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dixiegrrrrl

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6. or..."hay-yed"

Reply to hobbit709 (Reply #2)

Sat Sep 7, 2013, 07:13 PM

Sep 2013

I always laff at movies when characters try so hard to do "a" southern accent,
not realizing there are many versions of how people talk down here, and inflection is just as important as pronunciation.

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Hmmmm....sounds southern [View all] HarveyDarkey Sep 2013 OP

Hmmmm......sounds like another broad brush smear of Southerners. dixiegrrrrl Sep 2013 #1

actually, this could be construed as a twofer as it is jibing Tuesday Afternoon Sep 2013 #3

No offense, but sometimes we're too READY to be offended. No one in their right mind... MiddleFingerMom Sep 2013 #8

southern would be HAID hobbit709 Sep 2013 #2

Watch yer haid yaul. nt sarge43 Sep 2013 #4

or..."hay-yed" dixiegrrrrl Sep 2013 #6

Maybe it's South Korea? KamaAina Sep 2013 #5

Isn't that what the Door Mouse said? In_The_Wind Sep 2013 #7