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Hamid Karzai's accent
I heard him interviewed on the radio this morning and had a startling thought he sounds Irish. There's a particular quality of vowels, a sort of roundness or fullness, that I tend to associate with Irish speech; it's almost as though you're making more room in your mouth for the vowel to roll around in. "Lawful" becomes "lawrful," and so on. I don't know what the technical name for this would be.
Has anybody else noticed this?
Has anybody else noticed this?
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[nq:1]I heard him interviewed on the radio this morning and had a startling thought he sounds Irish. There's a ... "lawrful," and so on.
- [nq:1]I heard him interviewed on the radio this morning and had a startling thought he sounds Irish.
- There's a ...
- "lawrful," and so on.
- I don't know what the technical name for this would be.
- [/nq] Not yet, but you have got me curious.
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[nq:1]I heard him interviewed on the radio this morning and had a startling thought he sounds Irish. There's a ... "lawrful," and so on. I don't know what the technical name for this would be. Has anybody else noticed this?[/nq]
Not yet, but you have got me curious. Now I am going to have to hunt for an audio archive of him on the net.
Redwine
Hamburg
Not yet, but you have got me curious. Now I am going to have to hunt for an audio archive of him on the net.
Redwine
Hamburg
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[nq:1]Not yet, but you have got me curious. Now I am going to have to hunt for an audio archive of him on the net.[/nq]
To me, he sounds similar to any other Arab-ish person. Like, same as Saddam and Osama and all the terrorists. What I don't get is why the king of Pakistan sounds like Apu from the Simpsons, because Apu is Indian. It doesn't make ANY sense!!
To me, he sounds similar to any other Arab-ish person. Like, same as Saddam and Osama and all the terrorists. What I don't get is why the king of Pakistan sounds like Apu from the Simpsons, because Apu is Indian. It doesn't make ANY sense!!
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[nq:1]What I don't get is why the king of Pakistan sounds like Apu from the Simpsons, because Apu is Indian. It doesn't make ANY sense!![/nq]
The last king of Pakistan, unless I'm mistaken, was George VI (who, apparently, went to war in 1948 against George VI, King of India)(1). I don't recall him sounding very much like Apu.
If you mean the current president, I have no idea why someone bo
The last king of Pakistan, unless I'm mistaken, was George VI (who, apparently, went to war in 1948 against George VI, King of India)(1). I don't recall him sounding very much like Apu.
If you mean the current president, I have no idea why someone bo
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Evan:
[nq:1]If you mean the current president, I have no idea why someone born into an Urdu-speaking family in Dehli should sound like someone who grew up speaking Hindi.[/nq]
But, he does, doesn't it? BTW, Apu grew up speaking Hindi?
[nq:1]India and Pakistan became independent.[/nq]
Which never should have happened. If they were still one country, they wouldn't be blowing each oth
[nq:1]If you mean the current president, I have no idea why someone born into an Urdu-speaking family in Dehli should sound like someone who grew up speaking Hindi.[/nq]
But, he does, doesn't it? BTW, Apu grew up speaking Hindi?
[nq:1]India and Pakistan became independent.[/nq]
Which never should have happened. If they were still one country, they wouldn't be blowing each oth
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[nq:2]I would presume so. It's the language he and his wife speak on the show.[/nq]
[nq:1]Let's not lose sight of the fact that it is really Hank Azaria speaking for Apu (and Moe, the bartender). He was born in Queens and is Jewish.[/nq]
Right. There was a part of the message that appears to have gotten edited out that noted that it was a caricature of a Hindi accent. The dialogue on the s
[nq:1]Let's not lose sight of the fact that it is really Hank Azaria speaking for Apu (and Moe, the bartender). He was born in Queens and is Jewish.[/nq]
Right. There was a part of the message that appears to have gotten edited out that noted that it was a caricature of a Hindi accent. The dialogue on the s
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[nq:2]What I don't get is why the king of Pakistan sounds like Apu from the Simpsons, because Apu is Indian. It doesn't make ANY sense!![/nq]
[nq:1]The last king of Pakistan, unless I'm mistaken, was George VI (who, apparently, went to war in 1948 against George ... ever "King of Pakistan". He apparently stopped being "Emperor of India" some ten months after India and Pakistan became independe
[nq:1]The last king of Pakistan, unless I'm mistaken, was George VI (who, apparently, went to war in 1948 against George ... ever "King of Pakistan". He apparently stopped being "Emperor of India" some ten months after India and Pakistan became independe
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[nq:2]Let's not lose sight of the fact that it is ... the bartender). He was born in Queens and is Jewish.[/nq]
[nq:1]Right. There was a part of the message that appears to have gotten edited out that noted that it was a caricature of a Hindi accent. The dialogue on the show that's purportedly Hindi, however, apparently actually is Hindi.[/nq]
But getting back to Karzai, to me his accent d
[nq:1]Right. There was a part of the message that appears to have gotten edited out that noted that it was a caricature of a Hindi accent. The dialogue on the show that's purportedly Hindi, however, apparently actually is Hindi.[/nq]
But getting back to Karzai, to me his accent d
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[nq:1]But getting back to Karzai, to me his accent doesn't sound Indian or Pakistani, even though the consensus from Google ... accent (something you won't be reading about Bin Laden or Saddam if we ever get to hear them speak English)[/nq]
I heard Saddam Hussein speak English in that Seinfeld episode; sounded like cut-glass RP to me.
I heard Saddam Hussein speak English in that Seinfeld episode; sounded like cut-glass RP to me.
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Fontana:
[nq:1]I heard Saddam Hussein speak English in that Seinfeld episode; sounded like cut-glass RP to me.[/nq]
LOL! Not to mention the movie Mafia. (Worth it if only to see Saddam give Castro hi-five.) Never saw that Seinfeld episode, BTW.
[nq:1]I heard Saddam Hussein speak English in that Seinfeld episode; sounded like cut-glass RP to me.[/nq]
LOL! Not to mention the movie Mafia. (Worth it if only to see Saddam give Castro hi-five.) Never saw that Seinfeld episode, BTW.
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[nq:2]I heard him interviewed on the radio this morning and ... name for this would be. Has anybody else noticed this?[/nq]
[nq:1]Not yet, but you have got me curious. Now I am going to have to hunt for an audio archive of him on the net.[/nq]
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/talking
[nq:1]Not yet, but you have got me curious. Now I am going to have to hunt for an audio archive of him on the net.[/nq]
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/talking
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