I think we are losing so much of our dialects and I am amazed how newscasters manage to sound southern to me.
I envy you. I love to hear proper speaking.
My southern country dialect sticks out like a sore thumb and I feel people may think I am dumb when they hear me speak
melissa
I once made the acquaintance of a young man who had come to Virginia from New York City and who mistook my accent — as many do — to be from central Pennsylvania (I am from North Carolina). He began talking about how Southerners lacked education and talked slow and just weren’t as smart as “us Yankees.” Then he tried to hit me up for a few bucks. Turned out he was living in his car and begging for a living. So much for being dumb in the South.