I was born and raised (reared?) in E./SE Texass. I damn sure would never vote for any MAGA traitor like the current dictator in the white house. My folks date back to the 1700's, Sam Houston is a great, great, great uncle. My mom was a school teacher starting in the 1920's and some of my cousins wereteachers also. My Grandfather "PawPaw", was born in 1865, well educated, teacher, farmer, county judge, and I wish I had paid even more attention to what he could teach me. The family had moved to E. TX from Mississippi in a mule drawn wagon around 1900. I dropped out of college in my senior year to protest the illegal, immoral war in SE Asia as a member of Vietnam Veterans Against the War. I spoke slowly, but I recon loud enough to bring the Nixon regime down on my head. I was asked to become a teacher here soon after moving full time in 2010 because I spoke slowly and Thai people could understand my English. I don't understand a lot of English people, some Australian folks, and others with heavy accents, then again helicopters and loud boom booms took some of my hearing. I don't have to worry about speaking now, Agent Orange took my larynx. Perhaps some folks don't understand the US is actually quite large, i.e. Texass is larger than Thailand and Alaska dwarfs TX. There are many dialects spoken across the country. TX has different accents. A lot of Cajun is spoken where I grew up, ex#1 was Cajun. Damn good food! I spent 20+ years in New Mexico and often caught myself speaking Spanglish when I had to return to SE Texaas. I found that what I thought was movie accent wasn't, people from certain parts of Brookland actually did say thurty thurt and thurt. An accent or dialect does not necessarily reflect upon a persons education or intelligence. Badmouthing people because they speak a certain way may.
