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South Africa Twenty-five - Text

This male speaker was born in 1966 in Johannesburg of English immigrant parents, raised there and in Gauteng. He has also lived in Port Elizabeth and Natal. He talks about his accent as influenced by his Afrikaans friends, as well as his private education, and about South African accents and dialects in general. He was recorded and edited by Paul Meier on December 15, 2005. Running time 00:05.18.

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