Our president is a geek too

[longam]

We know he has a blackberry, but I didn't know he has hired some people to run his blog.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/

[Platapus]

Coming up next, President Obama will be publishing 25 random facts about himself on his facebook page.

But I notice what is lacking from his blog -- The Presidents intentions concerning the Bureau of the Census. We kinda need to know.

[Letum]

Off Topic:

Just out of interest: does anyone know when the 'American vocal accent' was first mentioned as being distinct from English accents?

[Sailor Steve]

Sorry to stay with the off-topic, but this is where the question was asked, so this is where I'm posting my findings.

Here's a pretty good start, Letum:
http://everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=744955

And some interesting discussion here:
http://ask.metafilter.com/52207/American-accent-origins

Wiki doesn't go into origins, but does have an interesting description of each dialect:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regiona...nts_of_English

More good discussion here:
http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=93372

At least one opinion expressed here is that it was the British who diverged, with Americans and Canadians preserving the older ways of speech:
http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=93372
They have a link to Wiki's article on Canadian English, but not much other evidence.

Other than what I read here I have no idea, but it is an interesting subject.

[Sailor Steve]

And a reply to the real thread: Thanks for posting that Longam. I didn't even know about the blog itself. Fascinating to read about the people we've put in charge of representing us to the world this time around.

[Letum]

Cheers Steve.

[longam]

He said it was going to be an open administration, well as much as they can anyway. So far it beats bush with his I'll do what I want crap.