LL-L "Language varieties" 2007.11.24 (04) [E]

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L O W L A N D S - L  -  24 November 2007 - Volume 04
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From: Jorge Potter <jorgepot at gmail.com>
Subject: LL-L "Lexicon" 2007.11.24 (02) [D]

Dear Lowlanders,



This post does not correspond to any current thread, but I was so impressed
last night by the last of three TV programs by Robert MacNeil, "Do you speak
American?" that I just had to mention it. It's about the major American
English dialects.



We missed the first two of the series, because when Daylight Savings
disappears every fall, good PBS programs often get too late for us old
timers. Last night covered the part of his around-the-US tour to assess
American English dialects, in the part from Los Angeles to Seattle. Had I
known how good they would be, I would have seen all of them.



Basically, he finds our dialects are alive and well and that the newest,
Californian, is growing regionally, as well as having already generalized in
America the use of words like "like" and "dude". The whole series is
summarized at:



http://www.pbs.org/speak/about/



http://www.pbs.org/speak/transcripts/



http://www.pbs.org/speak/about/guide/index.html#Table



Jorge Potter

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