[Prov1322]

...whereas those in South Jersey sound like Philadelphians...

Born in Philly...migrated to South Jersey for a while. New England, Haiti and then The South...

Attempting to Southernize myself with "fixin'ta", "y'all", "darlin'" and dropping any form of the verb "to be" (As in, "The car needs fixed." WUT?!).

After 29 very happy years in the South, still no success wid dat.

[Clemenza]

But do you still drink "werter" and put your socks in the "drew-er" like my cousins from Philly (who now live in Texas) do?

Despite having spent time in my life in Seattle, São Paulo, and now Florida, I never lost the "Lawn Guyland" accent.