Comments on: Song of Marconi

By: Sparkle

Sparkle — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 00:19:33 +0000

At first I thought “Is this a put on?” It soon became transcendent.

By: Emily

Emily — Tue, 29 May 2012 22:22:39 +0000

I really thought you moved to Las Vegas for a second.

By: brian

brian — Fri, 04 May 2012 20:06:13 +0000

The variants of the New England accents are quite distinct. Compare Downey with most of the characters in the student pieces. When compared with the rest of the country Cape Cod isn’t that far from Maine yet they sound worlds different. Even the difference between someone from Portland and another from Bangor is remarkable. And there’s only 130 miles between the two cities.

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By: Alexia Hays

Alexia Hays — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 22:34:43 +0000

Whoa, buddy. Let me say that It’s a incredibly magnificent piece 😉 Fellow 12dietboost users at Chelsea? Allie & i are cycling at Monday. Im new in town!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 02:31:34 +0000

Hey Martyn,
I’ve always been curious about the seemingly malleable nature of accents such as you describe when you travel back and forth in England. I wonder if it’s a way for us to, unconsciously, fit in — a means of adaptation, if you will. And…. weird thought… I wonder if birds do it. I know they have regional differences in their songs. I wonder if, when a bird finds itself in a region other than home, it adapts to the song style of that region? Clearly, it’s late and I’m up past my bedtime. Thanks again for writing. — Rob

By: Martyn Moore

Martyn Moore — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 20:44:18 +0000

I found this podcast fascinating. I think I can differentiate between accents from the southern US states and New York but find the rest hard to identify.

I’m originally from a very small town in the north of England and the accent 20 miles east is very different to the one 20 miles west. Now I live in the south and everybody knows I’m from the north. But when I go home, I’m told I’ve lost my accent and talk ‘posh’. After a weekend in the north, my friends in the south know I’ve been home from the way I’ve started to speak!

The BBC now celebrates regional accents. National broadcasts have a rich diversity. It was very different when I tried (and failed) to get into broadcasting with my northern flat vowels. I had an accent when it wasn’t cool.

I wonder how it would have been if I didn’t.

By: Molly

Molly — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 22:57:58 +0000

I was just this week discussing with a couple other radio producers who our favorite voices are on NPR. The first two to come up were Wade Goodwyn and Eleanor Beardsley. Both have great southern accents. I grew up in the South, too, but never had an accent. I wonder how my career would be different if I did.

And Car Talk! Those accents have to be half the reason I listen to Car Talk every week.

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Song of Marconi: “You Live in Your Voice” - Savvy Seniors Work — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:49:13 +0000

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