Test Project: Readers Accent Table

Jc · Post by Jc » April 17th, 2009, 10:49 am

Hello!!
I just wanted to know if you'd like me to put this in the Accents column, or in the Other info one? also, would you like to have US > FL as a location, or something more detailed? (If this goes into the Other Info column, you could also, if you want, specify your "usual" reading accent)

Thanks!

BellonaTimes · Post by **BellonaTimes** » April 17th, 2009, 3:39 pm

Jc wrote:Hello!!
I just wanted to know if you'd like me to put this in the Accents column, or in the Other info one? also, would you like to have US > FL as a location, or something more detailed? (If this goes into the Other Info column, you could also, if you want, specify your "usual" reading accent)

Thanks!

Accents column I guess, although this is pretty burlesque and might be better as Other

. Location is fine as is.

aravis · Post by **aravis** » May 21st, 2009, 10:34 am

Hi

Could you add me too? (I don't trust myself to do it

)

Name: aravis (Elli)

location: Austria

accents:
in English: definitely German

in German: no regional accent (I believe)

Thanks!

Elli

aravis · Post by **aravis** » May 23rd, 2009, 11:53 am

Thanks for adding me!

Post by **Leni** » May 23rd, 2009, 12:28 pm

Hmmm... I've been thinking of adding myself for a while, but I really don't know how to classify my accent in English. Hispanic, maybe? Could someone please listen to one of my recordings and tell me? =/

In Portuguese: definitely "carioca" (Rio de Janeiro).

I'd be more than grateful if someone could add me there, or I might end up breaking the wiki.

Jc · Post by Jc » May 23rd, 2009, 1:05 pm

You don't have to classify your accent. I would be perfectly fine if you decide to include yourself by just putting down your location.

I'll add you to the table

Cori · Post by **Cori** » June 2nd, 2009, 12:34 pm

Just in case anyone was wondering whether to bother putting a sample in, I'm using a very short poem, recorded for a Collection a little while ago ... and it's had 55 downloads since I put it up on 18th May.

So, yes, go for it! I think most people are using direct archive.org links, but I was curious about whether anyone actually listened, so put a file in my own webspace.

Jc · Post by Jc » June 2nd, 2009, 2:19 pm

wow! Good to know, Cori! Thanks

Silverg · Post by **Silverg** » June 4th, 2009, 6:10 am

Please, add me to the accent table.

Reader: SilverG (Greg Bowman)
Location: US>TN
Accent: Neutral
Sample: http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/rg/thegreatpanjandrumhimself_foote_gnb.mp3

Thanks,

Greg

gypsygirl · Post by **gypsygirl** » June 4th, 2009, 8:15 am

Added.

Cori · Post by **Cori** » June 4th, 2009, 11:30 am

Greg, please could you post again when the project is catalogued, since the files are deleted from the uploader at that point.

(I'd recommend generally that we don't link to uploader files as samples, since there's a surprising amount of listening traffic on this list, and our uploader isn't intended for public use. It's difficult for new contributors, true, but that's the nice thing about Weekly Poetry, it's in the catalogue pretty quickly.

)

gypsygirl · Post by **gypsygirl** » June 4th, 2009, 4:55 pm

Oops, I hadn't even looked at the url, just pasted it in.

Silverg · Post by **Silverg** » June 8th, 2009, 7:09 am

I was probably aware that those got deleted. But, one thing drives out another.

Here's the poem for my sample, this time from the download site.

http://www.archive.org/download/great_panjandrum_0906_librivox/thegreatpanjandrumhimself_foote_gnb_64kb.mp3

Thank you,

Greg

gypsygirl · Post by **gypsygirl** » June 8th, 2009, 9:25 am

I've updated it.

Jc · Post by Jc » June 10th, 2009, 5:17 pm

Note: the readers' accent page has been moved to the new Wiki. Link in first post has been updated.