Actually, I think a Southern accent is quite charming, much more so than a Boston accent (no offense, Boston FReepers). "Say chaow-dah! Say chaow-daaaah!"
Posted on 02/04/2005 4:09:39 AM PST by grassboots.org
I love accents. Lets people know immediately where youre from. Alabama is my favorite
They should be left the h*ll alone! A kid can learn the proper use of the language without sacrificing his uniqueness. This infuriates me. The school is probably either run by yankees, or by those who are citified Kentuckians who think they're somehow better...
This is a class put on by a theatre group...it's voluntary.
I remember being taught in school that in the field of radio and television media, the accent had to go because they were spokespeople for a larger audience and a local accent wouldn't appeal to the majority of people. I thought it was stupid then, but that at least makes some sense. Too much of an accent can make some words harder to understand. In general conversation we are talking with our peers who know exactly what we're saying.
Assimilation into the NWO - every piece of inventory (to use the IRS vernacular)an exact clone, marching in lockstep. That's Amerika!
Wait a minute; I thought these twits revered diversity...
I guess I missed that part. People in theater have to be able to use the language in various ways and understand a bit about local dialects as well. There is little that will ruin a play, or a movie, for that matter, set in the south quicker than a phony sounding accent. That is equally true of a non-southern role in a different geographical setting. Some things just don't work.
As long as they get to decide what's an appropriate kind and amount of diverse.
What a liberal-elitist Hollywood idea!
The Appalachian accent sounds better than the butchering of the English language done in the northeast.
Looks like something for the Kentucky Ping list. My hometown has made the news!
Actually, I think a Southern accent is quite charming, much more so than a Boston accent (no offense, Boston FReepers). "Say chaow-dah! Say chaow-daaaah!"
It's them yankees that need fixin...
There is little that will ruin a play, or a movie, for that matter, set in the south quicker than a phony sounding accent...
That is The Truth. I positively cringe.
Ah...the good old days....quit being so uppity, don't improve yourself, elocution lessons ?
All these schools are doing are equalizing the playing field for the children,by introducing "Standard english" as a subject.
Is it naieve to believe speaking well will land you a better career?
Mispronouncing place names gets me. Not many announcers outside the area know how to pronounce Blytheville, Arkansas.
Extreme regional accents immediately create the impression of uneducated and uninformed.
With regard to radio/Tv accents or the lack thereof, my late father was born and raised in southern W.Va. When he decided to go into radio after his WWII service, part of his coursework for his master's degree in speech consisted of getting rid of that accent. I was born several years later, so I never heard his original style of speech and never heard a hint of a southern accent, but if it's anything like his sister who stayed in the same area all her life, it's a good thing he lost it. As a TV exec hiring newscasters and announcers, he sought people with fairly "neutral" American accents. You're right about the need to be representative of a larger population.
Incomplete sentences also create that impression.
But the reverse is sometimes the case...usually during times of exasperation: Dayumn! Sheeeit!
That's Bli vul, Arkansas
And New MAD rid, Missouri not New Ma DRID. Kayro, Illinois not Kyro (Cairo)
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