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[Bill Le May]

That should be Robert Beard, not Frank.


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> NPR's Steve Inskeep interviewed linguist Frank Beard on June
> 20th on Morning Edition.  You can listen to it here:
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> http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5496546
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> At about 3:47 into the interview, Beard states "Once you get
> [westward] past Ohio there are no accents."
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> I have no idea what differentiates an accent versus dialect
> and will watch any comments with interest.
>
> Bill Le May
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> > Today, I was talking with some coworkers (we all work in a middle
> > school), and one of them started talking about something he
> heard on
> > NPR that claimed no one west of the Mississippi River has a
> dialect.
> > I said, "Everyone has a dialect."  We sort of spiraled into does
> > not/does too, and then I dropped it.
> >
> > Anyone hear the story he was talking about?  Can you give
> me details?
> > And can someone verify for me:  Does everyone have a
> dialect?  If I'm
> > wrong, I'll apologize tomorrow.
> > Thanks!
> > Jan
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