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Anonymous Posted 5 years ago
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Hi, could you please tell me what is the meaning of flat in the following text?

"No accent at all?"

"No sir.Flat. Middle America. Could've been Kansas or California, not Bronx or East Texas. Definitely nothing foreign."

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anonymous Hi, could you please tell me what is the meaning of flat in the following text? It means that the accent had no salient features, no distinguishing characteristics. That is a perfectly good, slightly creative use of "flat".

  • anonymous Hi, could you please tell me what is the meaning of flat in the following text?
  • It means that the accent had no salient features, no distinguishing characteristics.
  • That is a perfectly good, slightly creative use of "flat".
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anonymousHi, could you please tell me what is the meaning of flat in the following text?

It means that the accent had no salient features, no distinguishing characteristics. That is a perfectly good, slightly creative use of "flat".

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