Word: accents
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Southern accent came from Carolina Moon, a novel written by Jill McCorkle, Briggs-Copeland lecturer on English and American literature and language. McCorkle read the opening section of the book last night...
...just as much satisfaction helping somebody out that might be in a jam as I do making a big arrest," Crowley says in his thick Boston accent...
...along the way is the scene set at the Kennedy home on "the merry old land of Cod," where Joe Kennedy sizes up Jackie as a potential presidential wife. The Kennedy clan is painted in broad strokes as an obnoxious group of loudmouthed, thick-waisted jocks speaking with an accent that sounds more Brooklyn than Boston. Ethel, burdened by several babies dangling from various parts of her body, is crudely portrayed as a birthing machine ready to "drop" a new Kennedy whenever possible. These rougher Kennedy sorts serve to emphasize Jackie's unique brand of refinement and grace, qualities that...
McCorkle's heavy Southern accent added a strong voice to the novel as well as to the characters. She opened with the first chapter which introduces Wallace, a postal worker who is witness to a series of letters written by a female lover to a man who has committed suicide. These letters have appeared at the post office over a number of years, and Wallace's intrigue is shared by to the reader as one wonders how the lover's plot will be revealed. McCorkle explained that these letters are continued through the novel, but not in any chronological order...
...wonder how to really pronounce the last name of Professor Gregory Nagy, the popular teacher of "Heroes"? My own name doesn't show it, but like Greg Nagy, I was born in Hungary. Both our families left before 1956, when we were young enough to learn English without an accent...