Date:  Wed, 23 Mar 1994 11:33:04 CST

From:  "Donald M. Lance" <ENGDL[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MIZZOU1.BITNET>

Subject: Re: for the record



Isn't Kokie Roberts' family from Louisiana? She overcame or avoided that

awful Southern dialect, so why can't the mumbler from Mississippi? If one

wants to be upper-class General American, one does not have a strong Southern

accent. Certain New England accents will do, but Mississippi, no. Kokie's

phonology would be an interesting study.

                        DMLance