Obama’s 2 dialects

McWhorter:

Obama can speak to all of America in a way that neither a John Edwards nor a Jesse Jackson ever could.

(via JT)

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4 Responses

  1. 1
    jessica mell says:

    i enjoyed the mcwhorter article. thanks for linking to it!

  2. 2
    Jake says:

    He is a pretty amazing speaker.

  3. 3
    Jan says:

    I think that is because he is neither black or white. He’s completely in the middle.

  4. 4
    Linda says:

    That is because President Obama speaks with a forked tongue.

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