Tuesday, October 17, 2006

Refreshing news on American accents....

..........comes to us via the Smithsonian magazine. It's especially nice to know that we don't all sound like American news anchors, as I was repeatedly told we would when I was a lad.
I remember once being scared out of my wits after hearing Tom Brokaw say "Honolulu."
Hat tip to Rus Bowden.

1 comment:

  1. Anonymous9:20 AM

    "scared out of my wits after hearing Tom Brokaw say 'Honolulu' ' -- Frank, thanks for my laugh of the day. When Bwokwaw first started doing the news, I remember friends being shocked -- shocked! -- by my insistence that he had a speech impediment. But he does, he does!
    I am still laughing. ...

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