AP on Hillary's multidialectalism

[Tom Zurinskas]

There are those here who believe an accent is locked in after age 4.  I
think that certainly those of us exposed to othe accents can adopt them as
well in the company of them.


Tom Zurinskas, USA - CT20, TN3, NJ33, FL4+
See truespel.com and the 4 truespel books at authorhouse.com.





>From: Benjamin Zimmer <bgzimmer at BABEL.LING.UPENN.EDU>
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>Subject: AP on Hillary's multidialectalism
>Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2007 11:58:01 -0400
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>AP reports on Hillary Clinton's tendency of using a "Dixie drawl" when
>addressing Southern and/or black audiences:
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>http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CLINTON_SOUTHERN_TWANG?SITE=AP
>"Clinton is a linguistic polyglot - a Chicago native turned New York
>resident who works in Washington and spent two decades living in
>Arkansas when her husband, Bill Clinton, was governor."
>
>A "linguistic polyglot," hmmm?
>
>
>--Ben Zimmer
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