Bad TV dialects

[FRITZ JUENGLING]

Mary Tyler Moore trying to pass as a Minnesotan.

>>> mnadki01 at MOREHEAD-ST.EDU 10/02/02 12:31PM >>>
The Dukes of Hazard strikes me funny.  That hillbilly accent, but the show was
actually filmed in Hazard, Georgia.

Quoting "Dennis R. Preston" <preston at PILOT.MSU.EDU>:

> Hmmmm. What a venting it would be if the authentic speakers from
> those areas represented by such TV-reality shows as the Beverly
> Hillbillies, Dukes of Hazard, and their ilk were were vented upon.
>
> dInIs
>
> >Ok, I have to vent. I watched a few minutes of _Hack_
> >the other night. It's supposed to take place in
> >Philadelphia, but like last year's _Philly_ everyone
> >seems to sound like New Yorkers. Don't those Hollywood
> >people know what a Philly dialect sounds like? It
> >makes me miss _Homicide_ where at least the extras
> >actually sounded like Baltimorians.
> >
> >Feel free to commiserate if your city/region fails to
> >get proper treatemnt on TV!
> >
> >Ed
> >
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