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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > C-SPAM > SA Decides, 1788-2000: If nominated, I will not run. If elected, I will not serve.
 
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tanglewood1420
Oct 28, 2010

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Just lost as Dukakis vs Bush Sr. in 1988 - 279 to 259 though so put up a good fight considering the real life results. Despite picking John Glenn as a running mate and campaigning there several times I lost in Ohio 50% to 48%, which would've swung it for me.

Fun game though, now to try out all the other years. Thanks for the link.

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tanglewood1420
Oct 28, 2010

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tanglewood1420
Oct 28, 2010

The importance of this mission cannot be overemphasized

foobardog posted:

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/ask-an-expert-what-did-abraham-lincolns-voice-sound-like-13446201/?no-ist

Yeah, it's super weird. I understand we make a similar mistake with the accents we use for the Revolutionary War era. The RP accent was definitely not around yet, and particularly posh non-rhoticism wasn't either, so the sort of New Englander rich-white accent doesn't make sense either. I've heard implications that the current General American accent of the Midwest is the closest for both sides. (General American has taken on a bit of the California drawl, now.)

From what I've read and seen suggested, Washington, Adams, Franklin et al would have spoken in a way similar to a rural West Country or Dorset English accent rather than anything you would recognise as an American accent today.

Here's an example of a rural Somerset accent from an 82 year old recorded 1956: http://sounds.bl.uk/Accents-and-dialects/Survey-of-English-dialects/021M-C0908X0065XX-0600V1

To be fair, educated city types like Adams and Franklin would be clearer than that, but a lot the general populace really would speak in an accent bordering on incomprehensible to us today.

Maybe something closer to this one which isn't so extreme! http://sounds.bl.uk/Accents-and-dialects/Survey-of-English-dialects/021M-C0908X0021XX-0200V1

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