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[Philatone]

loosely related to the discussion. this is a website that gives samples of accents from around the world. Basically, these researchers asked people from different countries to all read the same passage in English. Thus, you can get an idea of some phonetic traits of different areas. Or laugh because of how different people can sound! It can also break areas down by region: for instance, you can compare new yorkers versus people from Los Angeles, northern england vs. southern, etc.

http://accent.gmu.edu/browse.php

just thought I would pass it along