Adoption of a Southern accent

[Neal Whitman]

He also says "writhing" twice, both times pronouncing it [rITIN], not [raIDIN].

Neal

On Jun 8, 2012, at 1:04 AM, Benjamin Barrett <gogaku at IX.NETCOM.COM> wrote:

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> in act II of This American Life this week, an interviewee uses two accents, one his native Southern California accent, and the other, a Southern accent he has adopted for work. It includes metacommentary by the interviewee on why.
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