#ed_op#DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#FONT face=Tahoma color=#c080ff size=4#ed_cl#I know what you mean about English being very flat sounding. #ed_op#/FONT#ed_cl##ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#FONT face=Tahoma color=#c080ff size=4#ed_cl##ed_op#/FONT#ed_cl# #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#FONT face=Tahoma color=#c080ff size=4#ed_cl#I have made my lunging and training words sound VERY different, than my usual speech. Everyone makes fun of the way I talk to my horses when I'm training them. I put BIG accents on parts of the words, and it all depends on what I'm asking for.#ed_op#/FONT#ed_cl##ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#FONT face=Tahoma color=#c080ff size=4#ed_cl##ed_op#/FONT#ed_cl# #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#FONT face=Tahoma color=#c080ff size=4#ed_cl#When I'm asking for an upward transition, it's TER-ot (accent with the caps) and when I'm asking for a downward transition I always add ING to the end of the word, and make the end of the word lower so it would be "ter-o-ting" pronouce very low, and then getting lower. The my whoa is VERY stern and deep sounding, as well as sharp. #ed_op#/FONT#ed_cl##ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#FONT face=Tahoma color=#c080ff size=4#ed_cl##ed_op#/FONT#ed_cl# #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#FONT face=Tahoma color=#c080ff size=4#ed_cl#My horse is so into all of this, that I can get him to lengthen or shorten his stride with just the way I say the same word. MANY people are just baffled by it, but to me it's normal.....as much as they make fun of me, I won't change! Mind you, I put the wrong accents on words all the time, and am made fun of it, so it's not like it's anything new for me! hahaha#ed_op#/FONT#ed_cl##ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#FONT face=Tahoma color=#c080ff size=4#ed_cl##ed_op#/FONT#ed_cl# #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#FONT face=Tahoma color=#c080ff size=4#ed_cl#Best of luck with it xena, let us know how she catches on!
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