Re: L'anglais de Lincoln

Le 04/09/2022 à 21:20, joye a écrit :

Lecture : https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/ask-an-expert-what-did-abraham-lincolns-voice-sound-like-13446201/   " Lincoln’s accent was a blend of Indiana and Kentucky. “It was hard to know whether it was more Hoosier or blue grass,” says Holzer. The way he spelled words, such as “inaugural” as “inaugerel,” gives some clue as to how he pronounced them."
 

Merci. Ton message n'est apparu qu'en soirée chez moi.
Ton lien confirme celui que j'avais mis sur l'autre forum sur le côté plutôt littéraire qu'on trouve chez Lincoln, et même très britannique.
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