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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 >>> [log in to unmask] 01/19/05 11:14 AM >>> > 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