ACCENT: Re: Lines Overheard ...

[RonButters at AOL.COM]

Could the speaker have possibly meant ACCENT in the sense of 'focus'? That is
to say, the speaker didn't like the direction that it appeared that the
teacher was taking the course in? Lots of people use ACCENT that way.

In a message dated 8/18/2001 7:15:47 AM, lanehart at ARCHES.UGA.EDU writes:

<< I guess we haven't made as much progress as we'd like to think.   --SL

>Subject: Lines Overheard in the Starbucks, 08/16/01
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>"The only reason I am dropping the class is because of the teacher. I
>don't like her accent."
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