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One Woman’s Version of the Southern Accent

by Lauren Lippeatt | October 30th, 2009
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Many of us speak with some version of the Southern Accent. Some of us aren’t aware of it, some of us worked diligently to suppress it, and some of us aren’t even from the South originally, yet find ourselves saying “g'bah” instead of “goodbye.”  Everyone who lives or has ever lived in the Southeastern United States understands that the Southern dialect is unmistakable.   Read more...