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Old September 8th 05, 04:24 AM
George Patterson
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James Robinson wrote:
Whether you intended to or not, many readers will
infer that your view of blacks speaking with a southern dialect is that
they are uneducated, and can't put a coherent sentence together.


I expect you put your finger on it. Jay can't understand the accent, so normal
English comes across as "gibberish."

Today, NPR interviewed a fireman from the Bronx who was working down there. Now,
*that* was gibberish.

George Patterson
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