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R. Port

<> Southern Indiana dialect.

1. He always took me out and had me swing the bat and throw a baseball and everything, and ...

2. When I was nine, I started playing Little League. And ever since then I been playing it,

         and its been one of my favorite sports. And I’ve just been playing it ever since.

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British BBC or Received Pronunciation dialect

3. Dennis Norton, what or who was `hippocrene’? H, I, double P,

                O, C, R, E, N, E, hippocrene?

Urban Boston dialect

4.    I, ... I guess I would have to agree with the bartender, if I were to

        agree with, with anybody. But be delicate. Be suave, and debonaire, and ...

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5. So then go out on a date. ``How about going to dinner this week.

        There’s a nice little Italian restaurant that I found down the street,

       here in Sterling Heights Michigan.’’ And she’ll say ``Gee, Forrest, that’s a good idea.’’