and then they're the folks in NOLA that sound like they're straight
out of New Jersey......


On Jan 10, 2007, at 2:53 PM, Jean Spradlin-Miller wrote:

>  I was watching "Boston Legal" last night (one of my favorite
> programs), and one of their trials took place in New Orleans.  I
> was somewhat appalled when the actors playing New Orleaneans (or at
> the very least, Louisianans) were speaking with a Southern dialect
> found more in Georgia and Alabama than in LA.  This is the problem
> with the portrayal of all Southerners on television.  The producers
> are consistently narrow minded -- everyone speaks with either the
> "old plantation" drawl, or the ignorant sounding "Tobacco Road"
> drawl.  As an acquaintance of mine used to say, "Ignorance is
> rampant!"
>
> Jean Spradlin-Miller
>
>
>>
>> From: Sunshine49 <[log in to unmask]>
>> Date: 2007/01/10 Wed AM 11:39:13 EST
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: Speech patterns
>>
>> that's pretty much the only prejudice still allowed in politically
>> correct America- that, and the one against overweight people.
>> Whenever a tv show or movie wants to depict someone stupid, who do
>> you see, what do you hear? A southerner. Evidently there are no
>> stupid people in Kansas, Vermont or Oregon.
>>
>> Nancy
>>
>> -------
>> I was never lost, but I was bewildered once for three days.
>>
>> --Daniel Boone
>>
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