Louisiana vowels

[Laurence Horn]

At 10:40 AM -0400 10/12/07, Charles Doyle wrote:
>And northerners talk fast because they sit uncomfortably on those
>little stoops . . . .
>
>--Charlie

...and before long we'll be back to the shouting-across-the-Alps
explanation of the Grimm's Law sound changes.

LH

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>>a NPR Morning Edition story this morning by Melanie Peebles on
>>gubernatorial candidate Bobby Jindal speaking in the little town of
>>Gramercy, Louisiana, refers to
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>>    ... locals, who tend to draw out vowels in a speech pattern born
>>of front-porch sitting
>>
>>ah, the lazy pace of rural life made audible.
>>
>>arnold
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