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Date: | Wed, 21 Feb 2001 11:31:41 -0500 |
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Rayna,
You would love it where I am, then. I live on the edge of the real southern accent. My mom had a "Cracker" accent, a very harsh and strident, countryfied accent. My dad's accent is more refined and not as strident,.but he too is a true son of the south. :)
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Rayna Lamb wrote:
> Point taken, guys!!
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> It's just that in Australia, our accents are harsher, and those terms
> are used in a demeaning way, so I guess I have a reflex reation to
> hearing them. But with a Southern American accent, I agree that it
> sounds like it is part of common usage. Actually, I usually enjoy
> hearing that accent so much, I could listen to someone with that
> accent read the phone book!!
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> Rayna (I'm Australian, remember! ;-) )
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