Its a blog adaption of a video tag!
Accent tag.
My accent.. if it could be said that I have one.. is um.. American English.. with a 'deep southern drawl' influence and a whole lot of what I call old-fashioned 'pet' words and phrases from.. all over the place.
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A bit of an english pronunciation before I go on, to help with my 'phonic' sound description..
A. there is 'ahh' (short vowel) as in.. about, Asparagus, and daughter.
'aeh' (a bit like 'ehh'.. only with the 'nahh' sound) as in.. apple, absolutely, ant, trash, can, and dam.
'ay' (strong/long vowel) is in.. hay, tray, okay, April, ape, and ain't.
E. 'eh' (short vowel)as in.. bleh, friend, send, pending, trend, cherry, and ten.
'ee' (long vowel) as in.. tween, spleen, scream and eek.
I. 'ih' (short vowel) as in.. sniff, rift, quick, and drip
'iy' (long vowel) as in.. eye, sigh, bye, tie, and cry
O. 'ah' or 'uh'(short vowel) as in on, off, love, dove, done, and some
'oh' (long vowel) as in.. so, dough, toy, over, flow
OO (long or sometimes short U sound) as in.. soon, toon, root, and foot(fuht)
U. 'uh' (short vowel) as in.. gum, under, us, sun, duck, drum, and fun
'oo' (long vowel) as in.. tube, true, blue, and due
G and J. Guh (hard sound) or Juh (short sound) as in.. glue, grape, just, and jingle. and when pairing g and h together.. they go completely silent. as in.. night, fright, blight, and sight
C. sometimes sounds like 'kay' and sometimes sounds like 'Ss',
as in.. case = kay's, copper = kah'per cinch = sinch, circumstance = ser-cuhm-stahns
then a whole bunch of double vowel sounds..
ae/ia = 'aye' or rarely 'ee' as in.. aeon, aerie, daemonic, pediatrics
ai = 'eh' 'err' or 'aye' as in.. said, fair, acclaim
au = 'awo' 'ahh' 'ehh' or 'ow' as in.. abound, about, account
ea = 'eh' or 'ee' or occasionally 'ehr' as in.. dead, earth, tease
ei = 'ay' as in sleigh, freight, and reign
oa = 'oh' as in.. oak, moat, boat
ou = 'ow','oh' 'oo' as in.. sound, trout, mound, gourd, four, colour, you
io = 'eeoh' or 'shun' (-tion) as in.. onion, brio, radio, nation, creation
ie = 'ee' or 'iyeh' as in.. achieve, piece, diet
ia = "eeyah" or 'iyah' as in.. lamia, alias, diaper
ua = 'ahh' or 'ay' as in.. squash, aqua, aquarium
on the odd occurrence there are three vowels in a row, mesh the first two, then sound the last one. beautiful = b'ee'-u-tih-ful, continuous = con-tihn-yoo-uhs
double of the same consonant are just made into one sound.. sometimes separated by a quick 'breath' mark. butter = buh'ter, llama = lahmah, summer = sumerr
always exceptions to the rules..
gh = (ignored), often making the vowel before it long) as in.. night, fight, bright, freight
-ing = -een'guh or 'ihn' as in do'ing
'e' at the end of a word. called a silent 'e' - it makes most vowels before itself long ones.
make = mayk, fright = fr-'iy'-t ...except in certain cases, as in.. fishes/fish and other such words that change depending on the counter.. mongoose/mongeese/mongooses, goose/geese, mouse/meece/mouses etc
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Aunt = I weeble with this word. sometimes its 'ahh'nt and sometimes its aeh'nt.
roof = r oo f (long oo sound, like uu)
route = like root. (long oo sound, like uu)
wash = wahh'sh. Sometimes it comes out sounding a bit eastern with an 'r in it. wahh'rsh
oil = oy'yull ... (oy/oie, as in.. soy or toy)
theater/theatre = thee'uh'tur ('th' as in.. thought, think, thistle. not the hard 'th' as in this, that, those)
iron = iy'ern
salmon = sae'mon (ae sound..as in apple, ant)
caramel = care-eh-mel or cahr-ah-mel (care (long A sound) as in .. april, bear, swear, ape, air.. car (short a sound) as in.. tar, far)
fire = fiy'yr (the silent 'e' at the end makes the 'i' vowel long)
water = wah'tdur ... yes folks, here it is.. the American English alveolar tap. and you didn't think we had one. lol! it's like.. the tip of the tongue goes up to the edge of the ridge in the upper part of your mouth and 'taps' or briefly slides against it to make the 'tduh' sound that isn't quite a 'd', a 't', nor is it quite an 'L' sound either. I have been told, its a bit like butter is for the British English.. and is much like the Japanese 'r'. (which sounds nothing like an 'r' to me.)
sure = sh-err (some people make it sound more like shohr)
data = day'tah (some people make it sound a bit more like dahtah)
ruin = r'oo'ihn
crayon = cray'on
New Orleans = New-Or'lins (some call it New-Or'lee'ons)
pecan = pihk'kahn (some say pee'kaehn)
both = bohth
again = ah'gehn
probably = prohb-ah-blee
spitting image = spihting ihmaj
Alabama = Aeleh'baem'ah
lawyer = loy'er
coupon = koo'pahn
mayonnaise = may'oh'nayz (most just say may'oh. some call it mah'nayz)
syrup = sih'rup
pajamas = pah'jah'mahz (some just say pee-jays)
caught = koh't
naturally = nat'rehlee
aluminum = ah'loom-en'uhm
envelope = ehn-vehl-ohp
What is it called, when you use toilet paper on a house? TPing
what is the bug, that when you touch it, it curls into a ball? taterbug or pillbug
what is the bubbly carbonated drink called? coke/soda or softdrink
what do you call gym shoes? sneakers or tennis shoes
what do you say to address a group of people? hello or hiya!
what do you call a spider, or spider-like creature that has an oval-shaped body and extremely long legs? daddy-long-legs or harvester spider
what do you call you're grandparents? grandma and grandpa.. or grandpapa
what do you call the wheeled contraption in which you carry groceries at the supermarket? grocery buggy/cart or basket
what do you call it when rain falls while the sun is shining? rainshine or foxrain
what is the thing you change the tv channel with? (not that I have one but..) the remote or godbox
Toilet tag ?!!
1. Spray things that you like.. hmm ok..
shhht .. I like hot chocolate n marshmallows on chilly days.
shht .. I like Chai tea, english style! (with milk and sugar)
shhht .. I also like manga and graphic novels
shhht *cof* I Love peach cobbler!
shhhht .. I like jpop, tpop, and kpop music... like kat-tun, 183 club, and mblaq
shht .. I like comedic film.
shht .. I like cats.
shhht *cofcof* and I love asian Dramas!
2. how does it smell?
A bit overwhelmingly of cuddles and giggles... with a hint of vanilla citrus.
3. draw a youtuber with your eyes closed.
I don't actually have to say who I believe this to be, right?
4. what is the last thing you bought. why did you buy it?
last thing I bought... groceries.. because I was getting hungry.
But the last non-food, non-household, thing I bought was a kanji book.
5. show us your toilet area.
How about i describe it instead? a room large enough to have 2 oval sinks, a toilet, and a tub/shower with glass doors. beside the toilet on the floor, is a brush, and the occasional household cleaner. in the window sill, right next to it, (left side) is shampoo-ish items and the toiletpaper. on the sills of both mirrors over the sinks, toothbrush holder, hairbrush, and liquid soap container. in tub sills, shampoo, soap, and back brush. Next to the tub, behind the door, is a built in cupboard, where I mostly keep beauty and hair stuff. general theme of the room is.. uhh... white walls, grey linoleum floor and the stray towel or two at any given time.
6. flush one thing you want to delete from the world.
only one thing? *mumble* stingy *mumblemumble* ok
The whole 'rat race' concept..and by it, having to fight against a constant catch22, which keeps you struggling just to stay in one spot. *flushhhh* ....
7.show us your best faces.
>.> <-- innocent askance eyes
:P <-- raspberry
:D <-- I thought it was funny
XD <-- laughing hysterically
^ ^ <-- cute smiling eyes
o.o <-- surprised face
-.- <-- not amused face
8. who do you tag?
good question... I would tag Mesh and her sis, but dunno that I'd ever see a reply to it. Ditto for Darkelfie and her sister. so.. ok.. I'll tag Aztaro! .. and you as well, dear reader! send me a link to yer blog when you have completed it ok? I'd luv to read it!
all 'tag' rules apply.. in a guideline sort of way. don't over-gross it, don't off-topic spam it, do be creative with your answers. do have fun with it. thankyouverymuch (Elvis has now left the blog!)
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