When I was very young my parents moved from Chicago to Columbia SC. Now my mom who grew up in the shadow of Univ of Chicago was in no ways going to start talking like Scarlett O'Hara. Well in those days when you went to the A&P you told the clercks what you wanted and they went and filled your order. Well we almost starved to death because the locals couldn't understand my mom. She finally let necessity over rule pride and she finally spoke southern.
We had a lot of funny things happen down there like when my folks showed up at Univ of SC football game wearing casual clothes. They had no idea that football games were formal affairs. The most unusual thing was the folks who spoke Gula. Now that is another langauge.
LOL!
What in the world is Gula?