Louisiana vowels

[Arnold M. Zwicky]

a NPR Morning Edition story this morning by Melanie Peebles on
gubernatorial candidate Bobby Jindal speaking in the little town of
Gramercy, Louisiana, refers to

   ... locals, who tend to draw out vowels in a speech pattern born
of front-porch sitting

ah, the lazy pace of rural life made audible.

arnold

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