[J.A. Crumpton]

I grew up in the South, so I’ve always found this to be a very interesting question. A former English teacher, I studied language arts while in college, and this was a much-discussed topic in one of my classes. The Southern accent, by the way, has nothing to do with educational levels, as many think. According to my studies, there are two primary influences on the language of the South. First, a large portion of the South – particularly Appalachia – was settled by Scots, who contributed enormously to the language. The second influence is quite interesting; it is thought that boys and girls in the South who were raised on plantations often spent a lot more time with their slave “nannies” and so forth than their parents and picked up a lot of sounds this way. It is just a theory, of course.

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Name : J.A. Crumpton, Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : Gay, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Agnostic, Age : 31, City : Phoenix, State : AZ, Country : United States, Occupation : Web developer, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, 

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