Beautifully done! I expect this is just one of the many reasons your A-non spin doctor gives you so much grief on this blog. You have always had a great gift for doing things (most especially the Liturgies of the Church!) very well indeed. Congratulations on the Diocesan recognition of that most valuable personal asset.
Very nicely done. You are an excellent speaker. As an aside, I had never heard your speaking voice and was surprised that you do not have a discernible southern accent. Was your father a Yankee?
My father left Cape Breton when he was 16 for Detroit and later New York and then Italy. As a Cape Bretoner he would have had a Scottish like brogue which he lost over time and eventually had no discernible accent. It was Midwest neutral. My mother spoke broken English with a thick Italian accent.
I have had a southern accent as a kid but worked hard to avoid it but slip back when around southerners with it.
Thanks for your response. My son-in-law who is British but grew up in France is like you. His spoken English defies identification. My grandfather, born in Michigan, but who lived in the south for over 50 years, still sounded like a Midwesterner til the day he died.
5 comments:
Beautifully done!
I expect this is just one of the many reasons your A-non spin doctor gives you so much grief on this blog. You have always had a great gift for doing things (most especially the Liturgies of the Church!) very well indeed. Congratulations on the Diocesan recognition of that most valuable personal asset.
Father McDonald,
Very nicely done. You are an excellent speaker. As an aside, I had never heard your speaking voice and was surprised that you do not have a discernible southern accent. Was your father a Yankee?
My father left Cape Breton when he was 16 for Detroit and later New York and then Italy. As a Cape Bretoner he would have had a Scottish like brogue which he lost over time and eventually had no discernible accent. It was Midwest neutral. My mother spoke broken English with a thick Italian accent.
I have had a southern accent as a kid but worked hard to avoid it but slip back when around southerners with it.
Very nice and full of hope.
Father McDonald,
Thanks for your response. My son-in-law who is British but grew up in France is like you. His spoken English defies identification. My grandfather, born in Michigan, but who lived in the south for over 50 years, still sounded like a Midwesterner til the day he died.
Post a Comment