at and t cellular: Exploring the Linguistic Roots of the Southern Drawl

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Exploring the Linguistic Roots of the Southern Drawl

A person from Boston speaks differently than a person from New York City, to say nothing of the difference between Midwestern and Southern accents. While all of these are American, the roots of the Southern drawl have a unique colonial history.

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