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The politics of an accent

October 13th, 2008 · No Comments

Sarah Palin
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It is ironic that we are celebrating Noah Webster’s birthday – the founder of American English would be 250 years old this week. It should be recalled, but seldom is, that when his dictionary of American English appeared, only about 60% of Americans spoke English. This was [...]

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