http://www.diversityinc.com/ask-the-white-guy/dont-apologize-for-your-accent/ DiversityInc: Diversity and the Bottom Line Thu, 11 Apr 2013 18:40:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.diversityinc.com/ask-the-white-guy/dont-apologize-for-your-accent/comment-page-1/#comment-104 Anonymous Thu, 14 May 2009 11:49:00 +0000 #comment-104 You have to distinguish between the two kinds of Southern accent. Some folks do find the lowlands Southern accent, the plantation-owner languid drawl, charming; but the highland/hillbilly accent, the one with the twang that’s associated with true country poverty: that one gets you branded as an ignorant cracker almost worldwide and without exception.

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