[dblshot]

I had a freshman English teacher who was really a Faulkner fan. When he was sober enough to get to class he had some interesting takes on the Southern dialect which he stated was closer to the mother tongue of our British fore bearers than that “Mediterranean and Kraut bastardized mush spoken up North. He also said that english ain't math so two negatives don't make a positive and there ain't nothing more positive than I ain't going to do nothing. Meaning not only am I not going to do something, I am not even going to do nothing. Got one of my best grades in college in that class.

[CatherineofAragon]

"he had some interesting takes on the Southern dialect which he stated was closer to the mother tongue of our British fore bearers than that “Mediterranean and Kraut bastardized mush spoken up North. "

I've heard that, too, and I believe it. As a rule, British actors pull off the best and most realistic Southern accents. American actors tend to mangle them or make them cartoonish.