Date:  Fri, 1 Mar 1996 09:00:00 CST

From:  Edward Callary <TB0EXC1[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MVS.CSO.NIU.EDU>

Subject: Re: Question: regional volubility



 Don't know of anything re: speed of speech, but I have read

reputable studies concerning of movement. These correlate

with size of community; people in larger cities (New York is

always the epitome) do move faster than those in smaller towns.

They walk faster, shop faster, etc., so I would not be surprised

at all to find differences in speech tempo.



Edward Callary