A Blue Collar Slob’s Introduction to the Rare Oakland Manzanita [video]

Re:A Blue Collar Slob’s Introduction to the Rare Oakland Man... by ljm on Sunday September 22, 2019 @03:31PM (#21043392)

I'm not from the US so I don't have the ear for accents, but my first impression was that this YouTube channel is basically Tony Soprano's account of the afterlife. He finally got out and found himself doing botany in North California.

It made me enjoy the videos much more.

Seriously though, I actually find this much more engaging. You can see where the passion is and not being afraid of being yourself gives makes it so authentic. The guy just fuckin' loves his botany and shit.

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Re:A Blue Collar Slob’s Introduction to the Rare Oakland Man... by rendall on Saturday September 28, 2019 @03:27PM (#21102346)

Tony Soprano was Jersey Shore Italian. It hits the TH sound a bit softer, with the tongue a bit closer to the front towards the teeth. The Chicago accent hits that sound with a hard D, with the tongue pressing the palate further back from the teeth. Also, the S sound is harder, too, especially at the end of a word.

There's nothing wrong with his accent at all! I just wasn't used to it, and it sounded like a fake Bronx accent to me at first, until I parsed it and realized it was probably a Chicago accent.

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