Okay here's a problem. I really like this passage. To me it's a poem
or better than a poem. I love all this stuff & the sound of everything
& the proper names & manic instructions. The thought of 404 individuals
reading it is also marvellous: I will listen. I don't see how poets
could be in any way better. I don't even see how poets reading poetry
could be better. What am I missing Trevor? Is it just well, we're
poets, so wouldn't it be fun if we got together and did this? But might
recognisability take the fun out of it: or isn't part of the fun of this
just simple human curiosity & the differences within the recognisable
range of human voice? It's an interesting thing. Maybe if I go there
I'll be able to answer my own questions.
Mairead
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> 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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