At 10:41 AM 8/17/2006, Stahlke, Herbert F.W. wrote: . . . > Leslie Mulroy argues that Standard >English in Britain is a function of class while in the US it is more >about race. DD: I might demur. Jesse Jackson speaks a pretty High Standard English. So does Bill Cosby, when he isn't being deliberately in another character. The white tenants speak Lower Class English around here in the rural middle of the muddle of Middle Tennessee.The black tenants, too. There is more similarity between the different races of the same class, than between those of different. I do not know if this applies to the urban area.Still, Harold Ford of Memphis, running for Senate speaks the same High Standard as does his opposition. Best, DD To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web interface at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html and select "Join or leave the list" Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/