Soloecal
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Soloecal
Provincially incorrect. ''On many tv stations in the American Deep South, the southern drawl is considered soloecal so, in consequence, news anchors with a so-called ''mainstream'' American accent are hired to read the news.''
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Re: Soloecal
I wonder if this might eventually lead to a lessening of the southern drawl.''On many tv stations in the American Deep South, the southern drawl is considered soloecal so, in consequence, news anchors with a so-called ''mainstream'' American accent are hired to read the news.''
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Re: Soloecal
I at one point majored in speech at college. Both there and in high school speech classes, we were taught to develop the "midwestern" accent, which supposedly was neutral. The "southern" accent is very real, but no southerner I know thinks tv and movies get it right.
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