Why Do People in Old Movies Talk Like That?
Feb 20, 2023•34 min•Ep. 96
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Episode description
An encore presentation of a much loved episode about the speech patterns of Bette Davis, George Gershwin, Louis Armstrong and countless other Americans of the 1930s. Why do they all sound like that?
Visit Lexicon Valley. A Booksmart Studios production. Episode 96: "Why Do People in Old Movies Talk Like That?" With John McWhorter. Produced and edited by Mike Vuolo. All rights reserved.
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