On the first quiz I got only 3 places where the accents came from correct. I was super surprised too as I though I could tell the difference between some one from down south and someone from the North, but apparently not. I thought for sure that I would get the british accents correct from England, but even those I got wrong. I suppose it doesn't really matter too much where your from because a lot of times your accent can differ according to who your relatives are and where they are from or what sort of accent your parents have. If your parents were from the south and you were born in the north they may be teaching you how to pronounce words with their southern accents which would rub off on you as a child and most likely carry through to the rest of your life.
I thought I did horrible on the first quiz. I didn't think It could get any worse. Well it did; on the second quiz I only got one right. After taking this quiz I realized how easily it could be to offend someone with words just because they misinterpreted you. The person that was say socks, I thought was saying sex. I found everyone except the one to be extremely difficult to understand. This is an example of how difficult it can be to communicate with others from a different location than you. This could cause problem in many different situations.
Question: What sort of problems could occur when communicating with someone with a different accent than you?
Many problems could arise when communicating with someone with a different accent. The main one is not being able to understand certain words due to differing pronunciation of vowel sounds. Another issue when talking to someone from a different region is different connotations in different regions. Also sometimes there are regional words for the same thing (i.e. bubbler vs. drinking fountain).
ReplyDeletethat is really interesting Jordan. "Bubbler" might now be my favorite word. Anyway, some dialects are so unique, my linguistic professor said last semester, that they could be considered their own language. I found his comment very intriguing. It makes you think about why we don't consider some dialects as their own languages. Nonetheless, I think the biggest problem that could arise from meeting a person for whom speaks with a different dialect is that you might not be able to understand them.
ReplyDeleteI agree that the use of different regional words can definitely cause problems with being able to understand someone. I also find it difficult to understand people who don't enunciate as much as we do and they probably think the way I speak is way too harsh. There are so many different problems that can occur from miscommunication. They can cause great confusion, anger, or just ridiculously funny moments.
ReplyDeleteI agree with what everyone has already seemed to mention. I think there would obviously be some sort of difficulty dealing with people that talk with different accents than you do. It will be hard to understand them in general and have any sort of conversation in return, and it will be hard to teach them or show them different things if you don't have the same sort of ways of talking OR like Jordan mentioned, people of different regions of even the US refer to objects and everyday items as two different things, but mean the same, it creates conflict for converstation accent or no accent!
ReplyDeleteI guess really you could just affend someone if you say something in the wrong way or tone or words that they are not used to.
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