Another book question

[Wilson Gray]

On Oct 23, 2004, at 12:05 PM, Patti J. Kurtz wrote:

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> Is anyone out there familiar with this book on dialects:
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> American Dialects: A Manual for Actors, Directors, and Writers
> by Lewis Herman
> <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/
> index=books&field-author=Herman%2C%252520Lewis/104-3724447-1349554>,
> Marguerite Shalett Herman
> <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/
> index=books&field-author=Herman%2C%252520Marguerite%252520Shalett/104
> -3724447-1349554>
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> (found on Amazon.com)
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> I came across it while looking for something for my class and was just
> curious as to its accuracy.  It might be something my writer friends
> would like, since I always get questions about written dialects.  But
> I'm curious if anyone else is aware of it and what they think before I
> either buy it or recommend it.
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> Thanks.
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> Patti Kurtz
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After checking Amazon, I can see that this is not the book that I had
in mind and isn't one that I'm familiar with.

-Wilson Gray

> Freeman - And what drives you on, fighting the monster?
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> Straker - I don't know, something inside me I guess.
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> Freeman - It's called dedication.
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> Straker - Pig-headedness would be nearer.
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