Comments on: Accent http://tadhg.com/wp/2006/08/07/accent/ Wherein some things Tadhg are discussed Fri, 03 Sep 2010 23:18:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Tadhg http://tadhg.com/wp/2006/08/07/accent/comment-page-1/#comment-45 Tadhg Tue, 08 Aug 2006 23:45:55 +0000 http://tadhg.com/wp/2006/08/07/accent/#comment-45 <p>Yes, I did often wonder how people could pick up accents very quickly, but with me a significant amount of it was determination, a reaction to the hassle I got as a kid that. I don't really think it's connected to language skills, and "social adaptivity" is rather broad.</p> <p>It's definitely connected to my previous post, but without a strong sense of home, I don't have any concept of a "home accent", either. Identity definition is a big aspect of it, sure, but that's not really connected to a strong sense of "home" for me either.</p> <p>For the moment, I like comment moderation. Thanks for the tips, though, and I'll definitely keep them in mind for the future.</p> Yes, I did often wonder how people could pick up accents very quickly, but with me a significant amount of it was determination, a reaction to the hassle I got as a kid that. I don’t really think it’s connected to language skills, and “social adaptivity” is rather broad.

It’s definitely connected to my previous post, but without a strong sense of home, I don’t have any concept of a “home accent”, either. Identity definition is a big aspect of it, sure, but that’s not really connected to a strong sense of “home” for me either.

For the moment, I like comment moderation. Thanks for the tips, though, and I’ll definitely keep them in mind for the future.

]]> By: kevintel http://tadhg.com/wp/2006/08/07/accent/comment-page-1/#comment-43 kevintel Tue, 08 Aug 2006 20:47:45 +0000 http://tadhg.com/wp/2006/08/07/accent/#comment-43 <p>Yes, the accent has always been a sticking point for you, hasn't it? In so far as you did often in the past wonder how some people could pick up accents very quickly, and yet you never truly lost the American twang in yours. Some people just adapt better with certain things; hence I've picked up bits of every accent and haven't really established where I'm from. Canada, according to some. Is it connected to language skills or social adaptivity? It's an issue which is not unconnected to your previous post about location; all part of defining an identity to call your own.</p> <p>I must say, I admire your apparently successful determination to post ever day. But switch off comment moderation, and install Bad Behaviour and Spam Karma instead.</p> Yes, the accent has always been a sticking point for you, hasn’t it? In so far as you did often in the past wonder how some people could pick up accents very quickly, and yet you never truly lost the American twang in yours. Some people just adapt better with certain things; hence I’ve picked up bits of every accent and haven’t really established where I’m from. Canada, according to some. Is it connected to language skills or social adaptivity? It’s an issue which is not unconnected to your previous post about location; all part of defining an identity to call your own.

I must say, I admire your apparently successful determination to post ever day. But switch off comment moderation, and install Bad Behaviour and Spam Karma instead.

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