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Sounds
It’s a morning for sound.
I See Invisible People gives us the sound of a Croatian Sea Organ. This giant pipe organ played by the lapping of the waves in Zadar, Croatia, is the creation of architect Nikola Basic. National Geographic has a video.
Heraclitean Fire provides a link to the Bitish Library recordings of English Accents and Dialects, in this case a man from Somerset talking about making cider.
David Caddy, of course, provides a sampling of a contemporary Dorset accent doing poetic commentary at So Here We Are. His latest deals with the Scots poet Thomas A. Clark.
David also participates in Middle Ditch, the ongoing saga of English village life.
And the Lipstick of Noise is all about poetry as an aural experience.
Oh! and this has nothing to do with sound by Pocahontas County Fare provides a neat link to a reading list of British Women’s Novels, 1775-1818 . If you like old Gothic novels, like Ann Radcliffe’s The Mysteries of Udolpho, this site will lead you to more of the same, often with a link to full text.
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3 Comments
1. Tommy replies at 4th December 2007, 1:48 pm :
Wow, that Somerset accent is unique. I don’t think I’ve heard that before. It’s not one of the ones that make it across the pond.
I loved listening to that man talk, and I was also fascinated by the gloss at the bottom.
I’ll have to check out the other links when I have time.
Love,
T
2. Sam L. Martin replies at 5th December 2007, 1:14 am :
The Somerset cider man’s accent was remarkable. I believe I heard a Canadian/Virginia Tidewater “out” and another sound that I’ve heard in Northeastern Iowa. Music. Music. Music. Thank you for the link, Sherry.
My closest neighbor is a 77-year-old Welsh American who speaks the very old Appalachian dialect. It’s a joy to listen to him. He’s a Conway.
3. sherry replies at 5th December 2007, 7:00 am :
Hey Sam & Tommy! Glad you liked the Somerset cider maker. Made me thirsty. Once upon a time I worked with a Welsh physician assistant and I noticed that she had several pronunciation and speech habits that seemed oddly familiar. For example, she said “heared” where our dictionaries tell us to say “herd.”
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