Re: back to "rhotic miscellany"

caeruleancentaur scripsit:

> I have always thought of
> myself as having no accent, at least none that marks me as from a
> particular region of America.  Who knows what Prof. Higgins might
> discern!  I believe that's known as a midwestern accent, the one that
> broadcasters try to emulate.  At least that's what my brother, the
> DJ, told me.
What broadcasters learn (except on country music stations, of course) is
pretty much a California accent with localisms minimized.

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