From: chenrich@monmouth.com   
      
   In article , mumble    
   wrote:   
      
   >   
   > You're fortunate in having the vocal equipment and training to speak so   
   > clearly, I was brought up in a household that spoke "Ohio mushmouth" and   
   > have never been so unable to make myself understood that intensive   
   > speech therapy seemed justified.   
   >   
   It's not a matter of vocal equipment or training, but rather of   
   regional varieties of pronunciation. Your regional variety does not   
   make the distinction between "horse" and "hoarse"; neither does mine   
   (Buffalo NY). Intensive speech therapy? Bah, pfui -- this is flummery.   
      
   If you find yourself in a situation where your variety of English   
   pronunciation is causing real problems, such as people having trouble   
   understanding you, then coaching (not therapy, good grief) may be   
   helpful. I very much doubt you will have such problems anywhere in the   
   USA or Canada.   
      
   --   
   Chris Henrich    
   "Now that I have cleared up my initial confusion, I feel I am confused on a   
   much higher plane, and about more significant issues."   
    -- Earliest known sighting: Kelley, "The Workshop Way of Learning", 1951   
      
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