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ANALYSIS

 What's in an Accent?
 Outsider Credibility 

Voters ready to lend their ears to the unique mishmash of Western dialects

(Newser) - Some say folksy, some say Fargo , and some say shrill. Whatever it sounds like, Sarah Palin's accent is getting more attention than anyone's since JFK, Daniel Libit writes in Politico. The accent—which linguists peg as a mish-mash of Western dialects—is a fresh one for presidential politics, after decades in which "political genuineness has been embodied by the Southern drawl." More »

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Analysis

The Southern Drawl's Double Standard

Only GOP candidates are allowed to 'tahlk
like thee-us'

(Newser) - When Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama stumped in Arkansas, each tried on a Southern drawl, and both were roundly mocked as pandering Yankees. Even John Edwards, a native Southerner, was accused of “carefully maintaining” his accent for political effect. Yet Fred Thompson and Mike Huckabee were allowed to drawl with impunity, writes Jane Hammons of the Columbia Journalism Review , thanks to a stereotypical double standard. More »

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Bloggers
Battle Over Hillary Hoax

Out-of-context audio clip used to make her look fake (not just hopelessly white)

(Newser) - Conservative blogs went into overdrive Tuesday when an audio clip of Hillary Clinton "putting on" a southern drawl began circulating, but the accent was more miscalculated than counterfeit. The clip was culled from a speech in Selma in which Clinton quoted a hymn written in vernacular. Conservative commentators went to town, chiding her for trying to pass off the dialect as her own, calling it "Hillary-fried chicken."  More »

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