{"id":27,"date":"2014-09-19T15:04:34","date_gmt":"2014-09-19T15:04:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/inspire.rcs.ac.uk\/medea\/?page_id=27"},"modified":"2021-10-21T21:48:23","modified_gmt":"2021-10-21T21:48:23","slug":"conversations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/medea.rcs.ac.uk\/?page_id=27","title":{"rendered":"Conversations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How do you tell the difference between an Australian and someone from New Zealand? Do all accents from the British midlands sound the same? Is standard Canadian the same as standard American?&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Well &#8211; here&#8217;s an opportunity to hear first-hand authentic speakers in conversations where they describe the differences &#8211; and similarities &#8211; between their accents and why they often get confused.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/medea.rcs.ac.uk\/?page_id=1270\">Aberdeen &amp; Thurso<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/medea.rcs.ac.uk\/?page_id=29\">Australian &amp; New Zealand<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/medea.rcs.ac.uk\/?page_id=508\">Blackhall &amp; Wolverhampton<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/medea.rcs.ac.uk\/?page_id=1352\">Bristol &amp; Somerset<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/medea.rcs.ac.uk\/?page_id=927\">Cumbria &amp; Derbyshire<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/medea.rcs.ac.uk\/?page_id=33\">Dublin &amp; Belfast<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Dublin &amp; Galway\" href=\"http:\/\/medea.rcs.ac.uk\/?page_id=694\">Dublin &amp; Galway<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/medea.rcs.ac.uk\/?page_id=1190\">Hull &amp; Grimsby<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/medea.rcs.ac.uk\/?page_id=1362\">London: North &amp; South<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/medea.rcs.ac.uk\/?page_id=824\">Norfolk &amp; Standard English (RP)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/medea.rcs.ac.uk\/?page_id=1348\">Norway &amp; Finland<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/medea.rcs.ac.uk\/?page_id=1183\">Portugal &amp; Spain<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/medea.rcs.ac.uk\/?page_id=31\">RP &amp; London<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/medea.rcs.ac.uk\/?page_id=203\">Standard American &amp; Canada (Nova Scotia)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/medea.rcs.ac.uk\/?page_id=931\">South East London &amp; Essex<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/medea.rcs.ac.uk\/?page_id=1343\">Thurso &amp; Orkney<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/medea.rcs.ac.uk\/?page_id=1359\">Wales: Cardiff &amp; The Valleys<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/medea.rcs.ac.uk\/?page_id=1178\">Yorkshire &amp; Lancashire<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How do you tell the difference between an Australian and someone from New Zealand? Do all accents from the British midlands sound the same? Is standard Canadian the same as standard American?&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &#8230; <span class=\"more\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/medea.rcs.ac.uk\/?page_id=27\">[Read more&#8230;]<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["entry","page","publish","author-administrator","post-27"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medea.rcs.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medea.rcs.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medea.rcs.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medea.rcs.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medea.rcs.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27"}],"version-history":[{"count":29,"href":"https:\/\/medea.rcs.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2332,"href":"https:\/\/medea.rcs.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27\/revisions\/2332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medea.rcs.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}