| From: | <li_sasxsek@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, January 3, 2007, 6:21 |
> Texan is definitely a distinctive variety, but why is it "scary"? > Maybe it's just that there have been a lot of scary well-known > Texans...ISTR a long time ago seeing John Hillerman on a talk show explaining that his fake accent was used because he figured that his Texan speech would keep him from getting work as an actor. I've only seen him in a couple of bit parts in movies, none of which used the phony acceent though.