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OTOH, I am a liberal Democrat living in the Pacific Northwest who can slip into his original Aristus Dec 2019 #1
bet you can... handmade34 Dec 2019 #5
I always find it funny that I use an accent often equated with poor intellect Aristus Dec 2019 #6
I can't help it, Aristus Skittles Dec 2019 #7
Even so, Southerners can take a short one-syllable word, and turn it into a long Aristus Dec 2019 #8
in NC, I heard "boiled eggs" as BALD EGGS Skittles Dec 2019 #10
In Texas, it's 'boled eggs'. Aristus Dec 2019 #11
I still remember someone in Texas asking me for a pen Skittles Dec 2019 #12
Yeah. Aristus Dec 2019 #13
I would have probably attacked someone for making it two syllables Skittles Dec 2019 #14
I know. Aristus Dec 2019 #15
I don't mind southern accents as long as they don't speak SLOOOOOOOOOOWLY Skittles Dec 2019 #16
That's not me. Aristus Dec 2019 #17
actually, when I think about it Skittles Dec 2019 #18
And irregardless is not a word, FFS! 🤬 madinmaryland Dec 2019 #19
Uh, OTOH? YOHABLO Dec 2019 #20
Yeah. The piece is about how well-educated conservatives dumb down their speech Aristus Dec 2019 #21
Yes, but it's so obviously juvenile utopian Dec 2019 #2
People--esp. politicians--learn how to use language for implicit solidarity. Igel Dec 2019 #3
It's about more than cheap shots : Mike Niendorff Dec 2019 #4
Heard Senator John Kennedy, who attended Oxford, on the radio last night. Midnight Writer Dec 2019 #9
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