[Loser]

Originally posted by Tigbit:
We do not say "aboot" we say about, just like everyone else.

Now, a lot of you all do have an accent, even if you all don't. It's very close to the accent you'll find in some northern states in the Union, like the Dakotas or Wisconsin. To be fair, we make fun of (laugh about) each other's accents as much as, if not more, than we do at out neighbor's accents. Consider the South, or the myriad accents available for comment on the northern end of the East Coast, or even the accents in the north. In truth, the rural folk here in Colorado have an accent very close to that you'd find in rural East Texas.

I had a friend from North Dakota who pronounced 'beg' and 'bag' almost indistinguishably. Our little clique would give her a hard time about it, but no more than we'd chide any other member of the group about their own little aspects of individuality.

Now what I'm wondering is how many folk who don't live there can tell the difference between a rural Tennessee and rural Texas accent.

(On a side note, I knew it was borderline, but I don't know what I said that was offensive. Oh well, I could scroll back and try to figure it out. Was it the Dome Colony comment?)