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One we spoke amongst each other, and another would be spoken to friends, colleagues, on the telephone and even to some relatives. Paul meier is ideas founder, director, and principal contributor, personally collecting nearly 20 percent of the archive. I thought maybe we could have a thread and share our lists of movies that we love to listen to because of dialects and accents. Disneys 1964 mary poppins adaptation has been in the news lately, in light of both films 50th anniversary and saving mr. Amanda expresses her dismay at the lack of discipline she sees in children at the time this recording was made in the 1950s compared with the strictness of her upbringing in the closing years of the 19th century. But since panchinese nationalism has long sought to reduce the differences among chinese. International dialects of english archive wikipedia. Paul meier has been training actors for over 25 years and now offers his experience to the casual pretender in these entertaining presentations.
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