Well, Paul,
To our ears, the Brits do seem to masacre the king's English, but they probably think the same of us. LOL.
Norm
I was just reading about the "Transatlantic" accent, which was actually taught in "high class" schools pre-WWII. The article was set in the movie realm, explaining why "old" movies sound so different. One feature of this accent is the dropping of R's.
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tree68 I was just reading about the "Transatlantic" accent, which was actually taught in "high class" schools pre-WWII. The article was set in the movie realm, explaining why "old" movies sound so different. One feature of this accent is the dropping of R's.
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When I was in college, Becky from French Lick, IN had the thickest Southern accent I've ever heard. And when we have conference calls with our London office, it can be a challenge to make sure you understand what they are saying.
Regarding oil, my observation is that I am still seeing about the same number of oil trains. From what I have heard, the Saudis are at war with the frackers and Iran and will keep pumping too much oil until they put them out of business. The frackers have stopped drilling new wells, but are still pumping oil from wells already drilled as there biggest cost was drilling the well. As the oil production diminishes from these wells, the number of trains will decrease. It will probably happen over 6 to 9 monts.
As I understand it, most oil cars are owned by the oil companies(?) If the market slows down enough that there is a glut of oil cars, where do they store them? Would a shipper or refinery store them on their property, or pay rent on some railroad property?
There is an old Milwaukee switchyard near me on BNSF's Aberdeen sub. For more than a year it has held (perhaps) 150 tank cars. From the various reporting marks I think they belong to the leasing companies.
Murphy Siding There is a pipeline in the works to go from southeast South Dakota to Illinoi(?) by way of Iowa. The BNSF and a fertilizer/grain unit train load-out location have teamed up to bring in pipe. There's a field near Worthing, S.D. that has acres and acres of pipe stacked higher than a house.
Don't hold your breath on that one- the NIMBYs are fighting it tooth-and-nail.
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Growing up in Up Country South Carolina, I may have learned about "awl"--and was corrected after marrying; my wife was born in Evanston, Illinois, and grew up in Memphis, yet never learned to talk properly.
Johnny
blhanel Murphy Siding There is a pipeline in the works to go from southeast South Dakota to Illinoi(?) by way of Iowa. The BNSF and a fertilizer/grain unit train load-out location have teamed up to bring in pipe. There's a field near Worthing, S.D. that has acres and acres of pipe stacked higher than a house. Don't hold your breath on that one- the NIMBYs are fighting it tooth-and-nail.
Murphy Siding As I understand it, most oil cars are owned by the oil companies(?) If the market slows down enough that there is a glut of oil cars, where do they store them? Would a shipper or refinery store them on their property, or pay rent on some railroad property?
I know of a local smaller railroad that has miles and miles of oil trains stored on an unused line.
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Murphy SidingThat would make for some awkward moments as you tried to explain to the nice policeman that you were simply standing by the aiload tacks along the Eading Aiload waiting fo the tain to oll by because you'e a big ailfan.
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Dakguy201 schlimm I do not recall a weird accent there, but in the Low Country in FL <snip> I didn't realize there was a High Country in FL!
schlimm I do not recall a weird accent there, but in the Low Country in FL <snip>
I do not recall a weird accent there, but in the Low Country in FL <snip>
Highest point in FL is about 525 feet, according to my sometimes-fallible memory. Doctors don't treat a lot of altitude sickness here.
Deggesty I do not know about Georgia and Florida (I had not heard of calling a section in either of those states "Low Country"), but the Low Country in South Carolina extends up to the Fall Line--the line where you find falls in rivers--and is much larger than the section (around Charleston, particularly) where Gullah is spoken. Above the Fall Line, you have the Up Country--where I grew up; it is also called Piedmont, particularly in the western part of the state.
I do not know about Georgia and Florida (I had not heard of calling a section in either of those states "Low Country"), but the Low Country in South Carolina extends up to the Fall Line--the line where you find falls in rivers--and is much larger than the section (around Charleston, particularly) where Gullah is spoken. Above the Fall Line, you have the Up Country--where I grew up; it is also called Piedmont, particularly in the western part of the state.
Low Country is pretty much a South Carolina-only term (speaking as a native of the Coastal Plain in GA, currently living in N. FL).
Murphy - Your relatives being from NC explains the pronunciation. SE Georgians call it "aw--ull".
SALfan Murphy - Your relatives being from NC explains the pronunciation. SE Georgians call it "aw--ull".
In respect of "Gullah", it was common for dialects to develop in isolated areas cut off from the source of the language, and for anachronisms to be preserved. With modern communications, this would not be expected to occur.
An odd example of this was an Australian colony set up in South America (I think Chili) in the 1890s. Descendants of this group, who speak Spanish outside the home, spoke a version of English just recognisable as a predecessor of current English. preserving many Australian speech oddities that disappeared as radio, movies and finally television standardised spoken English.
My favourite anecdote about accents relates to a meeting of the Air Standardisation Coordinating Committee (members Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, USA) in Washington DC.
We had a group meal in a restaurant in Georgetown and towards the end of the meal, the waitress asked "where are you guys from?". While used to accents, the range in that one group was too much for her.
M636C
M636C In respect of "Gullah", it was common for dialects to develop in isolated areas cut off from the source of the language, and for anachronisms to be preserved. With modern communications, this would not be expected to occur. An odd example of this was an Australian colony set up in South America (I think Chili) in the 1890s. Descendants of this group, who speak Spanish outside the home, spoke a version of English just recognisable as a predecessor of current English. preserving many Australian speech oddities that disappeared as radio, movies and finally television standardised spoken English. My favourite anecdote about accents relates to a meeting of the Air Standardisation Coordinating Committee (members Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, USA) in Washington DC. We had a group meal in a restaurant in Georgetown and towards the end of the meal, the waitress asked "where are you guys from?". While used to accents, the range in that one group was too much for her. M636C
A further note about Gullah: the children on a plantation who did not go away to school often spoke Gullah, even after growing up-and those who went away to school spoke in accord with their schoolmates.
SALfan Deggesty I do not know about Georgia and Florida (I had not heard of calling a section in either of those states "Low Country"), but the Low Country in South Carolina extends up to the Fall Line--the line where you find falls in rivers--and is much larger than the section (around Charleston, particularly) where Gullah is spoken. Above the Fall Line, you have the Up Country--where I grew up; it is also called Piedmont, particularly in the western part of the state. Low Country is pretty much a South Carolina-only term (speaking as a native of the Coastal Plain in GA, currently living in N. FL). Murphy - Your relatives being from NC explains the pronunciation. SE Georgians call it "aw--ull".
Tangier Island in Chesapeake Bay is also noted for the Gullah accent but it is not as pronounced as it is further south.
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