It really is a funny thing how I have this southern accent now. It all started in 2002, when Brandon and I had been dating about a year. I started this horrible habit of copying and making fun of all of my southern friends. And then before you know it...I wasn't really making fun of them, I was talking like them in normal conversation! AAHHHH
So there is a perfect example of how you have to watch your daily habits! Even if you think your daily small decisions aren't affecting you long term, they ARE! It's always the small decisions that make drastic changes! I don't even realize how much my accent has changed until I get around my side of the family or my New Jersey friends. Now I hear them and I think wow I can't believe I used to talk like them!! I watched a home video from 2000 and I thought I sounded soo weird hahaha. Now, some words I'm always going to say like a Yankee... like "talk" "walk" and "dog".... but in general I am no longer Yankee in my speech. I'm stuck in the middle!!
Thanks for your comment Candy, my faithful blog friend!
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This post made me laugh. I first learned to talk down South and then spent most of my later childhood in "Yankee" country. According to them, I talk funny too. Words that are supposed to be two syllables like "talk" and "walk" and "dog" - all those Yankees say as one! It took a lot of getting used to. :-)
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