[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Buttermilk and Twinkees

[Meredith Wilson]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., Meredith Wilson > As someone from 
Kentucky, I think buttermilk is utterly vile.  Truth be
> told, I've never tasted any, but it looks so horrible that I can't 
even imagine putting it in my system!  My dad used to drink it, too, 
but bleh!  
>  
> I live in Seattle now, and I don't have an accent and people always 
are amazed that I come from Kentucky.  It's right after the 'do you 
wear shoes' question. :)
>  
> Meredith

Haha!  This cracked me up; several weeks back, I was phoning varios 
tech support numbers in a vain search for help from MSN, and one of 
the people I ended up speaking to was a young man in Kentucky.  I'm 
in Texas, and even with all the accents I hear, I could barely 
understand him.  I thought it was so funny, I kept repeating what I 
thought he said, then he'd correct me.  He probably thought I had an 
IQ of 3.  He was extremely sweet, and gave me the most helpful advice 
I got that day.  BTW, my folks like a glass of buttermilk now and 
then, too, (raised in TX) usually crumbling up cornbread in it as 
well, to make that delightful mush...

Kelley


That cracks me up.  And it makes me think back to when I was in New York
working with the news and they did a report from Kentucky and they had to
subtitle the poor guy!  It is true that there are people, especially in the
Eastern part of the state, that have some serious accents. I'm from there
and I couldn't understand the guy, so I can understand where you're coming
from!

Mer