plus people resent it when someone adopts it. Madonna was endlessly jeered when she picked up the posh, international, pronunciations of Atlantic English while living in the UK.

My accent comes out during evening while having more than a few adult beverages or after spending a few minutes on the phone with my parents. My wife says it’s amazing to see my IQ lower so fast.

Wisconsin.

The same is not true in Ireland. We always had more accents per square foot than was strictly needed, or sane; and they just seem to get stronger every year. I’m from Cork City and there’s parts of Cork City where I honestly can not understand one fucking word.

No idea why this is so, but it is.

I have an idear what yaw describing.

We used to call it “Midlantic”, and it’s a quite specific over-pronunciation of vowels, unique to the stretch of coast from roughly Delaware to North Carolina (and most specific to Baltimore).

Fun Fact: The “old-timey” way people talked in early American films is called Mid-Atlantic.

Never heard of that language. Where’s it from?

I’m from a part of the US south with a unique accent/dialect. My accent was never as strong as my mother’s, and hers was never as strong as her father’s. Mine has faded over time - people from the south don’t think I have an accent. In other parts of the US, people hear a lilt, but can’t place it. There are two things…

Canada’s willingness to force assimilation on their indigenous populations over the past 150 years is a crime against humanity.

Message me. I have a linguistics degree though I no longer work in the field. I’d happily volunteer whatever services I can toward preservation.

Not surprised. Within the US, regional accents are really fading, and I’ve noticed more and more of what I call Atlantic English, a blend of British, Irish and General American accents and phraseology- from young people on both sides of the pond. Soon you won’t know Yorkshire from San Diego.

Fuhgedaboudit

My reservation is working hard to create more Menominee language teachers. It’s a struggle to save the language and culture.

Don’t worry. We will soon speak in Scaramucci. It’s a language that speaks a lot but isn’t saying anything.