July 27, 2016

WHEN YOU GET DRUNK, YOUR ACCENT GETS REAL

People have all sorts of reasons for hiding their accents. Maybe they’re avoiding a collection agency on the phone. Maybe they’re running from a murky past or into a new life as a secret agent. Most likely they’re auditioning at a cable news network, where it behooves everyone to look and sound like the attractive robots that will eventually replace humans. Either way, we all have our reasons for burying those twangs and lilts and lingering vowel sounds deep inside.