I don't know what an Illinois accent sounds like, but I have a friend on my list from rural Illinois. It's possible I could ask her to make a phone post for you if you're desperate.
If it comes to it, I might take you up on that if it wouldn't be pressing both friendships too far.
I've just got nothing - the extent of my Northern accents stops at New York Italian and Boston Irish. I can hear the difference between American and Canadian but can't reliably reproduce it. It's maddening.
ohh!! there's an american movie version of tomorrow when the war began, but i think it's called "red dawn"...it has patrick swayze in it...and it's farm land with borders of mountains. i have no idea which part of americana it was made it, i've never actually watched the movie and i don't own it. i'm sure imdb can help.
The Book Nook is great and about the only place I seem to find anything other than Shakespeare. And even better the staff tend to know a lot about plays/theatre.
Yeah, my flatmates were involved in a show there a while back (I was doing one at the Alliance at the time) ... I just can't believe how long it took me to remember it! *facepalm* :)
If worst comes to, I'll bail up the guy behind the counter there and ask his opinion on this bloody thing, methinks.
Right - now that I've woken up a bit, and scrolled a bit further, i understand a bit better.
Isn't "Field Of Dreams" set in Iowa? have a listen to some of the non-featured parts. Ignore Kevin Costner, I'm sure.
Or search out anything with audio of Bill Bryson? yes, he's probably picked up some englishness, but you might still get some hints?
Re understanding - Halie, was it? Would hearing it out loud help? Don't mind dropping round sometime in the next 3 days to assist, or even just help bemoaning its befuddlement - I've a couple off (ie mon and tues) this week.
Bryson's accent is actually very heavily British influenced. It's actually quite confusing listening to him speak. :) (Went to an author's lunch with him last year/year before.)
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I've just got nothing - the extent of my Northern accents stops at New York Italian and Boston Irish. I can hear the difference between American and Canadian but can't reliably reproduce it. It's maddening.
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there's an american movie version of tomorrow when the war began, but i think it's called "red dawn"...it has patrick swayze in it...and it's farm land with borders of mountains.
i have no idea which part of americana it was made it, i've never actually watched the movie and i don't own it. i'm sure imdb can help.
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If worst comes to, I'll bail up the guy behind the counter there and ask his opinion on this bloody thing, methinks.
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Isn't "Field Of Dreams" set in Iowa? have a listen to some of the non-featured parts. Ignore Kevin Costner, I'm sure.
Or search out anything with audio of Bill Bryson? yes, he's probably picked up some englishness, but you might still get some hints?
Re understanding - Halie, was it? Would hearing it out loud help? Don't mind dropping round sometime in the next 3 days to assist, or even just help bemoaning its befuddlement - I've a couple off (ie mon and tues) this week.
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