December 5, 2009 10:36 AM
Palin Tracker - my latest at Pajamas Media
PalinTracker: Accent Explained, Dining with Graham, Going Birther?
A round-up of activity in the Sarah Palin camp. (An ongoing PJM series) - by Barbara CurtisFor 10 days it might as well have been Palin Planet.
Millions saw Sarah's duel of icy-nicey with Oprah -- but it was much more interesting to leave the People magazine stuff behind and hear Palin talking policy and ideas with Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Bill O'Reilly, and Greta Van Susteren.
We'll get to that, but first an esoteric bit of knowledge to impress your friends:
The reason Palin's accent sounds somewhat Minnesota is that she grew up in a region of Alaska originally populated by over 200 families who moved north in 1935 from Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan.
This according to three University of Wisconsin linguists in an article titled "Dialect, Perceiving Dialect, and New Dialect Formation: Sarah Palin's Speech," which appears in the December issue of the Journal of English Linguistics.
According to the University of Wisconsin's Badger-Herald, "The study specifically analyzed Palin's use of colloquial words and phrases, which were perceived as informal by many." Reporters were very concerned about her colloquialisms, "g-dropping," and vernacular such as "darn," heck," and "you betcha."
Funny that no one seems to notice Obama's affected 'hoodspeak, "g-dropping," and use of the word "sucker" to describe pardoned turkeys and executed flies.
November 17
The media are miffed at Sarah. Not only is her book stupid and dumb, but she and Missouri's College of the Ozarks have made her December 2 convocation address a private affair. The nerve!
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Newsbusters reports: "Four Days After Airing Fake Photos of Sarah Palin, MSNBC 'Fact Checks' Former Governor."
November 18
Fans line up a day in advance for Palin's first stop -- Grand Rapids -- on the Going Rogue book tour. She signs books for 3 ½ hours.
Read more at Pajamas Media.
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Comments
I was disgusted at Obama calling the turkey "this sucker". I would have been reprimanded by my mother for that!
Posted by: Jane | December 6, 2009 5:00 AM
