"Authentic pronunciation" (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Mullins, Bill AMRDEC]

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> At 10/3/2010 10:31 AM, Laurence Horn wrote:
> >The stereotypical Minnesota pronunciation is that of the Coen
> >Brothers' "Fargo", as e.g. in the speech of Sheriff Gunderson
> >(Frances McDormand).  Hardly among the "least-accented"!
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> I'll have to rent and re-view the movie.

When you do, watch the two hookers that Marge interviews.  One of them
-- can't remember which, perhaps the one that claims Steve Buscemi is
"kinda funny lookin" -- was a dialect coach for the non-native actors.
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