by Maeya » Fri Jan 12, 2007 12:36 pm
I have a touch of the elongated O's from my time in Minnesoooota. Much of that has faded since moving to GA, though. I can really hear it in my family's voices when I call home. Fortunately, I don't seem to be picking up any of the twang due to Atlanta being a city of transients.. I only know one person here that actually *grew up* in Atlanta. You don't find that often. He has no accent. On the flip side, I have been forced to acknowledge that occassionally "y'all" can be a convenient word.
One of my coworkers from Columbus, GA, has just the slightest touch of a southern accent. Most noticible in her "M"s, which she pronounces as "elm". I'm not sure how an "L" sneaks in there.