Anatomical cause of an accent...

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Re: Anatomical cause of an accent...

Postby sporedandroid » Thu Nov 25, 2021 4:25 pm

Cainntear wrote:When I was younger I certainly believed I was able to identify French people on sight with better than average accuracy. I may have been wrong. Or it may have been about differences in clothing, hair and make-up fashions... I don't know.


I used to feel like I could identify British people by sight. They seemed to have tighter lips compared to Canadians and Americans.
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Re: Anatomical cause of an accent...

Postby rdearman » Thu Nov 25, 2021 4:42 pm

sporedandroid wrote:
Cainntear wrote:When I was younger I certainly believed I was able to identify French people on sight with better than average accuracy. I may have been wrong. Or it may have been about differences in clothing, hair and make-up fashions... I don't know.


I used to feel like I could identify British people by sight. They seemed to have tighter lips compared to Canadians and Americans.

A stiff upper lip.

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