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: Süäüüelläi (alcarilinque) wrote in linguaphiles,
2008-05-14 00:49:00

Süäüüelläi
alcarilinque
linguaphiles
2008-05-14 00:49:00

Movie English

Anyone know of any IPA descriptions of the Englishes spoken in North American movies from the 30s to the 50s? Any leads or key words even would be useful... Or youtube videos from particularly poignant examples. I can just listen, but detailed descriptions might be useful. Any acting resources for speech accent learning available anywhere?

Thanks. :D

Tags: 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, accents, american english, dialects, movies

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