09-07-2007, 11:10 AM
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Originally Posted by MysticCat
True to a point, but since until relatively recent times, there was little that was "urban" in the South, it may be a distinction without a difference. Where it is not "urban" dialect, that may be as much due to the influx of people from, ummm, "not around here" as to a rural-urban distinction.
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Originally Posted by MysticCat
Yes, but I've know plenty of "cities" in the South with populations < 15K. That ain't "urban." True urban-ness is a relatively recent thing for most of the South.
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I agree totally.
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