My husband and his family are among those many. His mother speaks so poorly that rednecks refer to her as a hillbilly. I do not know the difference and perhaps it is because I am a northerner and have never been exposed to it very little. I have never cut off the lights, I am never fixin to do something, and I have no idea where yonder is.

Before we moved to Rocky Mount, my husband and I lived in Goldsboro, where most his immediate family was less than a mile away. My mother-in-law, Brenda, who does not drive, would call me and ask me to carry her over yonder quite often. These trips were always stressful and she would give me directions by landmarks, even though she knew that I had no idea where these landmarks were loc

My husband and his family are not the only people that I know whom cannot speak proper English. Marvin was the Market Manager at Winn-Dixie and he is one of the sweetest men I have ever met, well, once I could understand what he was saying. He had been sick for about a week when I saw him last, and he asked me what he could do because he was ?sick wit da die ree.?

The one thing that bothers me most is that all my college instructors use the word (or is it words) y?all, among other southern slang words. Amazingly enough, even my English professor has used y?all on several occasions. Y?all and its counterpart?s y?alls, all y?all, and all y?alls sound ridiculously unintelligent to me. How could such intelligent people use such language?

My husband says something that drives me up the wall ? he tells me ?I?m gonna take me a shower.? We have discusse

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