>> Well, given that the accent in the American South derives from the Essex accent, its not surprising.
Does it?!? I've always wondered, Back to that in a moment. My original remark was meant to imply that the posting to which I was referring was incoherent, but sounded vaguely critical. <thread drift> Back to the important stuff, I've always been curious about the origins of American accents. I imagine it's a tough thing to research. I am aware from historical reading that the colonists considered themselves Englishmen and perhaps they would want to speak like Englishman, and yet several distinct accents developed. In the recent HBO documentary John Adams, only Adams himself has a clear Boston accent. Everyone else has a sort of lite Scottish accent. There is not a trace of southern in the southerners, which I think has to be a mistake. Surely it would be perceivable by then, as a distinct southern culture had already emerged. </thread drift> Larry Seltzer Contributing Editor, PC Magazine [email protected] http://blogs.pcmag.com/securitywatch/
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