[T-Bird45]

I find accents, dialect, and language to be fascinating so this article was quite interesting, especially when you consider that many make a connection or assumption from how one speaks to their general intelligence. That is a mistake as far as SP is concerned, IMO.

[Hugin]

“Linguists call this code-switching.”

Like Obama, except his “folksy” accent is purely fake. He never grew up anywhere that they spoke the way he does when stumping in flyover country. Dennis Prager made a point of playing him saying “policy” with O’Reilly, and “puhl-uh-say” the next day in the midwest.

[Gene Eric]

>> Some have even attributed her manner of speaking to her supposed stupidity.

‘supposed stupidity’

Is that a backhanded bitch-slap, Jesse?

[seoul62]

Is anyone on this forum capable of switching accents or manner of speaking? I mean in a convincing fashion, say from Upper Crust Wasp to Inner City Eubonics to Tough Guy - Organized Crime?/Just Asking - seoul62.........

[Forgiven_Sinner]

I grew up in Cleveland and have lived in Illinois for 20 years and I thought she sounded Midwestern.

[Oztrich Boy]

But Palin actually has an Alaskan accent, one from the Matnuska and Susitna Valley region, where Palin's hometown, Wasilla, is located.

Film at eleven