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From: budd@arizona.UUCP (tim budd)
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Subject: Re: American Accent
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Date: Mon, 3-Oct-83 13:46:59 EDT
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Posted: Mon Oct  3 13:46:59 1983
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when I was a grad student at Yale several years back I once went to a
lecture where they played recordings of some of the very first cylinder
recordings made by edison when he was trampsing around europe trying to
sell his machine.  (actually, i now don't recall if it was edison himself
or someone who worked for him).  Anyway, there was one recording in
particular I remember by Alfred Lord Tennyson.  In addition to calling it
a mer-ak-a-lous machine, his accent was most unusual.  It sounded very
unlike modern english accents, and several englishmen in attendance
claimed it sounded quite american.  makes me think the modern english
accent is of VERY recent origin (perhaps they got it from watching american
movies).