"Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
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> Oh pshaw, on Wed 07 Nov 2007 07:54:44p, Goomba38 meant to say...
>
>> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>>
>>>> Her accent seriously grates on me, but just as bad is that she's
>>>> always taking big bites of food and then talking with her mouth full!
>>>> Between the food smeared on her mouth from her shoveling that bit in
>>>> to the lip smacking.. it is very uncomfortable to watch.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Goomba, there really are people who live in the South who sound like
>>> Paula. My entire family is from the South, so I guess I'm just used to
>>> it.
>>>
>> Wayne.. there are many different southern accents and you learn to
>> "hear" the region they hail from (and sometimes other things too) as
>> soon as they open their mouth. Paula's is not a very cultured one.
>>
>
> I'm well aware of that, Goomba, as I have relatives in numerous Southern
> states from the east coast to Louisiana. I wasn't saying that Paula's
> accent was cultured. None of her family that I've heard speak appear to
> be.
>
> --
> Wayne Boatwright
>

When we were kids, over the summer months, we-all had a big time talking
'hick.' We were told to straighten up our language about 2 weeks before
school time; and we did. One can certainly exaggerate the accent you are
comfortable with. Sometimes that is what I think Paula does.

Dee Dee