Saturday, April 03, 2010
During Early TV
linguistic theory
evolved stating
regional speech
would die out,
supplanted by
all talking like
the national news.
Didn’t happen. One can
still hear the Southern
Strategy of wil-
ful ignorance
for one. Other truly lout-
ish accents unlike mine.
Labels: accent, linguistics, regional, Southern Strategy
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.
