Mudcat Café message #3713981

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Thread #157376 Message #3713981
Posted By: Lighter
02-Jun-15 - 10:24 AM
Thread Name: Folklore: How did 19th century Americ sound?
Subject: RE: Folklore: How did 19th century Americ sound?

Here it is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNfoHIDvCZ4

Maybe it is Whitman. This is a cleaner recording than what I remember. If it had been made today, I'd guess that the speaker was most likely from rural New England.

There's less of a resemblance than I recalled (still less to Archie Bunker), but it's still there.