Sunday, April 26, 2009
Accent
Before TV burgeoned into cable,
language experts claimed
dialects would merge
and everybody would talk
like an NBC announcer.
To hear how that turned out,
listen to any call-in show.
I do, and it stirs enough
prejudice to start a nation.
Before TV burgeoned into cable,
language experts claimed
dialects would merge
and everybody would talk
like an NBC announcer.
To hear how that turned out,
listen to any call-in show.
I do, and it stirs enough
prejudice to start a nation.
