NORTH AND SOUTH, VS MIDDLE. Well, you know, the old Maine and Boston accents, an

NORTH AND SOUTH, VS MIDDLE.

Well, you know, the old Maine and Boston accents, and the southern drawl, all have the same origins in scots-irish. It’s rather obvious once you’re aware of it.

At least in Maine and Massachusetts both are disappearing – largely due to media saturation.

In the Elizabethan era, the English spoke much like current scots. I know my ancestors did, because I can see it in their writing – which was phonetic.

Languages get lazier over time.