Everyone Has an Accent

Hello colleagues, Many of you will likely be interested in reading this recent brief article in The New York Times by Dartmouth professor of Spanish and Portuguese, Roberto Rey Agudo, "Everyone Has an Accent."

Among other interesting issues, Agudo brings up the recent controversy over the way the character Apu on the Simpson's is portrayed "to make easy — and uneasy — jokes."

Comments welcome!

Cheers, Susan Finn Miller

Moderator, English Language Acquisition CoP