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[Tom Zurinskas]

However, if you actually listen to>broadcasters given a national platform by the networks, there's very>little commonality to their speech, except insofar as they speak a>relatively educated variety of North American English.

I'd like to see some proof of this.  I'd wager most broadcaster are at least 95% similar in speech on a phoneme by phoneme basis.

Tom Zurinskas, USA - CT20, TN3, NJ33, FL5+
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> Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2009 08:46:55 -0500
> From: medievalist at W-STS.COM
> Subject: Re: ~ (UNCLASSIFIED)
> To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
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> Sender: American Dialect Society
> Poster: Amy West
> Subject: Re: ~ (UNCLASSIFIED)
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> I'd like to thank Alice Faber and Paul Johnston for clearing up my
> understanding of standard American pronunciation (dictionary prons,
> broadcasting pron. guides) with their excellent explanations. I now
> understand it to *not* be a particular regional pronunciation, but
> rather a collection of the most common features among the various
> regional standard dialects.
>
> Just to clarify, I think you're both saying that yes, this standard
> American pronunciation is a construct, an artifice -- which was
> already how I understood it -- but I was incorrect in thinking that
> it was a regional dialect elevated to the standard. Also, I think
> you're both saying that this standard American pronunciation is an
> ideal found in those dictionary prons. and broadcasting guides that
> is never actually fully realized.
>
> ---Amy West
>
> (PS Thanks for taking the time to discuss this with me and further
> clear up my understanding)
>
>>Well, the thing is that a lot of Americans--at least those who think
>>about these things at all--*believe* that there's a midwestern,
>>broadcasting standard accent. However, if you actually listen to
>>broadcasters given a national platform by the networks, there's very
>>little commonality to their speech, except insofar as they speak a
>>relatively educated variety of North American English.
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