James Fallows posted this video called Wings Over the Golden Gate while wondering about something I was always curious about, the early twentieth century movie accent.
Language Mystery: When Did Americans Stop Sounding This Way?
There's a follow up post.
Language Mystery Redux: Who Was the Last American to Speak This Way?
A particular style of American English once dominated respectable discourse. Now it has entirely disappeared. When? Why? How?
And Readers have their say here:
That Weirdo Announcer-Voice Accent: Where It Came From and Why It Went Away
Is your language rhotic? How to find out, and whether you should care.
Tuesday, November 24, 2015
Sunday, November 22, 2015
Saturday, November 21, 2015
Car Commercial on the Bay Bridge, Looking, Jocelyn Vollmar, SF Opera, Star Wars, Steve Jobs
CHP: Commercial shoot backed up traffic on Bay Bridge Saturday morning, undressed pedestrian earlier in the week, and we saw a bicyclist on the right lane of the lower deck on Thursday, a pickup truck stopped and got him to toss his bike in.
@LookingHBO pics from last night of filming...thanks for coming to #SF and come back anytime!❤️💛💚💙💜 #MissYouAlready pic.twitter.com/fCrR4hzodP
— Film San Francisco (@Film_SF) November 22, 2015
Star of ‘Looking,’ ‘Frozen,’ ‘Hamilton’ visits Sonoma
Jocelyn Vollmar, turning 90, recalls career at S.F. Ballet
S.F. Opera’s Massive Meistersinger Scores in Intimate Moments
S.F. Opera to open new performance venue in February
This is the largest private collection of "Star Wars" memorabilia in the world https://t.co/MVXa4lN1xe pic.twitter.com/3V5GMaqOSb
— Forbes (@Forbes) November 22, 2015
What The Steve Jobs Movie Should Have Been About, According To A Former ColleagueDisney-Pixar's Ed Catmull on 'Good Dinosaur,' Female Directors and Why Steve Jobs Would Be "Appalled" by 'Steve Jobs'
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