I know this is going to get me in trouble, but, after listening to Zell Miller, along with a bunch of other southern politicians, why do they hang on to this extreme southern accent, (which grates on northern ears), and contributes to the stereotypes of bubbas? It's like a form of eubonics for white dodo birds.
"...why do they hang on to this extreme southern accent..."
For the same reason people in Baaastan hang onto theirs.
The great thing about living in the South is that people don't worry about how they sound. People are judged mainly by their deeds.
>> why do they hang on to this extreme southern accent,
And then there's the British !!
Forget to take your pills? This thread is about Bill Cosby and his statements, not Southern accents. Go fly a kite.
Because they grew up hearing others speak this way, perhaps? It sounds like sweet music compared to a Kennedy or Jersey accent.
Why should they give a rat's @$$ about your over-sensitive northern ears?
I'm from the Midwest originally, and have always thought that the Northeastern habit of adding consonants where they don't belong is much more irritating and affected than the Southern habit of dropping them.
It's not "soder", it's SODA. So there.
I happen to like the southern accent.Beats the h*ll out of the North East accent that effeat elitists use as they look down on us rabble from the midwest and south!