Date:  Mon, 14 Mar 1994 10:24:58 EST

From:  Sonja Lanehart <R2SLL1[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]AKRONVM.BITNET>

Subject: Re: Actors & Accent



I have members of my family that use "us" instead of "we". My family is

from Louisiana and it is not uncommon for me to hear it used. I don't

recall right now if I hear or have heard whites use it. So, when Celie

used "us" in "The Color Purple", I just thought of it as natural because

it is a part of the speech of some in my family. By the way, also in that

scene about language, Celie makes an interesting comment in response:

"Look like to me only a fool would want you to talk in a way that feel

peculiar to your mind."

Sonja Lanehart, University of Michigan, English

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