“I get homesick every time I hear her lovely NC accent.”
When I moved to GA from TX the soft drawl and vowels were music to my ears. In TX we have a long drawl and hard vowels. I do still love to hear a Texan talk, but the deep south soft vowels are so lovely.
For example:
Adairsville
Texan pronunciation = A-dAirsville.
Deep South pronunciation = Hu-dursville.
Pure music to the ears.
I have a friend from Mississippi and I love her accent. She’s 70 and is proud of it.