Fwd: Request from WAMU 88.5 in Washington, D.C.

[Grant Barrett]

Below is a media query. Please reply to the original sender and not to me. 

Grant Barrett
American Dialect Society
Vice President of Communications and Technology
http://www.americandialect.org
grantbarrett at gmail.com

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> From: Rebecca Sheir <rsheir at wamu.org>
> Date: June 6, 2011 10:38:12 PDT
> To: administrator at americandialect.org
> Subject: Request from WAMU 88.5 in Washington, D.C.
> 
> Dear American Dialect Society: 
> 
> Greetings! I'm the producer/host of Metro Connection, the weekly public radio program on WAMU 88.5 in Washington, D.C. I'm doing a radio story about the different dialects that have developed here in the Washington region (i.e. D.C., Maryland, Virginia), and wonder if anyone from the American Dialect Society would be able to speak to issues relating to this topic? 
> 
> I'll also be speaking with everyday people who talk with -- or with hints of -- our region's dialects, including "Bal'more," "Warshington" and "Mairlin," but I'd love to include a real specialist in the story, to give that expert point of view. It would be best if the person actually lived in the D.C. region, but we could try to coordinate a phone interview. In any case, please let me know what you think, and thanks so much for your time, attention and consideration! 
> 
> Bottomless best, 
> Rebecca Sheir
> Host/Producer, Metro Connection
> WAMU 88.5 FM
> e: rsheir at wamu.org
> o: 202.885.3825 
> c: 202.486.1394 
> www.metroconnection.org 
> www.facebook.com/metroconnection.org 
> http://twitter.com/wamumetro 
>  

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