> This site examines the accented speech of speakers from many different
> language backgrounds reading the same sample paragraph. Currently, we
> have obtained 404 speech samples.
>
> http://classweb.gmu.edu/accent/
A fascinating range of audio files of accented readings of a single
paragraph:
> Please call Stella. Ask her to bring these things with her from the
> store: Six spoons of fresh snow peas, five thick slabs of blue
> cheese, and maybe a snack for her brother Bob. We also need a small
> plastic snake and a big toy frog for the kids. She can scoop these
> things into three red bags, and we will go meet her Wednesday at the
> train station.
Wouldn't it be interesting to have a similar site with many voices
reading the same poem? But which poem?
Best,
T
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