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@Rensslaer: I get that. When I visit the UK, my accent shifts from British-influenced American to American-influenced British.
 
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The Kingmaker said:
One of my brothers-in-law is. Personally, I prefer the KC Chiefs. Although I’m really too much of a nerd to care very much for professional sports in general.
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This is about the last place I expected to see any references to U.S. football and the World Champion Kansas City Chiefs.
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Incidentally, a teacher of mine said he could detect a slight Texas drawl from me, even though I was born in Colorado. My relatives and parents were from Texas. I may have simply mimicked what I heard. I had a British friend visit for a week and by the end of the week I had affected a British accent!
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I do imagine with a handle such as @Rensslaer that you would have an accent, possibly British (but then again I do know of your Colorado roots).

I can also imagine meeting @The Kingmaker and hearing him speak American-influenced British.

Perhaps one of the linguistics experts can weigh in but I had heard recently that parts of Appalachia were the only regions where you might hear an American accent that was close to colonial era speech and therefore be British-influenced American.

(Who knew what magic discussions your English runes would unleash, eh, @The Kingmaker ?)
 
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Fascinating discourse on accents. Of course, us Canadians don't have one... ;)
 
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@Lord Durham: The Canadian accent is like the mellifluous sound of maple leaves gently drifting down onto a steaming bowl of poutine.
 
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Rensslaer said:
I love cheese! On two occasions my "lunch" consisted of a block of Muenster cheese. :) But, alas, I do have issues with casein (as opposed to lactose) and so I'm mildly allergic. My wife is very allergic. We get around this by purchasing goat cheese, which often avoids the bad proteins, and sometimes vegan cheese (which isn't bad, but definitely not a substitute for the real thing).
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I'm mildly lactose intolerant myself, which means I'm fine with most cheese, but I've been very grateful to discover lactose-free sour cream.

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Fascinating discourse on accents. Of course, us Canadians don't have one... ;)
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Among the Northern influences of my idiolect is Canadian raising, though it's also a feature of the Upper Midwestern dialects, which is how I come by it.
 
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@Emissary of the Prophets: Definitely something worth talking aboot.

@Rensslaer: It’s clearly a Judeo-Christian or Zoroastrian reference. :p

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My thought process:

Emissary of the Prophets - interesting forum name I wonder why he chose it (thought many times as I've watched him post)

Then today I was looking at the avatar image for some reason and thought "Hey that reminds me a little of Sisko."

Then "Oh, wait..."

:D

Rensslaer
 
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Posting to follow. Also, Wisconsin makes great cheese, I will hear no slander. Though I bear no love for the Packers.
 
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Just a reminder that tomorrow is the deadline to vote in the Q1 2024 ACAs. If you enjoy this AAR or any other story on this forum, please show your support!
 
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Thanks for the updates, I'm caught up finally - and regrettably I'd missed the latest batch of total nerdiness while otherwise preocuppied, so I'm late to the runic escapades!

All forms of Futhark and its descendants are fascinating. I like the wild mix of what you'd be able to guess now from Latin (ᛒ sure looks like B) and false friends (ᚫ looks like F but isn't). This stuff is extra cool for me because I live in an area of Sweden that's quite dense with old runic inscriptions.

The other interesting thing is, I suspect English in some of its earlier forms had a "better" spelling system than now, with the writing systems corresponding better to sounds than is the case now. Not that it's necessarily a high bar, the modern English spelling is quite a bit of a mess!
 
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@WPCSolver: Thanks for commenting, my friend. As always, your remarks are very astute. I think you make an excellent point about false friends. The Germanic languages are riddled with both cognates and false cognates. I recently watched an entertaining video where a scholar of Old English read some sample sentences to three native German speakers to see how much they were able to understand.

I must admit to being envious of your Swedish home. I bet you pass by at least 3 or 4 runestones on your daily pilgrimage to IKEA. :)

Your point about modern English spelling is also well taken. The language is now a pastiche of words from so many different sources. In addition to the Old English core, there are Norse words, French words, Latin words, Greek words, even Arabic words. It’s no wonder it’s such a mess, even more so now that Americans and Britons use different spellings of so many common words.

I’d love to hear your thoughts on Chapter 2 and the introduction of the “C” dynasty.

Thanks again for commenting, and save a plate at the smörgåsbord for me!
 
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