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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's not a terrible idea. In the rest of the world, people prefer [b]the southern accent[/b] to the standard American accent. [/quote]

Which Southern accent? The genteel, sweet as molasses, slow drawl? Or the Cletus, “The Slack-jawed Yokel,” (from the Simpsons) one? [b]There isn’t one Southern accent[/b].[/quote]

THANK YOU for recognizing this. So much of America doesn't.
--A Southerner who gets irked when people think [b]we all sound like Cletus[/b] and that all Southerners are inherently dumb[/quote]

To northerners, you do.  And we don't think you're all dumb.  [/quote]

Don’t lump all us Northerners together; I’m the one who wrote above that there is not just one Southern accent. Saying all Southerners sound alike is like saying all Americans who aren’t Southern sound alike, whether they’re from Philly or the Bronx or LA or Boston or Anchorage or Salt Lake City or Des Moines. There are multiple different accents across the state of Ohio, for God’s sake.[/quote]

Northerner here and agree completely.  Same is true of England and "the" British accent - they are as varied and diverse as ours.  Also, shout out to Pork Roll a/k/a Taylor Ham![/quote]

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