I can't find the link at the moment (sorry!) but there was something recently about performing Shakespeare in the way Shakespeare spoke the language -- and how the different pronunciation really showed up some of the jokes that make no sense these days. FWIW, I thought the Shakespearean period pronunciation sounded liked what I've heard in some parts of the Appalachians, which would also make sense, since that's where a lot of poorer folks (Highlanders leaving after Culloden, etc.) And the language stays around a lot longer, until now.
Where my mother grew up, in a small town outside Ottawa, the basic accent is so strongly Irish that it sounds like the entire crew just emigrated, when most have been there five generations or more.
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Date: 1/13/13 08:07 pm (UTC)Where my mother grew up, in a small town outside Ottawa, the basic accent is so strongly Irish that it sounds like the entire crew just emigrated, when most have been there five generations or more.