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To: Strategerist

I ran into such an accent in Portsmouth, Va. about 15 years ago asking for directions at a gas station. Almost an accent you hear on those PBS programs set on an English country estate.


14 posted on 01/17/2011 7:57:44 AM PST by Oratam
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To: Oratam
I ran into such an accent in Portsmouth, Va. about 15 years ago asking for directions at a gas station. Almost an accent you hear on those PBS programs set on an English country estate.

The Tidewater Virginia/Eastern North Carolina accent is easily the most pleasant and beautiful in the country.

17 posted on 01/17/2011 9:05:06 AM PST by Strategerist
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