http://schmallturm.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] schmallturm.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] saavedra77 2005-04-17 10:57 pm (UTC)


Keep in mind that NY used to be much bigger in the broadcast industry, before it all became based in LA. That's probably the cause of the accent shift.

This book is a really neat discussion of the origin of American subcultures:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0195069056/qid=1113778469/sr=8-1/ref=pd_csp_1/002-6523656-3611211?v=glance&s=books&n=507846

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