Learning From Lyrics ©1996-2012 Rethinking Grammar: How We Talk Rethinking Grammar - How We Talk We judge people by the way they speak and the grammar they use. Listen to several Americans from different regions speak. Don’t worry too much about what they are saying, just listen to their different speaking styles. Can you guess where they are from? Fran Drescher: What’s this about? James Earl Jones: “I feel wonderful to be back on Broadway.” Sarah Palin: “The difference between a hockey mom and a pitbull? Dolly Parton: “You know I’ll wake up sometimes from a dream and think I’d better get up and write that down or I’ll forget it.” Surfer: “Dude you got the best barrels ever dude.” John F. Tom Brokaw: “A moment that will live forever. Wendy Williams: “How is it getting up and being there and getting your hair fried and the eye lashes and all that stuff.” Rosie Perez: “I’m exhausted.” Rhett Buetler: “Everybody kind of relates rodeo with kind of a wild energizing experience…something that gets out of control.” Non-standard dialects African-American Vernacular
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