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Originally Posted by AlphaFrog
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In many states that are Midwestern, but border on the South, the southern part of the state often identifies and uses 'southern' terms. Southern Missouri and southern Illinois are prime examples. You will constantly hear "Y'all". Many of the people in these areas move to the St. Louis area (where ChildoftheHorn is from). They carry the terms with them. My family live in St. Charles, Mo for a while when I was a kid. My sister, in the 1st grade, was almost sent to speech therapy because the school was concerned with how she was talking. Luckily, one of the teacher aides lived next door to my family. When she heard Cindi was being considered for speech therapy, Mrs. P said: "She doesn't need speech therapy! She's from southern Missouri, they all talk like that!"