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Are y'all listening? ORNL cancels 'Southern Accent Reduction' class
2014-07-30
Posted by:BrerRabbit

#6  I'm not sure which is worse: that ORNL tried to do this, or that somebody in charge thought it was a good idea.
Posted by: SteveS   2014-07-30 16:11  

#5  Had to look up "ORNL."

Feds. >:-(

Figures. That's worse than Yankees.

And who would purposely give up a natural Southern accent?
Posted by: Barbara   2014-07-30 14:20  

#4  Yup, it is.
Posted by: JohnQC   2014-07-30 12:01  

#3  ORNL has a lot of Yankees and foreigners in their midst. . Its not just the locals that are hard to understand.

JohnQC- Its my local paper too. We both live in Gods country. Ain't it great?
Posted by: BrerRabbit   2014-07-30 11:24  

#2  Read this story in the local Knoxville News Sentinel yesterday. ORNL has a lot of Yankees and foreigners in their midst. As they say "Ya'll come back sometime."
Posted by: JohnQC   2014-07-30 10:52  

#1  Excuse me, are either of you gentlemen employees of the Battelle Memorial Institute ?
Posted by: Besoeker   2014-07-30 08:00  

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