On Mon, 31 Jan 2000, Ken Norton wrote:
>
> Seriously, though, the upper-midwest provides the most "standardized"
> American language possible. Iowa, Minnisota and Illinois probably have the
> most non-accent accents there are. Unfortunately my Swedish influenced
> west Michigan accent has stood in the way of my being a terrific voice
> talent for radio commercials or playing a lead role in Baywatch.
I didn't know that "pop" (as in "I'll have a pop (soda, coke,
carbonated beverage) with my burger") had an "a" sound in it??
>
> You wanna talk about accents, I'd say that the south-eastern part of the
> USA is a gold mine of linguistic twists and turns. Where else is the word
> "dog" a three syllable word?
>
uh, yaus, that be da truth..
> Ken Noitin
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