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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dear All</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Some time ago we had a discussion on places that
try to teach you how to get rid of your foreign accents. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I thought I'd share the following site, recommended
by an Indian news service to its clients who want to talk like Americans
("without" an accent!?) The site advertises itself:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face=sans-serif size=3>"For children,
illiterates, workers, students all ages<BR>and to get rid of, not have a foreign
accent"</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The whole site is filled with assumptions
interesting to those of us who study language ideology and the promotion of
American monoglot standard.</FONT></DIV>
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href="http://www.americanspokenenglish.com/">http://www.americanspokenenglish.com/</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Best, </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Mark Allen Peterson</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>American University in
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