Re: [Harp-L] RE: Authentic Pronunciation

[joe leone <3n037@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sep 30, 2010, at 10:09 PM, Splash! wrote:

> I tend to be chameleon without realizing it.  When I go back to my  
> native Pgh., I get my accent back.  The longer I stay before coming  
> back to So. Fla. the heavier it gets and the longer it takes to  
> lose (most of) it.

Same here. Pittsburghese is hard to shake. But since I lived my first  
18 years about evenly split between NY. and Italy, my accent is not  
typical of Bloomfield. Most people think I sound more like Chicago.
> I've been a southerner by choice for 5 decades and when hanging  
> with my hunting buddies, the southerner in my voice gets stronger.   
> It's not something that I am even aware of till I get back to  
> civilization.

Only having been in Fla. for 13 years, I don't sound like a cracker  
at all.
smo-joe
> It's not fake.  It's just me.
>
> Splash!