Wings Over the Pyre - January 2nd, 2007

03:06 am - Ultimate Hunt: Afghanistan

I am a bad person. I fully embrace this fact. Possibly why the following video amuses me so.

The sheer amount of amusement might stun a Russian field commander, circa 1984.

Current Mood: amused

07:07 am - Morning Dialogue

nyxsis: He's got a better accent than you!

Me: I don't have an accent, I'm broadcast standard.

You know, it's a pretty sad situation if that's the best come-back you can come up with.

From the Wikipedia article on the Midwest:

The accents of the region are generally distinct from those of the South and many urban areas of the American Northeast. The accent of most of the Midwest is considered by many to be "standard" American English. This accent is preferred by many national radio and television broadcasters, who go so far as to actually have potential broadcasters receive training in speaking "Midwestern."^{[citation needed]}

This may have started because many prominent broadcast personalities — such as Walter Cronkite, Johnny Carson, Tom Brokaw, John Madden and Casey Kasem — came from this region and so created this perception. More recently, a National Geographic magazine article (Nov. 1998) attributed the high number of telemarketing firms in Omaha, Nebraska to the "neutral accents" of the area's inhabitants.

Current Mood: discontent