Triple Homonyms site
Gadi Niram
gadi at PANIX.COM
Tue Nov 27 21:31:15 UTC 2001
Beverly Flanigan wrote:
>
> An interesting site, yes, but totally unaware and/or unaccepting of dialect
> variation! Note the "rules" section, refusing anything but "standard
> American" (as in broadcasters' speech).
Their actual phrasing is "think national newscaster, region-less TV
talk". So do they mean the national newscaster regionless guy with
the Texas accent, the national newscaster regionless guy with the
Canadian accent, or the national newscaster regionless guy with the
speech impediment?
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Gadi Niram gadi at maniagrid.com
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