It's been almost four months in the Rockies and seems like things have been skiing on my pronunciation front. For, the mornings now are no more 'Howdie' but how are 'ya'?, the emphasis on the smile is more after every sentence heard or spoken. Whether a spoken verse or a normal talk, the lips signal a widening right off the bat. I wasn't a fellow with 'ahuh' for every expression but my okays got replaced with it. The speech's become slower and now it's more clear with enough pause.
Some changes that I've been molded to:
My name's shortened to Darsh heard as 'Dorshh' and feels like called as Dork.
Car becomes Khar (as if it's an area in Mumbai and roll your tongue with rrr)
Battery's no more pronounced fully but as 'Bat..ery' (Just calling a person named Barry with a long pause)
Do you questions as 'dJu you' (As its 'Ju' of jury)
What you doin would be 'Wachya doin' (ch replaces t)
Less time becomes 'There's only so much time' (only-so much?? really?)
That's not germanizes as 'Das not' (Just how VW speaks Das Auto)
That's okay responds as 'You're fine' (I so much wish Fine meant Freaked Insecure Neurotic Emotional)
Damn it is now 'oh darn'
'Mah Man' is being missed
'I didn't see nothing' gramitices correctly
Wassaps, hey dude have been shortened to 'Yo'
and for everything 'It is what it is'
Something that would never change is the pronunciation for 'Z' - its not 'Zee' (as a TV channel) but what British English taught me as Zed.
I roll with every person talking and walking. Guess that's why they call 'Speak to Colorado'. Being the original Jazz-lovers; they are louder and colorful in their own ways.
But to the changes I feel wisdom's no more flashed on colored t-shirts but actually cultivated by the people here, population is no more a mass market, competition still brings the best in people and not the worst; quality seems to be a craftsman's pride and no more a departmental mess, beauty doesn't lie in beholder's eyes rather is a booming business (with perfectly shaped people), truth was good for soul and now bad for promotion. Success was about living by ideals but now it seems to follow the above ideals!!
Some changes that I've been molded to:
My name's shortened to Darsh heard as 'Dorshh' and feels like called as Dork.
Car becomes Khar (as if it's an area in Mumbai and roll your tongue with rrr)
Battery's no more pronounced fully but as 'Bat..ery' (Just calling a person named Barry with a long pause)
Do you questions as 'dJu you' (As its 'Ju' of jury)
What you doin would be 'Wachya doin' (ch replaces t)
Less time becomes 'There's only so much time' (only-so much?? really?)
That's not germanizes as 'Das not' (Just how VW speaks Das Auto)
That's okay responds as 'You're fine' (I so much wish Fine meant Freaked Insecure Neurotic Emotional)
Damn it is now 'oh darn'
'Mah Man' is being missed
'I didn't see nothing' gramitices correctly
Wassaps, hey dude have been shortened to 'Yo'
and for everything 'It is what it is'
Something that would never change is the pronunciation for 'Z' - its not 'Zee' (as a TV channel) but what British English taught me as Zed.
I roll with every person talking and walking. Guess that's why they call 'Speak to Colorado'. Being the original Jazz-lovers; they are louder and colorful in their own ways.
But to the changes I feel wisdom's no more flashed on colored t-shirts but actually cultivated by the people here, population is no more a mass market, competition still brings the best in people and not the worst; quality seems to be a craftsman's pride and no more a departmental mess, beauty doesn't lie in beholder's eyes rather is a booming business (with perfectly shaped people), truth was good for soul and now bad for promotion. Success was about living by ideals but now it seems to follow the above ideals!!
The same reason why I miss Erie, PA! I miss those afro-american accent here in Edison: Yo man! Whazzup!! Hey doin' buddy! Gatcha! this diverse accent had its own charm.
ReplyDeleteI swear!! I've been missing it since the day I came to Denver.. I was so fond of that accent and the people.
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