# He Thinks All Short Men Rest On Their Laurels: An Accents Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 11, 2008, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-thinks-all-short-men-rest-on-their-laurels-an-accents-thread/463171 "2008-09-11T22:19:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-thinks-all-short-men-rest-on-their-laurels-an-accents-thread/463171/41 "2008-09-12T15:23:18Z")
[Mine](http://www.box.net/shared/mlpgje3eo2). (I have a slight cold) ---
**Author:** ![Pseudocode](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/59ef9b/32.png) [@Pseudocode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pseudocode)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-thinks-all-short-men-rest-on-their-laurels-an-accents-thread/463171/42 "2008-09-12T16:53:59Z")
Here is [mine](http://www.box.net/shared/vgd1nlt7l7). So what accent do I have? ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-thinks-all-short-men-rest-on-their-laurels-an-accents-thread/463171/43 "2008-09-12T17:29:52Z")
> [@ShakWave](#): > > My voice file is at the link below, try to guess where I’m from. > > [http://www.box.net/shared/7caztnxs8n](http://www.box.net/shared/7caztnxs8n) I’ll never guess right. Belgium? :o ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-thinks-all-short-men-rest-on-their-laurels-an-accents-thread/463171/44 "2008-09-12T17:36:10Z")
> [@Pseudocode](#): > > Here is [mine](http://www.box.net/shared/vgd1nlt7l7). > > So what accent do I have? Hm. Missouri? ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-thinks-all-short-men-rest-on-their-laurels-an-accents-thread/463171/45 "2008-09-12T18:53:51Z")
I admit it; I am crazily obsessed with accents. An Gadai’s recording of the Gettysburg Address amuses me to no end. I love how he says, “Faddahs” and “togeddah.” [Here’s me on the Gettysburg Address](http://www.box.net/shared/q89sc0j3nc) ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-thinks-all-short-men-rest-on-their-laurels-an-accents-thread/463171/46 "2008-09-12T20:30:43Z")
Trying this again. Hopefully it’ll open. I’ve been in Tennessee for the last 25 years. Before that, I lived in Michigan, Minnesota and Ohio. [http://www.box.net/shared/fvlcr4pqs0](http://www.box.net/shared/fvlcr4pqs0) StG ---
**Author:** ![pbbth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-thinks-all-short-men-rest-on-their-laurels-an-accents-thread/463171/47 "2008-09-12T20:49:22Z")
There are a couple of these that make me want to retire to my bunk! I don’t have a microphone so I can’t record myself but that is probably for the best as I sound like an 8 year old girl. I wish I had some kind of sultry, sexy voice but I am doomed to forever sound like a whimsical young girl. ---
**Author:** ![Indistinguishable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/90ced4/32.png) [@Indistinguishable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indistinguishable)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-thinks-all-short-men-rest-on-their-laurels-an-accents-thread/463171/48 "2008-09-12T21:08:16Z")
> [@Pseudocode](#): > > So what accent do I have? A larger passage would probably be helpful. Gettysburg address? > [@ShakWave](#): > > My voice file is at the link below, try to guess where I’m from. I could actually recognize this one right away (well, approximately), but I’ve also seen previous posts of yours, so my guess is tainted. ---
**Author:** ![ShelliBean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@ShelliBean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShelliBean)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-thinks-all-short-men-rest-on-their-laurels-an-accents-thread/463171/49 "2008-09-12T21:45:48Z")
Oh I am so going to try this with my cellphone or find a friend with a mic on her computer. I think I sound like Joy off My Name Is Earl. Oh yeah - dead sexy. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-thinks-all-short-men-rest-on-their-laurels-an-accents-thread/463171/50 "2008-09-12T21:48:19Z")
My Gettysburg address. I, um, have a feeling I don’t sound like Lincoln. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Oy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bc8723/32.png) [@Oy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oy)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-thinks-all-short-men-rest-on-their-laurels-an-accents-thread/463171/51 "2008-09-12T21:58:51Z")
> [@ShakWave](#): > > My voice file is at the link below, try to guess where I’m from. > > [http://www.box.net/shared/7caztnxs8n](http://www.box.net/shared/7caztnxs8n) I’m guessing you are either from India or Pakistan (possibly the Middle East), but came to the US during your childhood. ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2008, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-thinks-all-short-men-rest-on-their-laurels-an-accents-thread/463171/52 "2008-09-13T00:17:03Z")
> [@Cazzle](#): > > [Mine](http://www.box.net/shared/mlpgje3eo2). > > (I have a slight cold) … and [here’s the start of the Gettysburg address](http://www.box.net/shared/jyd5j51a8r), exactly as it may have sounded if Abraham Lincoln was Australian, and also a woman. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2008, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-thinks-all-short-men-rest-on-their-laurels-an-accents-thread/463171/53 "2008-09-13T00:33:28Z")
I DID IT! (I hope). I’ll listen to the new ones in a bit: [He thinks all short men sit on their laurels all day](http://www.box.net/shared/y6orvmjmyp) [Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.](http://www.box.net/shared/h0pf3jvag9) I was born in India and lived there four years, then spent many of my formative years in MI, then my adult life in upstate NY. I have no idea \*what \*I sound like at this point. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2008, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-thinks-all-short-men-rest-on-their-laurels-an-accents-thread/463171/54 "2008-09-13T00:45:12Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > My Gettysburg address. I, um, have a feeling I don’t sound like Lincoln. 😃 You seriously need to get in the bookreading business. That, or a tour guide. “On your left, you’ll see the Tower of…” ---
**Author:** ![Indistinguishable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/90ced4/32.png) [@Indistinguishable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indistinguishable)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2008, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-thinks-all-short-men-rest-on-their-laurels-an-accents-thread/463171/55 "2008-09-13T00:46:12Z")
Next time we do one of these threads, let’s merge it with [this one](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=482951). ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2008, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-thinks-all-short-men-rest-on-their-laurels-an-accents-thread/463171/56 "2008-09-13T00:49:07Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > You seriously need to get in the bookreading business. That, or a tour guide. > > “On your left, you’ll see the Tower of…” Ha! On the bookreading front, help me out over [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=483022). ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2008, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-thinks-all-short-men-rest-on-their-laurels-an-accents-thread/463171/57 "2008-09-13T00:51:37Z")
> [@Indistinguishable](#): > > Next time we do one of these threads, let’s merge it with [this one](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=482951). Or we can come up with more stuff to say. This was really fun. ---
**Author:** ![nd\_n8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/439d5e/32.png) [@nd\_n8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nd_n8)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2008, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-thinks-all-short-men-rest-on-their-laurels-an-accents-thread/463171/58 "2008-09-13T01:01:07Z")
Here’s my contribution from Central Indiana. > **[laurels.wav | Powered by Box](https://app.box.com/s/12zkp3d0xq)** This is really a cool thread, I love the idea. **An Gadaí** - Your Gettysburg Address sounds a lot like something from “The Gangs Of New York” **Mangetout** - Your recording sounds different from when I’ve heard your voice on your website, almost like a narrative from a children’s story. **jsgoddess** - Are you trying to lull me to sleep? After hearing your Gettysburg Address I would say yes. You have the most soothing voice so far. **ShakWave** - An uneducated guess puts you on the Isle of Emerald **Kal** - Oddly enough I would have guessed East Central UK because you sound a bit like that Lennon fellow a few years back. Awesome accents everyone, quite impressive. ---
**Author:** ![nd\_n8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/439d5e/32.png) [@nd\_n8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nd_n8)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2008, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-thinks-all-short-men-rest-on-their-laurels-an-accents-thread/463171/59 "2008-09-13T01:10:30Z")
And now that I’ve signed up for this Box thing I can share more of my Didgeridoo creations, I gotta start working on one now. ---
**Author:** ![Girl\_From\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3da27b/32.png) [@Girl\_From\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Girl_From_Mars)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2008, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-thinks-all-short-men-rest-on-their-laurels-an-accents-thread/463171/60 "2008-09-13T04:31:32Z")
Here’s mine [http://www.box.net/shared/no1vm1uq9g](http://www.box.net/shared/no1vm1uq9g). I grew up in a number of countries including the US, UK, Germany and New Zealand, but have been in Australia the past 2 years - I think it’s pretty much gone Aussie, perhaps only my intonation is still slightly English? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-thinks-all-short-men-rest-on-their-laurels-an-accents-thread/463171.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-thinks-all-short-men-rest-on-their-laurels-an-accents-thread/463171.md?page=4)