Date:  Fri, 1 Mar 1996 12:15:15 -0800

From:  David Robertson <net091[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]RISCY.SFCC.CTC.EDU>

Subject: speed



   I agree, CUBAN SPANISH (and the San Sebastian CASTELLANO of an

acquaintance of mine) is characterized by a machine-gun delivery. The

consensus among the Native American sources familiar to me appears to be

that LAKOTA is spoken especially rapidly. Also, I've always been told

that my native speech, the ENGLISH-language dialect of Spokane,

Washington, is markedly slower than the speech of New York City, where I

lived for 7 years in college. I believe it; I'd heard NYC accents before

moving there, but when I arrived I could barely understand people, due to

the speed factor.



   Any other notes?



   Dave