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I guess it is probably like the difference between a Louisiana, Georgia and Texas accent. All different, but they still have things in common.
The times I have been to RI, I have talked to people that would have been sent to speech therapy classes if they had gone to grade school down here! Why are those people incapable of pronouncing the letter R ? It seems like they can handle words that start with R, just not R at the end of a word.
Now I know someone will shoot back about how we say y'all or something, but hey, we admit it! I am just fascinated by the strangeness of the northern accent, I am not trying to insult anyone! People will definitely know I am from the south when I talk but mostly because of my choice of words, not the accent. I love saying y'all, fixin' to, etc. Very useful words! Even SisterPlum used y'all in her post and she is Canadian!
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