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Solly Mack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-02-05 01:25 AM
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17. So true! I've had people assume I was a kindred spirit because of my twang
I haven't lived in the south for years. My family tell me I'm losing my accent. Others don't seem to think so. lol
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  -If you have a southern accent, do you feel judged by it? ldsjocktx  Nov-14-04 01:02 PM   #0 
  - I'm a transplant to the south  ncrainbowgrrl   Nov-14-04 02:05 PM   #1 
  - No, but what I have I'm proud of.  leyton   Nov-14-04 02:30 PM   #2 
  - I was born and raised in SC  Dzimbowicz   Nov-14-04 07:14 PM   #3 
  - I have a really, really thick Southern accent. Even other Southerners say  patricia92243   Nov-15-04 10:11 AM   #4 
  - Ex-patriate Texan  mosin   Nov-15-04 02:11 PM   #5 
  - To most of the country, my accent sounds Southern, but here  kayell   Nov-15-04 03:07 PM   #6 
  - Nope..Its who I am...Its not real strong...but its there !  vetwife   Nov-15-04 03:15 PM   #7 
  - Recalling on an experience I had when moving from VA to CO in 2nd grade...  AlFrankenFan   Nov-15-04 10:23 PM   #8 
  - Not really judged by it but  Nicole   Nov-16-04 02:26 AM   #9 
  - I have one, and it's kinda funny actually.  BamaGirl   Nov-19-04 08:57 PM   #10 
  - I don't talk funny. Dammit, THEY talk funny  Bucky   Nov-22-04 11:48 AM   #11 
  - I moved to Texas many years ago from California  Lone_Star_Dem   Nov-26-04 08:04 PM   #12 
  - No accent here.  Spider Jerusalem   Nov-26-04 11:07 PM   #13 
  - I Have A Southern Appalachian Accent  Mrs. Venation   Dec-30-04 02:46 PM   #14 
  - It can be an advantage....  MrSandman   Jan-20-05 11:17 PM   #20 
  - I like my accent  Solly Mack   Jan-01-05 02:39 AM   #15 
  - Accent still thick as molasses, after 30 years...  onager   Jan-01-05 11:52 PM   #16 
     - So true! I've had people assume I was a kindred spirit because of my twang  Solly Mack   Jan-02-05 01:25 AM   #17 
  - Favorably, in the South-- elsewhere I lose it  carolinayellowdog   Jan-06-05 02:21 PM   #18 
  - as a southerner..I sometimes feel judged for not having an accent!  flaminbats   Jan-20-05 01:10 AM   #19 
  - My partner and his brother are both from L. A. (Lower Alabama)  Modem Butterfly   Feb-01-05 12:18 PM   #21 
  - I can't help it  Skittles   Nov-23-05 04:15 AM   #22 
 

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