Date:  Tue, 23 Nov 1993 09:46:00 CST

From:  Cynthia Bernstein <BERN[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]DUCVAX.AUBURN.EDU>

Subject: Re: Diversity of accents



The New York Times article (Feb. 14, 1993) I mentioned earlier quotes

William Stewart as saying "We all sound like TV announcers. . . .

West Coast norms have taken over the whole country." Do you agree with

me, Sali, that both inner-city Chicago and rural Alabama are still

relatively safe from the invasion of "West Coast norms"?

--Cynthia Bernstein