Having spent much time in both California and the upper midwest, I have
to say that the accents are indistinguishable to me. I think this is
due in part to the fact that a large number -- perhaps a majority -- of
southern Californians emigrated from the industrial cities of the
midwest.
On Sep 5, 2005, at 12:12 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In a message dated 9/4/2005 9:06:53 PM Pacific Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Upper midwest American, the language of Reagan and Cronkite, that's
the true
pure non-accent.
J.W.L.
Injecting a smiley there, because it's a troll for sure as my Geordie
father-in-law would surely have said.
J
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No, the true non-accent accent is Californian.
Hollywood and TV.
Nyah, nyah.
Marnie aka Doe ;-)