the party's over
Thank god that godawful show is done with. It went well, actually. I got lots of praise and worship from many people, audience and cast alike (finally) so I feel a bit happier now. I can stop being a bitch to people. My mission is accomplished. Hopefully I can take some jobs playing in Charlotte now.
I might contact a friend of mine in NY and see if he wants to collaborate or something. Found out he's doing musicals (original ones) still. And he could pay me. (note the subjunctive. if you don't know what one is you probably are not cool.)
Last night I was attempting to talk to a girl from New York and she couldn't understand me. My accent is not that bad. All I said was "Whereabouts d'y'all stay at?" She asked me "Are you talking that way on purpose?" I had to rephrase myself four times before she knew what I meant. She was also baffled by my pronounciation of Arizona. (air-zona) There's a small devocalized /i/ in there. I love being southern. I can devocalize or monophthong some vowels (/ai/->/aa/), diphthongize others that people usually deem inappropriate....sometimes there are even triphthongs. Dental consonants, palatalization, even some implosive /b, d, m/ sounds on occasion. Oh, and failure to distinguish /i/ and /e/. Truly the best dialect of English.
Okay, I'm so dorked up on languages now that I can't think of anything else. I'll go on all night if people let me.
tora-b
I might contact a friend of mine in NY and see if he wants to collaborate or something. Found out he's doing musicals (original ones) still. And he could pay me. (note the subjunctive. if you don't know what one is you probably are not cool.)
Last night I was attempting to talk to a girl from New York and she couldn't understand me. My accent is not that bad. All I said was "Whereabouts d'y'all stay at?" She asked me "Are you talking that way on purpose?" I had to rephrase myself four times before she knew what I meant. She was also baffled by my pronounciation of Arizona. (air-zona) There's a small devocalized /i/ in there. I love being southern. I can devocalize or monophthong some vowels (/ai/->/aa/), diphthongize others that people usually deem inappropriate....sometimes there are even triphthongs. Dental consonants, palatalization, even some implosive /b, d, m/ sounds on occasion. Oh, and failure to distinguish /i/ and /e/. Truly the best dialect of English.
Okay, I'm so dorked up on languages now that I can't think of anything else. I'll go on all night if people let me.
tora-b