[HarleyD]

CALLED THE MEOWLINGUAL, the cat-shaped machine set to go on sale in Japan in November translates meows and purrs into human phrases such as “I can’t stand it,” although exact wording hasn’t been decided yet, Tokyo-based Takara Co. said Wednesday.

http://www.msnbc.com/news/939796.asp

[nealrap]

Finally!

Oh. I thought this was going to translate southern drawl for me.



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[kar522]

And it's PURPLE!!!!!!!!!!!

[Kat]

Oh. I thought this was going to translate southern drawl for me.



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Hey that was my thought too.

But YOU , AMS are the only one who has trouble understanding me.
-harhar-

Oh. I thought this was going to translate southern drawl for me.



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Hey that was my thought too.

But YOU , AMS are the only one who has trouble understanding me.
-harhar-

-rolleyes- You keep telling yourself that, Kat.

[Kat]

Maybe you just don't WANT to understand me.

[ungsunghero]

Maybe you just don't WANT to understand me.

[goosifer]

Oh. I thought this was going to translate southern drawl for me.



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Kat told me that she doesn't have a southern accent? Is this not true?

Oh. I thought this was going to translate southern drawl for me.



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Kat told me that she doesn't have a southern accent? Is this not true?

THICK southern accent would be more accurate.

[Kat]

ok fine.


I may have a slight southern drawl.

ok fine.


I may have a slight southern drawl.

Katballoo, the Queen of Understatement.

[ungsunghero]

ok fine.


I may have a slight southern drawl.

Katballoo, the Queen of Understatement.

Time to add to my notes...

[Kat]

-harhar-

[goosifer]

I'm sure that Kat's slight southern drawl only makes her that much more charming. Don't let those jealous yankees get you down, Kat!

[Kat]

Kat's accent is definitely noticeable, but NOT as bad as many that I hear in some of the very small towns in TN.

seeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[HarleyD]

Like these here Northern folk don't think they have no accent. Y'all know what I mean?
-harhar-

I think Cgomes has acclimated to the south.

Like these here Northern folk don't think they have no accent. Y'all know what I mean?
-harhar-

I don't.

[nealrap]

at least us texans don't have accents.

[ungsunghero]

Like these here Northern folk don't think they have no accent. Y'all know what I mean?
-harhar-

I don't.

Prove it .

[Kat]

AMS is just jealous becuase my voice makes words sound better

[ungsunghero]

AMS is just jealous becuase my voice makes words sound better

[Alan]

Hey, I ain't got no friggin' accent, aright....aright, just want be be sure we got dat straight.

Ok Ung, PM me....


:lol: Alan

I am from the other side of the state. The place with no traffic, no smog, no accents & friendly people.

[kar522]

When I was in college my roommate did not want to room with me at first because of my Shih-kaw-go accent..she was a theatre major and was afraid it would rub off on her...she was all the way from Batavia! (about 40 miles to the west)..I guess I did not corrupt her too much as she is a fairly successful actress and playwright in NYC.

[ungsunghero]

Ok Ung, PM me....


:lol: Alan

I am from the other side of the state. The place with no traffic, no smog, no accents & friendly people.

How does PMing you prove you don't have an accent???

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[dewolfxy]

Like these here Northern folk don't think they have no accent. Y'all know what I mean?
-harhar-

I don't.

AMS, as a fellow Buffalonian I'll call your bluff on the "no accent" in WNY (Western New York) statement.

Buffalo does have an accent, although it's not an easy one to notice.

Repeat after me: "Let's go to our car to get your Mom"

Do you say "Let's go to ahr car to get yer Mahm"? If so, you have a Buffalo accent:

The flat-A, where words like "pass" and "Amherst" sound like "payass" and "Aymherst." The flat-A is more pronounced among Poles and Italians, less so among those of English, Irish and German decent.

The hard-A, written as an "o". Words like "Don," "pot" and box end up sounding like "Dan," "pat" and backs. The hard-A sound is spread pretty evenly in the community, but is somewhat stronger among Italians.

The "E" sound in words like "eleven" and "television" is lowered and centralized to a schwa-like sound. Words like "bed," "rest," and "best" will sound like "bad" or "bud," "rust" and "bust."

The AI dipthong, where words like "right" and "pine" can sound like "rate" and "pain."

Polish and Italian ethnic variations of the Buffalo accent, which Wolck calls "ethnolects". The Polish ethnolect is somewhat sing-songy and staccato, with devoicing of final consonants (saying "colt" instead of "cold") and dental defricativization ("dis" for "this," "dat" for "that"). The Italian ethnolect is flatter and more atonal, stresses words or word groups heavily, and has a lower voice pitch. The Buffalo Italian accent should not be confused with the stereotypical "Brooklyn thug" or Joe Peschi accent used in movies.

It's all from this site, which will make anyone who lived in Buffalo once and has moved away feel pretty nostalgic. I'm all set to get a drink of Pop (not Soda).

There you go Kat, fuel for the fire!

But that's nothing, I need a yinzer translator. Come on garsh, ido, any others in Southwest PA - anyone else want to pre-order that item?

This post has been edited by dewolfxy: 7-16-03, 3:10pm

[HarleyD]

Hey, I ain't got no friggin' accent, aright....aright, just want be be sure we got dat straight.

I didn't understand a dag gum word ya said!

[Alan]

The Buffalo Italian accent should not be confused with the stereotypical "Brooklyn thug" or Joe Peschi accent used in movies.

Like da two youts? :lol: