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To: nopardons

I was born raised in NC, in the Sandhills region. Still got the Southern drawl I’ve had all my life. I’ve been gone since I was 18 and I’m 66 now. I like the way I talk and wouldn’t change it if I could. I get aggravated at Southerners who try and lose their accent because they’re afraid of being called a hick. I live in Washington State now and these folk have no accent whatsoever. Once in a while I run across another Southern transplant and we get to talkin’ about stock car racin’ and BBQ. Got a brother who’s lived in Charleston, SC for 45 years and he’s the only one in his family with a thick Southern accent. His children talk fast and sound more like Yankees than Southerners, but 30 miles from Charleston the accents start sounding more Southern.

I like the way Trump talks. He’s not a snob and he acts like just another one of the hardhats you’d see working on one of his buildings.


814 posted on 10/21/2016 2:17:32 PM PDT by NKP_Vet (In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle,stand like a rock ~ T, Jefferson)
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To: NKP_Vet
How wonderful that you've kept your accent! Stay who you are and be proud proud of it, as you are and have done.

People who make fun of other people's accents/where others are from, are crude, rude, and VERY insecure jerks.

Some people do, some people have a "sensitive ear" and pick up a new accent/bits of another accent, when they move, or even when they just talk to someone who has a different accent.And then there are those ( not actors and actresses, just regular people and also some pols ) who put on different accents on purpose.

I also like Trump because he doesn't "put on airs" and is just a regular/"normal" person and always has been.

It's the social climbers who put on airs and who act like arses....like Hillary.

815 posted on 10/21/2016 2:28:43 PM PDT by nopardons
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