[HPFGU-OTChatter] southern chatter

[Mrs.) Lee Storm (God Is The Healing Force]

Iggy says:
|
| Now, while I tend to "absorb" a lot of the local modes of speech
| a lot more
| readily than most, the rule still applies.  It also works in
| reverse... You
| can be born and raised for 30 years in one place... but if you move to a
| place with a different dialect, and go back home, the people from
| where you
| originally lived will often notice a change in your accent...
| intentional or
| not.

[Lee]: <Laughing very hard about this!>

Been there, done that...after a week of vacation in Portland, Maine and
returning to New York City.  It was hysterical!  It never ceases to blow
Art's (my husband's) mind.

It's often said that if one is musically inclined, this kind of adaptation
will occur quickly.  This may be true as I am so inclined. :-)

Cheers,

Lee :-)

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Walk beside me, and be my friend.