Hillary Clinton and "Southern" language

Sat Apr 28 15:03:22 UTC 2007

Hey, we subscribers with a Southern accent aren't "out there"; the rest of y'all are OUT THERE!

--Charlie
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>Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2007 20:27:10 -0400
>From: William Salmon <william.salmon at YALE.EDU>
>Subject: Hillary Clinton and "Southern" language

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>For any list subscribers out there who have a Southern accent, you might be multilingual...
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>Clinton Says Her Southern Twang a Virtue
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>GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) - Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Rodham Clinton said Friday she sees her sometimes Southern accent as a virtue.
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>"I think America is ready for a multilingual president," Clinton said during a campaign stop at a charter school in Greenville, S.C.

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