Originally Posted By: Crossroads
Dear Scott,

just listened to the revised versiin: Those tweaks really paid off - sounds terrific now. And, oh boy, your voice: just marvellous.

Scott, I have to return to your enunciation. I mean, I know that there are numerous varieties of American pronunciation (we hear a lot of them here on the forum, and following the recent inquiries on TV is really a treat for someone who is interested in that issue, if you can blind out the unbelevable cause for a while, that is ), but the way you articulate 'I'm not a pretty woman' sounds far more British or rather what linguists call 'mid-atlantic'. Please forgive me my curiousness: Did you grow up in the States? And if so: in which part?


Best regards,

Stefan


Stefan

I lived most of my life in Michigan. For the past seven years, I have resided in Virginia. I spent my first 33 years in lower Michigan, and then another 16 years in Michigan's upper peninsula, which has a completely different accent, sort of Canadian/Minnesotan. My enunciation probably comes from my studies in broadcasting and theater at the university in the early 80s. (Although I have been to Great Britain a few times, I don't think I picked up their speech patterns. smile )