Subject: not QUITE us
From: Scottie Bowman (rbowman@indigo.ie)
Date: Sat Jan 15 2000 - 12:37:42 EST
In today's London Times, one of their correspondents
in the US, Grace Bradberry reports:
''... a wave of phonetical phoniness sweeping through
the worlds of celebrity & fashion. Most people agree
it began with Madonna who, despite growing up
in Detroit, has taken to accepting her gongs with
a distinctly unAmerican 'Thenk kyeeew' .... this tendency
has infiltrated the Manhatten fashion world, where
young editors are over-enunciating, tossing in a continental
'No?' at the end of sentences & using that very English
qualifier: 'Quite'...''
Gwyneth Paltrow was the only name I recognised from
a large number of other - apparently teddibly stylish - figures
now affecting this new accent.
So, bananafishers, if you want to keep a breast of the swim
you could do worse than sign on at the Bowman Chicademy
where we are now enrolling students for the Spring Term.
Scottie B.
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