March 23, 2010
Accents
I was inspired to write a little blurb on accents this week. My friend from Illinois has a very peculiar way of saying her vowels. My friends and I in the lovely state of Kentucky think this is very funny. We often make fun her…it’s easy when we all speak with the same pronunciations.
So, I felt bad and to make her feel better, I told her she reminded me of Eliza Doolittle (movie version by Audrey of course) and that we were Professor Higgins, simply studying the way she spoke. That at least made her feel better. Amazing how a comparison to Audrey can make someone so happy! My Fair Lady is one of my (and this friend’s) favorite movies.
Eliza Doolittle is continuously mocked, studied and corrected by Higgins throughout the movie. Her cockney accent was what was supposed to be holding her back from being a proper lady and flower girl.
Although my friend has a bizarre way of saying milk (melk? But she can say silk right?) and we enjoy making her say things and correcting her, we wouldn’t want her to actually correct it…because that wouldn’t be too much fun would it?
