Hillary Clinton and "Southern" language

[Wilson Gray]

A-MIN, Chollih! Or "a-MAN," as some BE speakers say. Overcorrection, no doubt.

-Wilson

On 4/28/07, Charles Doyle <cdoyle at uga.edu> wrote:
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> Subject:      Re: Hillary Clinton and "Southern" language
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> Hey, we subscribers with a Southern accent aren't "out there"; the rest of y'all are OUT THERE!
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> --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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