Pittsburgh = Florence?

[RonButters at AOL.COM]

Do any ADS-L experts have an betgter answer than mine to this question?

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Dear TasinSC:
Without any information on WHAT it is that sounds like Pittsburgh to you, I 
have no idea how to answer the question. The two dialect areas are generally 
quite distinct, so I GUESS that something is going on in your head that is not 
totally in contact with the linguistic reality. This is NOt to say that you are 
crazy or weird, only that you are reacting to some variables (whatever they 
are) and not noticing others.

Sorry I can't be more he'p.
Cheers, Ron Butters


In a message dated 9/11/04 7:18:21 PM, TasinSC writes:


> 
> Dear Mr. Butters,
> 
>   
> 
>  I'm not a student of linguistics, I just have an interest.  I'm a 42-year 
> old single mom who pays attention to how people around her speak.
> 
>   
> 
>  I have a question:
> 
>  I was born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and I'm very familiar 
> with the Pittsburgh accent.  I've lived in many places in the U.S. and I 
> haven't heard anything like it - EVER - except from people raised in western 
> Pennsylvania or eastern Ohio.
> 
>   
> 
>  However, since moving to Greenville, South Carolina I have asked several 
> different people if they were from Pittsburgh, confident of the answer 
> beforehand (due to their accent) - and been surprised to hear they are from the 
> Florence, South Carolina area.  I am very perplexed.  Do you have any insight to 
> this occurrence?
> 
>   
> 
>  Thank you,
> 
>  Tracy Stone
> 
>