Jesse Sheidlower on Palin's accent

[Tom Zurinskas]

I don't think gov. Palin has an "unusual" accent at all.  Her pronunciation comes through crystal clearly.  No problem with a single word for me but for the "awe" dropping.

Tom Zurinskas, USA - CT20, TN3, NJ33, FL5+
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> Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2008 16:42:34 -0400
> From: bgzimmer at BABEL.LING.UPENN.EDU
> Subject: Re: Jesse Sheidlower on Palin's accent
> To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
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> Poster: Benjamin Zimmer
> Subject: Re: Jesse Sheidlower on Palin's accent
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> On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 1:57 PM, Benjamin Zimmer
>  wrote:
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>> Slate just posted a well-researched piece by Jesse Sheidlower on Sarah Palin's
>> accent:
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>> http://www.slate.com/id/2201318/
>>
>> A more impressionistic take is here:
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>> http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0908/14138.html
>
> See also discussion on Language Log:
>
> http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=658
>
>
> --Ben Zimmer
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