Can you give us an example from where BW wasn't portraying this sort of mood but it sounds this way?
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BW does it mostly on his /d/ and some /t/ and some /n/...all those forward alveolar stops and whatever the hell /n/ is. Like I said below, he uses more tongue than is truly necessary, and touches the teeth more than necessary (rather than just quickly tapping the alveolar ridge). So any of those sounds, especially the ones that are followed by a forward vowel (ee, oh, some ah) tend to take on more of a soft 'th' sound.
You can hear it a lot when Josh is yelling for Donna. Say 'Donna' with your tongue only touching the ridge behind your teeth. Now say it again, but this time start with your tongue touching the backs of your front four teeth. That's what he does.
I think that it's often chalked up to his Wisconsin accent, and that may be a little bit of it. (It's not technically a lisp--I just looked that up, and a lisp only involves /s/ and /z/ sounding like /th/.)
If you have the Tales From the Dark Side ep (someone had uploaded it recently, I can't remember who), you can really start to hear it in the scene at about 5:20 in...t's and d's and n's all over the place.
Otherwise, try the WW Star Trek scene, at about 1:55, the words 'don't do', and 'ten'. (It's pretty mild.)
WW Timezone scene At about :20 in, Josh says 'decent-sized whoop'---it's a good example on 'decent'.
WW I:OT and Philately scene Go to the philately bit, at about 3:50. At around 3:58, Josh says 'I don't'. That's a good one, too.
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Date: 2007-06-10 07:23 pm (UTC)I've been trying to find something for you that's easily accessible.
BW does it mostly on his /d/ and some /t/ and some /n/...all those forward alveolar stops and whatever the hell /n/ is. Like I said below, he uses more tongue than is truly necessary, and touches the teeth more than necessary (rather than just quickly tapping the alveolar ridge). So any of those sounds, especially the ones that are followed by a forward vowel (ee, oh, some ah) tend to take on more of a soft 'th' sound.
You can hear it a lot when Josh is yelling for Donna. Say 'Donna' with your tongue only touching the ridge behind your teeth. Now say it again, but this time start with your tongue touching the backs of your front four teeth. That's what he does.
I think that it's often chalked up to his Wisconsin accent, and that may be a little bit of it. (It's not technically a lisp--I just looked that up, and a lisp only involves /s/ and /z/ sounding like /th/.)
If you have the Tales From the Dark Side ep (someone had uploaded it recently, I can't remember who), you can really start to hear it in the scene at about 5:20 in...t's and d's and n's all over the place.
Otherwise, try the WW Star Trek scene, at about 1:55, the words 'don't do', and 'ten'. (It's pretty mild.)
WW Timezone scene At about :20 in, Josh says 'decent-sized whoop'---it's a good example on 'decent'.
WW I:OT and Philately scene Go to the philately bit, at about 3:50. At around 3:58, Josh says 'I don't'. That's a good one, too.