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Word: inmanned (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Inman Street...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Luke Speaks | 4/22/1988 | See Source »

...thank . . ." Inman-Ebel snaps her fingers. "I think it does," the client says, correcting herself. "You don't want to come across uppity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Chattanooga: How Not to Talk like a Southerner | 3/7/1988 | See Source »

...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Chattanooga: How Not to Talk like a Southerner | 3/7/1988 | See Source »

...went up instead of down," says Inman-Ebel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Chattanooga: How Not to Talk like a Southerner | 3/7/1988 | See Source »

...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Chattanooga: How Not to Talk like a Southerner | 3/7/1988 | See Source »

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