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It's been a few years. What do you sound like? Make a recording of the passage from and post it up here.

Mine:
(I also have ones from previous years if you ask nicely)

here we go!

http://vocaroo.com/i/s0RkTuJQMDzS

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Adúljôžal ônal kol ví éža únah kex yaxlr gmlĥ hôga jô ônal kru ansu frú.
Ansu frú ônal savel zaš gmlĥ a vek Adúljôžal vé jaga čaþ kex.
Ônal zeh. Ônal zeh. Ônal zeh. Ônal zeh. Ônal zeh. Ônal zeh. Ônal zeh.

Here's mine: http://vocaroo.com/i/s0j6qq4OnoAx

I always hate listening to my voice >.< I sound so squeaky.

, for what it's worth.

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I generally forget to say, so if it's relevant and I don't mention it--I'm from Southern Michigan and speak Inland North American English. Yes, I have the Northern Cities Vowel Shift; no, I don't have the cot-caught merger; and it is called pop.

Who is stella? Why are you making me call her? Why me?!

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The conlanger formerly known as “the conlanger formerly known as Pole, the”.

If we don't study the mistakes of the future we're doomed to repeat them for the first time.

Mine:

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Blog:

How do I sound for a non-native?

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The conlanger formerly known as “the conlanger formerly known as Pole, the”.

If we don't study the mistakes of the future we're doomed to repeat them for the first time.

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and

Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur.

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Kyn nag ov den skentel pur ...

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Blog:

What about recording it using a telephone?

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The conlanger formerly known as “the conlanger formerly known as Pole, the”.

If we don't study the mistakes of the future we're doomed to repeat them for the first time.

This is of the Stella passage.

For the record, I am originally from the Milwaukee area.

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Dibotahamdn duthma jallni agaynni ra hgitn lakrhmi.
Amuhawr jalla vowa vta hlakrhi hdm duthmi xaja.
Irdro. Irdro. Irdro. Irdro. Irdro. Irdro. Irdro.

. I had to try it a few times in order to get the level on my microphone right (the first couple of times it picked up too much ambient noise), so I might sound a little different than I would speaking entirely off the cuff. Also, I think I've got some slight nasal congestion. For reference, I'm from Santa Cruz, a town in California about two hours south of San Francisco.

It might be interesting to try this with a non-English elicitation text. Maybe Pole could provide us with one, so us Anglophones can all demonstrate how much worse we pronounce his language than he pronounces ours

I plan to do this but my recording device's SD card doesn't seem to work any more so I'll have to sort that out first.

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The conlanger formerly known as “the conlanger formerly known as Pole, the”.

If we don't study the mistakes of the future we're doomed to repeat them for the first time.

I find the whole passage a bit unnatural because it's invalid grammar in BrE, particularly "meet her Wednesday" (you need an "on" there), and I don't really know what snow peas are (the same as mange-tout?). There doesn't seem to be any concession made towards grammar variance, only phonetic.

Also, I didn't realize I was supposed to say "we will" instead of "we'll" at the end there. I pretty much have the whole thing memorized after all.

Anyway as promised, here's three previous versions of Stella:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/155 ... a-2007.mp3
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/155 ... a-2010.wav
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/155 ... a-2011.wav
(do you think my accent has changed?)

Two of me attempting German (different translations):
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/155 ... e-2010.wav
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/155 ... e-2011.wav

And one of Swedish (I can't speak Swedish, as a heads-up):
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/155 ... v-2011.wav

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The conlanger formerly known as “the conlanger formerly known as Pole, the”.

If we don't study the mistakes of the future we're doomed to repeat them for the first time.

I forgot how awkwardly forced this passage sounds, haha. Why should I be the one to remind her to get her little brother something to eat? Am I her dad? If so, why am I not calling her myself? And, more importantly, who buys snow peas by the spoonful?


I'm Dutch, by the way, but I'd like you to guess where my husband is from, to see if his accent has rubbed off on me or not:

http://vocaroo.com/i/s0nWZa8GmqQW

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