Josh Kinnal [sic] has the peculiar (but spreading?) habit of pronouncing his ‘r’s American style, even though he is not American. Is this the Australian International accent?
(From the Lorraine Crescent blog)
Look. I know I over pronounce the letter ‘R’ in some words, American-style. I also know that I say the word ‘idea’ in a way that is different to other people.
The thing about the letter ‘R’ started, I think, when I first went to New York in 1992. I was 18, impressionable, and picked up the accent in about 3 days. It took me 2 months of being back home to shake most of it. The thing that stuck was the way I say ‘beer’, ‘here’, ‘their’, and other words that rhyme.
It’s probably never going away now. That’s just the way I speak. I’m used to it and it helps me be better understood than other Australians when I’m in the USA, so maybe it’s a good thing.
Whatever it is, it’s a part of me. I don’t force it and I don’t apologise for it.
Huh – I’ve never noticed the ‘r’ thing before (though I promise to notice it all the time from now on).
Maybe it’s just because you record at Triple R?
BAM!
By the way, did you find this blog mentioning you by googling for misspelt versions of your name?
No. I was looking at google analytics and saw that the blog had linked to Boxcutters. I actually never thought of googling misspellings of my name until just when I saw this post.
No need – just did it. There are five hits – 2 at Lorraine Crescent, 2 at Little Running Bear (increasing the hits, yo), and one at Monash’s website! (though it’s a pdf)