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How on earth would anyone know? I mean, does anyone here remember exactly what that sounded like? I'm assuming from that word 'voices' that the reference is to accent and intonation, rather than to the sort of thing that would show up in the written language, which would presumably be susceptible of proof. joanna ----- Original Message ----- From: "Max Richards" >I wish I'd heard the oz-speech of Paraguay... > It has been claimed that some isolated coastal Americans (Virginia?) speak > with > Elizabethan voices... > (Max)(who speaks kiwi on the phone to his Auckland sister) > > Quoting Caleb Cluff <[log in to unmask]>: > >> Good lord no! But it was interesting to see the last remaining member of >> the Paraguayan Experiment (he was a child at the time) interviewed on >> ABC TV on Tuesday night - according to the reporter, the only person to >> still speak Australian English in C19 accent. Tho' the Pitcairnese >> cannot be far off... >>