accents

[Mark_Mandel at DRAGONSYS.COM]

Pafra & Scott Catledge <scplc at GS.VERIO.NET> write(s):

>>>>>
When I was in high school in Winter Park, FL, I auditioned for a position as
commentator on high school news at the local college radio station.  I
easily recognized the lady handling the auditions from her strong New
England accent.  When I had finished the audition, she proclaimed that mine
was the most expressive and by far the best audition that she had ever
heard.  I asked whether I had the job and she quickly responded, "Oh, no!
You have a Southern accent and we cannot allow anyone on the radio who has
an accent.  I responded quietly with a smile, "Just what do you think that
you have, you ignorant bigot?"  Since then, neither hell nor high water nor
a doctorate in linguistics has modified my Southern accent.
<<<<<

WAY TO GO!

-- Mark
   (still catching up on lists and emails after an extended absence)