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[quote=Anonymous]It's just an accent. We used to have many more regional dialects and accents before television homogenized everything. The added dimension is that the one you're complaining about is often identified as an African-American accent. So, yes it may reflect some bias on your part. But we all have them. My FIL is incredibly biased against southern accents and automatically assumes anyone who uses "y'all" is a complete idiot. On the other hand, he thinks a patrician "high church" accent like William F Buckley or Pat Moynihan is the ultimate sign of intelligence, despite his own flat Midwestern voice. DO NOT BE LIKE MY FIL![/quote]
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