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Sunday, November 12, 2006
 
I WANNA SPEAK LIKE COMMON PEOPLE LIKE ME

Coming from an urban/suburban environment in the Pacific Northwest as I do, I've never considered myself to have an accent as such. Now, confirmation via that most reliable of indicators, the online quiz:


What's "lowest common denominator" supposed to mean? That the sound of my speech is the linguistic equivalent of a Charlie Sheen sitcom or celebrity gossip rag?

I can live with that.

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