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The lady in the commercials sure sounds British! :)

BTW, an Appalachian hillbilly accent has many similarities to a British accent. The settlers in these mountains were mostly Scotch-Irish and Brits. The theory is that Appalachians, being pretty secluded from the rest of Americans, kept more closely to the older speech patterns.

For example: like the Brits, hillbillys tend to hang an “R” sound on words ending in “W”, like winder for window. They also use the word “reckon”, as in “I reckon I better close that winder”. Reckon is considered a low-class word here, but is often used in the King James Bible and is commonly used and considered proper in Britain.

I’m sure there are others on FR that know more about this subject, or can correct me if I’m remembering this wrong...

Fletcher J