"Ole Haley has got a serious Mississippi accent, don't he."
Lots of MS folks have that MS accent :) Proud of it!
You should hear my aunt!
I spent a few years in Picayune in grade school, I fondly remember that accent from the teachers, good people there. I fear the worst for them, as it appears the eye went right over it.
I love that Mississippi accent too! It reminds me of the writer Shelby Foote.