Re: Starving people refuse to eat food aid
Strobe
>In article <he2f2h$qc6$4...@reader1.panix.com>,
> "Keith F. Lynch" <k...@KeithLynch.net> wrote:
>
>> I'd think that after all these years in the US, Schwarzenegger
>> probably speaks German with an American accent. Whether such an
>> accent connotes menace, I don't know.
>
>I don't know if this is tongue in cheek, but if it's not, I'm pretty
>sure that this doesn't really happen. You might have some difficulty
>speaking if you've disused your native language for a very long time,
>but it won't come across as an "accent" as you'd normally think of it.
>And even very occasional practice will keep you in fine shape. I'm sure
>Schwarzenegger has friends he can speak German with from time to time.
Yet this Cockney is pretty sure that this does happen.
After 30 years in New York, I've been told by current Brits that I now have
a detectable American accent.
I comfort myself with the thought that at least it's Queens American!
Admittedly, I do write American fairly well - but that was easy after so many
years in England reading every issue (except one, darnit) of Astounding/Analog.
BTW, does anyone know the outcome of the serial episode I missed?
All I remember now is that involved an ancient undersea(?) device and mentioned
a Minie ball.
John F. Eldredge
> On Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:50:59 -0500, Mike Ash <mi...@mikeash.com> wrote:
>
>>In article <he2f2h$qc6$4...@reader1.panix.com>,
>> "Keith F. Lynch" <k...@KeithLynch.net> wrote:
>>
>>> I'd think that after all these years in the US, Schwarzenegger
>>> probably speaks German with an American accent. Whether such an
>>> accent connotes menace, I don't know.
>>
>>I don't know if this is tongue in cheek, but if it's not, I'm pretty
>>sure that this doesn't really happen. You might have some difficulty
>>speaking if you've disused your native language for a very long time,
>>but it won't come across as an "accent" as you'd normally think of it.
>>And even very occasional practice will keep you in fine shape. I'm sure
>>Schwarzenegger has friends he can speak German with from time to time.
>
> Yet this Cockney is pretty sure that this does happen. After 30 years in
> New York, I've been told by current Brits that I now have a detectable
> American accent.
> I comfort myself with the thought that at least it's Queens American!
>
A former member of my church (he died a few years ago) was originally
from London, having immigrated to the USA shortly after World War II. To
American ears, he still had a strong Cockney accent, but, on occasions
when he visited relatives back in London, they commented upon how
American he now sounded. So, he referred to himself as having a "mid-
Atlantic" accent. I never thought to ask him if this meant that he had
an accent from Atlantis...
--
John F. Eldredge -- jo...@jfeldredge.com
"Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better
than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria