Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Accents. Date: 30 Oct 2025 20:14:39 GMT Lines: 19 Message-ID: References: <68ea7364$0$12948$426a74cc@news.free.fr> <68eb8c02$0$24822$426a74cc@news.free.fr> <10d0f0e$1u8bd$1@dont-email.me> <68f40083$0$28050$426a74cc@news.free.fr> <20251020092029.000020b3@gmail.com> <68fcc773$0$417$426a34cc@news.free.fr> <10djhg8$3kg9d$5@dont-email.me> <10donsh$17dho$6@dont-email.me> <10dp2m1$1ctkt$1@dont-email.me> <7jtMQ.876831$7Ika.50088@fx17.iad> <10e07d4$3rnka$1@dont-email.me> <72PMQ.933571$p8E9.628414@fx18.iad> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net LOQ7D6bdMYvnN56PmDGUyQih1T0lyCiUHnJpwBuw9RXHKOYzXL Cancel-Lock: sha1:MEm7OWqTKAHYIx2IypnQ2dsXx40= sha256:F50xOtSQVnHSof4x/kNnnLQ/TjvVxspl6OuXRSsHSXA= User-Agent: Pan/0.162 (Pokrosvk) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:76834 On Thu, 30 Oct 2025 19:31:15 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote: > I've noticed that myself. In a quiet environment, I can still hear > quite faint sounds. For instance, the hearing test where the doctor > whispers numbers from across the room is no problem for me, and on a > hike I can hear birds from a long way off. > But picking out speech from background noise is becoming more and more > difficult; in a loud environment I'm functionally deaf. I don't know if I'm getting worse or not. I always had a problem hearing someone in an environment like a noisy restaurant. > I've also noticed that many young people seem to slur their words, which > makes the problem even worse. It does seem enunciation isn't what it used to be with more syllables being elided.