Rocket Surgeon
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If you can find it, Stephen Oates' "With Malice Towards None" is a great read...with regards to his voice the preface touches on the "Lincoln of mythology" who "spoke in a deep fatherly voice..."Stoo said:After learning quite a lot about Lincoln's diction in this very thread, the film's trailer doesn't show anything close to his "supposed" accent. Nonetheless, I have high hopes for the movie. We shall see...
It's not a make or break issue for me either, but I'll have a keen ear and eye on the whole of Spielberg's take. I'm betting the preemptive war stance gets some screen time.
Funny here's what Oates writes:Originally Posted by Stoo
Vary intarestin', Rockit
And then there was the accent - a southern Indiana dialect that would barb much of Lincolns own speech all his life. Like his neighbors, young Lincoln said "howdey" to visitors. He "sot" down and "stayed a spell." He came "outen" a cabin an "yearned" his wages and "made a heap." He "***" from "whar" he had been. He was "hornswoggled" into doing something against his better judgement. He "keered" for his friends and "heered" the latest news. He pointed to "yonder" stream and addressed the head of a committee as "Mr. Cheermun." And he got an "eddication" in log-cabin schools and "larned" about adversity, self-reliance, and the necessity for mutual cooperation with his neighbors.
Vary intarestin' indeed.