The Responder

[zoony]

When I lived in the US they had the cheek to comment on MY accent! 

[Alex]

We got asked if we knew John Lennon 

[Michael Rolls]

What do you call a Scouser in a suit? The accused

[GrannyMac]

Mike, you'll be in trouble! 

I know obviously that I have an accent. My children never sounded like me for starters!  My English born OH sounded Scottish when we met, he'd lived there since childhood, but now its not at all obvious where he's from. He sounds more generally English than me, but has no strong regional accent. 

[Michael Rolls]

Mike, you'll be in trouble! 

What's new?😁😁😁
Mike

[klondike]

but has no strong regional accent.

You may well be correct but habituation with a voice somehow makes it accentless I think. Thats why many think they have no accent (like me but I know I do).

[Michael Rolls]

it would be fun to have a facility for us to record our voices on here so folk could have a guess at one's origins!
Mike

[klondike]

They'd need to be randomised as we already know a fair bit about each other.

Folks could all record the same agreed message on
https://online-voice-recorder.com/ (or other that was the first that came in a search)
PM their recording to the organiser who could then put up a post of links and we could try to put a userid to each recording.

Well volunteered Mike. 

[Scrumpy]

When in Australia some were fascinated by my SE (accent).. Whatever that is.. !!
I don't think I have an accent.. I find Northerners hard to understand.. the further up the harder it becomes..  and as for Scottish..!!!

[Michael Rolls]

well, I used that link to record a brief message as an mp3 file, but I can't work out how to post it here
Mike

[crabbyob]

when i came down here at first so many people told me they had Scots grannies and grandpas, some even asked if i had known them in Scotland as tho it was a village...
mmm do we have a village on here yet? i canny mind?

[klondike]

well, I used that link to record a brief message as an mp3 file, but I can't work out how to post it here
Mike

I found it entirely non intuitive when I tried but did get one done as a test.
You could probably upload it to youtube. https://www.tunestotube.com/

[Michael Rolls]

Just thought - wonder of I could post it here as an attachment, just like a photo? Hate to rob you lot of my dulcet tones
Mike

[Michael Rolls]

tried - file too big

[Michael Rolls]

I always was verbose!