Date: Wed, 4 Sep 1996 12:36:15 +0000

From: Grant Barrett gbarrett[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]JERRYNET.COM

Subject: Re: American accent



Living in New York City, the topic of language and accent always comes up=

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I have found that the English, Irish, Scots and the one Welsh man I know =

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the word "flat" to describe the American accent. As a group, they also te=

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to believe that we use simpler, more monosyllabic vocabulary.



There's something else, though. It's that innate American ability to mang=

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any other language they try to speak, although I should add that there is=

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anecdotal evidence that suggest to me that, well, it's a lasting remnant =

of

our British heritage.=20



Grant Barrett