Posted by llrrrpp on September 8, 2006, at 8:04:08
In reply to Consonents and Vowels and Dipthongs, oh MY!! » Racer, posted by finelinebob on September 8, 2006, at 0:54:33
In the place I grew up, there were a lot of added dipthongs.
whey-ull, I jee-ust don't knaaow what an eeee-iinfix eee-is.
My dad (Yankee) used to try to imitate the locals, and he sounded like he was yodeling.
I lost my twang when I went to college, but I get it back easily. My brother still has his, and it's lovely, because he's a smarty and he still talks like a good 'ol boy. My bff married a local and she has the strongest accent I have ever heard. I don't remember her having an accent when we were in school. I think we both had twangs and then moved to our extremes when we went off to college.
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