Help wanted!

[Nicolas Lepage 0]

Hey folks,

 

My brother is writing a term paper and he wants to analyze the different accents spoken in North America. So, he actually needs speech samples. I thought that maybe I'd find some people who are willing to help among you.

 

Here's how it would work. I would send you an e-mail with a text and a few additional sentences that I would ask you to record and send back to me. The data would be treated highly confidentially, of course. There's no need for anyone to give me their name, exact age or location. All I would need are the following details.

 

Age: 10-20 years / 20-40 years / 40-60 years / above 60

Sex

Province/State you live in

Province/State you where you went to elementary school

 

The files will be saved without mentioning your nickname or e-mail address and they will only be used for this term paper. There is no intention for the whole thing to be published in any way. The only ones who would hear the files are my brother, his linguistics professor and I.

 

In case you are interested just send me an e-mail or a pm and I'll be glad to answer any question you might have about this.

[Nicolas Lepage 0]

I'm still looking for North Americans who'd be willing to give me a speech sample. So far I've got 5 volunteers. It would be nice if maybe 5 more could take a few minutes to record a short text (provided by me).

 

I especially need people from Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan, New England and, of course, Canadians. (Actually everything north of Kentucky would be cool.) You should be native speakers, though.

 

In case you are interested you can still send me a pm or an e-mail with questions. I'll do my best to answer them.