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- In movies and radio soap operas, according to Labov, the "r"-less accent was abruptly confined to gangsters and comedians.three — Toward a Standard: Putting the "R" in "American" (12% in)
- People think that language evolves slowly over several generations, but sometimes it can change with dramatic abruptness.three — Toward a Standard: Putting the "R" in "American" (11% in)
There are no more uses of "abrupt" in Do You Speak American?.
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