Re: Uncanny valley of languages

2015-03-02 Thread Rustom Mody
On Monday, March 2, 2015 at 4:25:04 PM UTC+5:30, Jonas Wielicki wrote: > I wonder whether this discussion has anything to do with the Uncanny > Valley [1]. >[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncanny_valley That's right. And thanks for the reference. Had seen that some time but forgot the n

Uncanny valley of languages

2015-03-02 Thread Jonas Wielicki
On 01.03.2015 18:34, Mark Lawrence wrote: > On 01/03/2015 17:01, Marko Rauhamaa wrote: >> Mark Lawrence : >> >>> Are you suggesting that we Brits have a single "home accent"? If you >>> are, you need to stand up as your voice is rather muffled. That by the >>> way is a British expression that may