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Historian/narrator David McCullough's accent

I can't quite place it.
What is it exactly ?
  

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[nq:1]I can't quite place it. [/nq] What is what? s/ meirman If you are emailing me please say if you are posting the same response.

  • [nq:1]I can't quite place it.
  • [/nq] What is what?
  • s/ meirman If you are emailing me please say if you are posting the same response.
  • Born west of Pittsburgh Pa.
  • 10 years Indianapolis, 7 years Chicago, 6 years Brooklyn NY 12 years Baltimore 20 years
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[nq:1]I can't quite place it. What is it exactly ?[/nq]
What is what?
s/ meirman If you are emailing me please
say if you are posting the same response.
Born west of Pittsburgh Pa. 10 years
Indianapolis, 7 years
Chicago, 6 years
Brooklyn NY 12 years
Baltimore 20 years
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[nq:2]I can't quite place it. What is it exactly ?[/nq]
[nq:1]What is what?[/nq]
Ahem...
The subject line?
Might contain a clue?
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[nq:1]I can't quite place it. What is it exactly ?[/nq]
I don't know the man, however the bio at this website seems to fit: http://www.simonsays.com/subs/txtobj.cfm?areaid=289&pagename=bio Extracts:
"David McCullough has been called a ?master of the art of narrative history.? His
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[nq:1]I can't quite place it. What is it exactly ?[/nq]
What it what?
\\P. Schultz
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[nq:2]I can't quite place it. What is it exactly ?[/nq]
[nq:1]What it what?[/nq]
I'm not the OP, so I can't be 100% sure of this, but my guess is it's a reference to historian/narrator David McCullough's accent.
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[nq:1]I can't quite place it. What is it exactly ?[/nq]
What is what exactly?
\\P. Schultz
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[nq:2]I can't quite place it. What is it exactly ?[/nq]
[nq:1]I don't know the man, however the bio at this website seems to fit: http://www.simonsays.com/subs/txtobj.cfm?areaid=289&pagename=bio Extracts: "David McCullough has been ... have been praised for their exceptional narrative
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[nq:2]What it what?[/nq]
[nq:1]I'm not the OP, so I can't be 100% sure of this, but my guess is it's a reference to historian/narrator David McCullough's accent.[/nq]
you today?
If you relish the task of researching what someone's "subject" line happened to be and then connecting it with the message text so that it forms a single coherent thought, then I envy you your leisure.
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[nq:2]I can't quite place it. What is it exactly ?[/nq]
[nq:1]I don't know the man, however the bio at this website seems to fit: http://www.simonsays.com/subs/txtobj.cfm?areaid=289&pagename=bio Extracts: "David McCullough has been ... literature. An avid reader, traveler, and landscap
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[nq:2]I'm not the OP, so I can't be 100% sure of this, but my guess is it's a reference to historian/narrator David McCullough's accent.[/nq]
[nq:1]you today? If you relish the task of researching what someone's "subject" line happened to be and then connecting it with the message text so that it forms a single coherent thought, then I envy you your leisure. \\P. Schultz[/nq]
good. Thank y

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