Accents

[Trina]

I'm originally from Illinois, but have family in Tennessee, so the 
southern accent thing was never a big deal or problem with me--until 
I moved to very rural North Carolina.  I had an awful time getting 
used the way they talked, but I was nowhere near as bad as my friend 
Traci, who originated from NYC.  Soon after she and her boyfriend 
Eric moved to town they went to Shoney's for dinner.  

Hostess--"Bacon, or no bacon?" 

Traci--"Excuse me?"

Hostess--"Bacon,or no bacon?"

Traci aside to Eric--"Why does she want to know if we want bacon?"

Eric to Traci--"She wants to know if we want "smoking or no smoking."


When she told the rest of transplanted Yankees this story, we laughed 
hysterically and from then on, whenever we went out to eat, we had to 
ask Traci if we wanted the "Bacon or no bacon" section.

Trina