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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This thread is hilarious and spot on true. I'm from the mid Atlantic region, so I am a practitioner of both Northern (sarcasm, occasional directness) and Southern (excuse me, greeting strangers, etc.) folkways.

If I am talking with someone who has a drawl, I have a drawl. If the person is a fast talker, I talk fast. The mid Atlantic creature is like the weather - always changing and unpredictable.[/quote]

+100  I am soooo like this as well.

I was born and raised in Northern VA.  My parents were born and raised in Connecticut (all of my extended family is there)--lived in Boston for grad school and married there.

I attended college in the South.  I also had both Southern and Northern friends as a child--being right in the middle.

My sister actually has a bit of a drawl.  My brother and I are very neutral talkers.  My mom has that New England voice--as do my aunts, uncles, cousins, etc.

My DH is from Ohio and cannot understand thick Southern accents at all.  I often translate his friend from Alabama:) for him.[/quote]

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