To: Labyrinthos
"And if southerners are so nice and friendly, why are there so many southern posts on this thread bashing northerners for no other reason than we talk funny?" Exactly. In terms of speaking funny, how may national newsmen do the news in a southern accent? :)
135 posted on
07/14/2005 3:17:14 PM PDT by
M. Espinola
(Freedom is never free)
To: M. Espinola
Even the local news people seem to have lost their twang.
To: M. Espinola; Labyrinthos; wardaddy
In the first place, there's a good reason for that. It's called an egregious MSM double standard. Southern accents are widely parodied by Hollywood and the MSM. Having a pronounced Southern accent will doom your career on TV or in Hollywood. But, for some reason, having a pronounced Northern accent is no handicap at all (Rosie O'Donnell, QED).
And, besides there are several counterexamples to your statement about there being no national newsmen with Southern accents. Charlie Rose, Bill Moyers and Dan Rather all have muted variations of Southern/Texas accents.
137 posted on
07/14/2005 3:38:00 PM PDT by
bourbon
(It's the target that decides whether terror wins.)
To: M. Espinola; Labyrinthos
Exactly. In terms of speaking funny, how may national newsmen do the news in a southern accent? :) That's why you get a lot of Canadians and Midwesterners reading the news all over the country. Flat, indistinguishable accents are the way to go in the news media.
209 posted on
07/15/2005 7:12:23 AM PDT by
Modernman
("Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made." -Bismarck)
To: M. Espinola
"Exactly. In terms of speaking funny, how may national newsmen do the news in a southern accent? :)" Shepard Smith
Dagan McDowell (woman)
How many have a Jersey accent?
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