Chicago

(49MB, 105 minutes) Updated 2010 Edition

This download includes a written examination of the accent, and the following sound files featuring Accent Help coach Jim Johnson:

Play Audio Sample:

1. Intro
2. Consonants
3. Vowels
4. Diphthongs
5. Words
6. Wrap up
7. Southwest side Male reading
8. + his conversation
9. South side Female reading
10. + her conversation
11. Northwest side Policeman reading
12. + his conversation
13. North side Female reading
14. + her conversation
15. West side Male conversation (profanity)
16. Humboldt Park Female reading
17. + her conversation
18. Wrigleyville Male reading
19. + his conversation

Though these sound files have been remastered to reduce background noise, most of these recordings are made "in the field" so you will hear such things as birds, cars or other people in the background.  A transcription of the conversations is included in the Updated 2010 Edition to help you follow along.

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