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munity differ from that of another, but the speech of different individuals of a single community, even different members of the same family, is marked by individual peculiarities" (p. 19). Therefore, while everybody should try sensibly to reduce his speech peculiarities, he should not be too concerned over those which nature, let us say because of his foreign extraction or background, will not let him overcome entirely. In this connection it might be well to recall Henry van Dyke's comment, A brogue is not a fault. It is a beauty, an heirloom, a distinction. A local accent is like a landed inheritance; it makes a man's place in the world, tells where he comes from . . . within limits, the accent of a native region is delightful. |
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