Celebration of Dialects and Accents, Vol 2.: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Celebration of Dialects and Accents, Vol 2., credited to Aesop, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of Celebration of Dialects and Accents, Vol 2. by Aesop. (Translated by George Fyler Townsend.) Read in English by Linda Jenner; Kris Moore; Julia Niedermaier; Ernst Pattynama; Simon Evers; Claudia Salto; Rebecca Braunert-Plunkett; Maria Kasper; Diana Majlinger; Jason Mills; Bill Mosley; Nicholas James Bridgewater; Steve Lawrence; Ryan Bradburn; Malone; CaprishaPage; Sarah Holtz; sdaeley17; Greg Giordano; Pam Castille A celebration of all the wonderful dialects and accents found within the Librivox community! The goal being to record a 'phonetically relevant' text by as many volunteers as possible, and make this dialect/accent 'database' available to the world, by releasing the recordings into the public domain. - Summary by Délibáb)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Celebration of Dialects and Accents, Vol 2.
• Author credits: Aesop
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 20
• Listed recording duration: 24:22

Catalogue topics

• collection
• aesop
• accents
• dialects

Track guide

1. 01 - Metropolitan Texas accent — 1:20
2. 02 - Midwestern US accent — 1:23
3. 03 - German accent — 1:25
4. 04 - Hungarian accent — 1:08
5. 05 - Midwestern US accent 2 — 1:25
6. 06 - Dutch accent — 1:12
7. 07 - Southeastern Pennsylvania accent — 1:18
8. 08 - Lancashire accent — 0:59
9. 09 - Austrian accent — 1:02
10. 10 - Australian accent — 0:55
11. 11 - Australian accent 2 — 1:07
12. 12 - Great Lakes region accent — 1:13
13. 13 - Mid-Atlantic British accent — 1:43
14. 14 - South Louisiana US accent — 1:20
15. 15 - German/mixed bag accent — 1:14
16. 16 - Midwest USA/Kansas accent — 1:13
17. 17 - Pacific Northwest accent — 1:04
18. 18 - English Public School (Received Pronunciation) accent — 1:08
19. 19 - North Texas US accent — 1:07
20. 20 - Mid-England British accent — 1:06

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