Word: ebell
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...conversation with a client, Inman-Ebel picks out target sounds to change: "We identify every single word that labels you as Southern, and you're going to practice them inside out and upside down till you correct them...
...thank . . ." Inman-Ebel snaps her fingers. "I think it does," the client says, correcting herself. "You don't want to come across uppity...
...Inman-Ebel punches a keyboard and reports that another client's pitch rises 78% of the time, suggesting a lack of authority and self-assurance. With a tape recorder between them, they practice troublesome words...
...went up instead of down," says Inman-Ebel...
...Inman-Ebel plays a recording from an earlier session. "Gross. Ugh. I can't believe I sounded like that," says the client, a 23-year-old announcer on public television, who says she was turned down for a job at one Chattanooga station because of her accent. They practice another sentence with the recorder on, and Inman-Ebel plays back the tape, exulting in her client's progress: "If all I had was that sentence, I wouldn't be able to locate that person anywhere. It was a nonaccent." Her highest accolade...