REQUEST

[Dennis R. Preston]

Fellow ADSers,

I had a nice talk with Jennifer about "dialect reduction" (just in time, I
think, since she had spoken mostly to speech therpists and the
linguistically insecure who seek such training). I don't mean to dissuade
any others of you from calling or contacting her, but I thought I would
note that ADS got its digs in.

dInIs

>Dear Sirs:      My name is Jennifer Arend and I'm a reporter for the Dallas
>Morning
>News. I'm trying to write a story on accent reduction, and I tried to
>leave a message with Mr. Metcalf (the # listed on the contact page of
>your website), but he has not returned my call. If any of you can help
>me, I would really appreciate it. My number is 214-977-2921 or
>1-800-431-0010, ext. 2921. My deadline for the story is today, but I'll
>be in till late tonight, so please call anytime, and if I'm not there,
>please leave a message so I can know how to reach you. Thanks very much,
>
>                                Jennifer Arend
>                                Business News
>                                Dallas Morning News

Dennis R. Preston
Professor of Linguistics
Department of Linguistics and Languages
Michigan State University
East Lansing MI 48824-1027 USA
preston at pilot.msu.edu
Office: (517)353-0740
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