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		<title>Fun Tour of American Accents</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Which one is your favorite?  Let&#8217;s vote for the cutest, nicest, most impressive, and overall best accent/variety performed by Amy Walker in this video!  I wish I had this fine ability to mimic sounds and prosody (rhythm, stress, and intonation) of spoken text!  I think people who can do that are very special. Enjoy and don&#8217;t forget to vote!]]></description>
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<p>Which one is your favorite?  Let&#8217;s vote for the cutest, nicest, most impressive, and overall best accent/variety performed by Amy Walker in this video!  I wish I had this fine ability to mimic sounds and prosody (rhythm, stress, and intonation) of spoken text!  I think people who can do that are very special.</p>
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							  -  New York (Trumpet effect)						</label>
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							  -  Southern 						</label>
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							  -  Southern rhotic (R at the end)						</label>
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							  -  The Flight Attendant						</label>
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