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Introducing AccentBasics!

Sunday, November 6th, 2005

We are introducing a new series of short presentations called “AccentBasics”, which are designed to give an overview of the basic building blocks of the American Accent.

PBS Website: “Do You Speak American?”

Tuesday, October 25th, 2005

Here’s a very interesting mini-site from American public broadcaster PBS about American English… including a discussion and examples of regional dialects.

http://www.pbs.org/speak

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