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To: ProtectOurFreedom

My wife’s from North Carolina, not Mississippi, but I’ve heard her refer to a manual transmission as a straight drive, and some of her older relatives still call an accelerator pedal a foot feed.

It’s funny to hear her accent come out as she talks to her mother on the phone. It’ll last for a day or two.


8 posted on 12/10/2023 11:02:09 AM PST by HartleyMBaldwin
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It’s funny to hear her accent come out as she talks to her mother on the phone. It’ll last for a day or two.

I was born in Brooklyn and learned to speak English in school. My usual accent is Standard American English from TV.

But if I watch a movie set in New York, I start to talk like the guys in Goodfellas.

17 posted on 12/10/2023 12:45:34 PM PST by pierrem15 ("Massacrez-les, car le seigneur connait les siens" )
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