"notbob" > wrote in message
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> On 2011-08-21, Ema Nymton > wrote:
>
>> There are people in my family who sound very much like Paula Deen. She
>> may exaggerate her accent somewhat, y'all, but I believe it is real.
>
> I lived in TN for two years. Some guy's accents were so pronounced, I
> couldn't fully understand them when they talked. Worse, when I was
> discharged and came home to CA, some of my friends asked why I was
> speaking with a Southern accent. Yikes!! It's contagious.
>
> nb

When we moved to TN one of my brothers purposefully put on a southern accent
to try to fit in. That didn't really work. It just sounded stupid I
guess it makes a difference what part of TN you were in. The folks in
Chattanooga sound markedly different from the folks on the western side.

Jill