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NEWS ABOUT: accent

accent stories: 5 news summaries

Babies Cry in Their Parents' Language

Within 3 days, French, German infants wail differently

Nov 7, 09 5:04 AM CST
(Newser) - It’s apparently possible for a baby to cry in French. Within three days of birth, babies begin to pick up the accent of their parents, according to a study. Researchers analyzed 60 newborns—half French, half German—and discovered that soon the French babies took on a specific cry,... More »

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baby • accent • child development • babies

 Look Out, 
 London— 
 Paris Is 
 Coming 

Heiress wants to live in UK so her kids have accents

Jan 6, 09 11:12 AM CST
(Newser) - Paris Hilton's first name may recall France, but the heiress has her sights set on its neighbor to the north: "I would like to raise my kids in the UK so that they have British accents and manners,” she said in an interview with Glamour obtained by the... More »

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London • Paris Hilton • celebrity • accent • celebrity baby

ANALYSIS

 What's in an Accent?
 Outsider Credibility 

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

Oct 1, 08 10:06 AM CDT
(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... More »

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Alaska • Midwest • accent • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin

Analysis

The Southern Drawl's Double Standard

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

Jul 30, 08 4:43 PM CDT
(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... More »

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John Edwards • Fred Thompson • Mike Huckabee • accent • South

Bloggers
Battle Over Hillary Hoax

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

Mar 8, 07 2:40 PM CST
(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... More »

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Hillary Clinton • blogosphere • Internet • accent • blog

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