Young Writers Society

Hey guys, for part of my school's linguistic study, I have to study language change. And though I can't tell you all what I'm investigating (because that would ruin the essay), I need to create a survey and tablet my results.

So, I would be very thankful if some lovely YWSers can help me out by recording themselves on Vocaroo, saying the following sentences.

Say it with a pause at the end of each sentence.




When you finished recording, paste the link along with this.

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[b]Age:[/b]
[b]Ethnicity:[/b]
[b]Nationality[/b]
{b]Link here:[/b]


So what do you get for doing this? You get the satisfaction of knowing why you did it, and you also get 50 points and a review on any of your works!

Age: 17
Ethnicity: Caucasian, English
Nationality: Scottish/UK citizen, Australian permanent resident since I was 1.
Link here: http://vocaroo.com/i/s1l0Ybn3sSsY


I'm intrigued and hope my accent, which is not local to anywhere given my parents influence from SA and England, doesn't throw your results.

@FeatherPen, thanks very much. That's exactly what I want, I want to say if people with different ethnicity and nationality will affect how they pronounce certain words.

Age: 19
Ethnicity: Asian/Indian (I always get confused as to what to say, so I put in both xD)
Nationality Indian
Link here: http://vocaroo.com/i/s1LRVePFpDiv

This was fun! Good luck with your survey

Age: 20
Ethnicity: Malay
Nationality: Malaysian
Link here: http://vocaroo.com/i/s0PqUX62WICl

Age: 18
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Nationality American (from Chicago suburbs)
Link here: http://vocaroo.com/i/s0sTgi2z4msy

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sorry if the recording isn't that great D:
Also, is it supposed to be Kelly assume? because it was a little hard for me to say that sentence as written.
Also Kelly's my name so I suppose I am the authority on the pronunciation of that word (and it was kinda weird seeing it as the first word in the set!) hehe!

Do you need our first spoken language/other languages we speak besides English?

I'll do it if you change Kelly to Kellie >.>

Because that's the proper way to spell Kellie <.<

I had such a terrible quality microphone on my computer I had to switch to my phone and transfer the audio file to Vocaroo since the plug-in itself wasn't supported.

Age: 18
Ethnicity: Caucasian, English
Nationality: British. I live in northern England where the accents are very different from those in the south, but I have southern parents and I've been told I speak with a southern accent.
Link here: http://vocaroo.com/i/s0PLACMhNKkH

Age: 15
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Nationality United States American?
Link here: http://vocaroo.com/i/s12cgsSJ32D2

@Iggy, of course.
@Rosendorn, That would have been really interesting, but in this case, just English is fine.

http://vocaroo.com/i/s0ZAGqkpS3Up
Age: 15
Ethnicity: Caucasian, English
Nationality: British. Like steam I live in the north of England and the accents are much different to southern accents.