[Hugin]

Maybe VDH needs to get away from the University more often. Folks out in the real world don't all talk that way. And when exaclty was there ever a “generic American male accent”? Like people in Brooklyn, Minnesota, Alabama, Kansas and Wyoming ever sounded the same? Hmmm.

I don't disagree with much of VDH’s opinion on Hollywood, but there are still gems to be found occasionally. I would put Open Range up against the westerns he mentioned (Shane, the Searchers, High Noon, or the Wild Bunch).

[Alberta's Child]

When I’m in New York, people tell me they can detect a faint strain of a western (Texas?) accent. When I’m in Alberta, people tell me I sound a little like Tony Soprano.