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SheilaT

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4. One other thing.

Reply to steve2470 (Original post)

Mon Nov 10, 2014, 01:43 AM

Nov 2014

Those pauses and hesitations in Obama's speech to not sound to me at all Midwestern, but simply his own quirk. If it were common in Kansas, I doubt I would notice it as something different, which I do. I suspect that an important part of his personal speech patterns has to do with spending some of his formative years in Indonesia and attending Indonesian language schools there.

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Does President Obama have a "Kansas accent" ? [View all] steve2470 Nov 2014 OP

Anything's possible. Kire Nov 2014 #1

It is definitely a mid western speech pattern Peacetrain Nov 2014 #2

I am not aware of any specific Kansas accent, SheilaT Nov 2014 #3

One other thing. SheilaT Nov 2014 #4