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Posted by tinear on November 18, 2009 at 08:04:32:
taught ESL for several years to a wide assortment of nationalities. I also speak a couple of foreign languages. My insight is that language is theater and music as well as linguistics. In other words, one has to somewhat assume the persona of an Italian to speak the language and also get the cadence, the flow, correctly to speak convincingly. An accent is akin to learning another language. Very few people can do that in a few months. The odds that those few would be actors is small but they do get a "leg-up" for the persona bit.
"The wife" has a masters in linguistics and agrees with me, though that doesn't mean much.
Anyhow, I didn't read a sniff of ad hominem in your post; it was interesting, informative, and equitable.
Wrong, all the same..... :-)