You do that so well!  My great uncle is from 
Rhode Island, and he talks JUST like that!  He 
says New Yawk, and caa, and paak!  That is so 
funny!  I instantly thought of him!  I live in 
central Texas, Austin to be exact. Austin is like 
the San Fransico of the south...there's more 
Calies here than Texas, because of the tech 
industries, and movies and music are a really big 
deal here. Lots of artsy fartsy's, and lots of 
hippies.  Very few rednecks, they stay on the 
outskirts...which I like ^_~.  I talked to a 
person on this forum on the phone awhile back, 
and at the end of the converstions she said she 
was shocked that I didnt talk like a total po-
dung cowboy. So, that was nice, I think it only 
rears it's ugly head when Im at home cluckin' 
with the folks....who still dont know of my cel 
habits ^_^;;.