Louisiana vowels

[Charles Doyle]

And northerners talk fast because they sit uncomfortably on those little stoops . . . .

--Charlie
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>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
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>   ... locals, who tend to draw out vowels in a speech pattern born of front-porch sitting
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>ah, the lazy pace of rural life made audible.
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>arnold

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