"I'm not tryin' to hide it," he said, though it came out thicker, richer once Jim had prompted him. He sounded like a proper New Yorker; he'd never really talked like that around any of them before.
"Just got used to talkin' like that from the USO shows an' it never slipped off."
He'd had voice coaches a plenty making sure that he sounded as middle America, as untraceable and universal, as possible. It was part of the persona that he still had trouble shaking off, and one he didn't even think about (or hadn't) until Jim said something.
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"I'm not tryin' to hide it," he said, though it came out thicker, richer once Jim had prompted him. He sounded like a proper New Yorker; he'd never really talked like that around any of them before.
"Just got used to talkin' like that from the USO shows an' it never slipped off."
He'd had voice coaches a plenty making sure that he sounded as middle America, as untraceable and universal, as possible. It was part of the persona that he still had trouble shaking off, and one he didn't even think about (or hadn't) until Jim said something.