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Help[Opinions] Not if the said midwestern person lived in the southern part of her state... (m)
in reply to a message by iris
My mom grew up in a small town in southern Illinois. My grandparents have drawls, and they use somewhat southern slang - lunch is called dinner, dinner is called supper, your = yer, all of you = y'all. Most of the time when my grandmother tries to make an –or sounds (as in color), it comes out as an –er (she said culler). Those are the only things I can really think to describe.
Hmm… funny story: My mom doesn’t have her drawl anymore, because she’s been in Chicago/the suburbs of for so long. However, it will come back under two circumstances: 1) When we go south of Kankakee, and 2) When she’s talking about former President Clinton! He was giving a speech on the radio a number of months ago and afterwards she was talking about it with a perfect southern accent! It was neat.
My mom’s younger sister Charlotte lives in the Champaign area, which is fairly urban because of the University, but she’s still got her accent, and I swear my cousins do to, though theirs is far, far more subtle. I think this has to do with the fact that both their parents are from southern Illinois, though. My aunt and uncle were high school sweethearts, awww….
~ Arcadia
Hmm… funny story: My mom doesn’t have her drawl anymore, because she’s been in Chicago/the suburbs of for so long. However, it will come back under two circumstances: 1) When we go south of Kankakee, and 2) When she’s talking about former President Clinton! He was giving a speech on the radio a number of months ago and afterwards she was talking about it with a perfect southern accent! It was neat.
My mom’s younger sister Charlotte lives in the Champaign area, which is fairly urban because of the University, but she’s still got her accent, and I swear my cousins do to, though theirs is far, far more subtle. I think this has to do with the fact that both their parents are from southern Illinois, though. My aunt and uncle were high school sweethearts, awww….
~ Arcadia
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