Does anyone know any webpages that show regional pronunciation examples for various English words? I'm curious about where I best match up.
2006-09-13 06:33:02 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
The type of thing that you are looking for is called a linguistic "atlas". There are different atlases for different countries. Here are four pages that I found in Google containing related information.
http://www.ling.upenn.edu/phono_atlas/home.html
http://www.evolpub.com/Americandialects/AmDialMap.html
http://www.uwm.edu/Course/350-192/region.html
http://www.popvssoda.com/
The TELSUR project is the group creating a very accurate atlas for the U.S. (I believe it's available for preorder now, if it's not already out). You'll learn more at the first link above.
Of course, these atlases won't do much good for you unless you have enough training to be able to perceive the pronunciation that you use. Most people are totally unaware of what their language really sounds like. If you want to take a crack at learning the IPA, you might record yourself saying some of the words of interest and then listen to yourself very carefully to find out what sounds you actually say (vowels are usually of the most interest for English. If you have a friend who studies linguistics, he/she could possibly guide you when listening to the recording. The next more precise step is intense analysis of spectrograms.
The field that studies this kind of thing is called sociolinguistics. Study it if you're interested.
2006-09-13 15:47:23 · answer #1 · answered by drshorty 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
This is a Northern Ireland one. Its good fun. http://www.speaknorniron.8m.net/
2006-09-13 13:41:44 · answer #2 · answered by Karen J 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
http://http://www.antimoon.com/words/pronunciation-n.htm
www.mybrokenenglish.com/
hope this helps
2006-09-13 15:09:41 · answer #3 · answered by Lady Geo 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋