Whaddya Know, the Hicks Can Spell

Allow me a moment to bask in some regional pride. Kavya is from just down the road, and I love her Kansan's dialect, flat midwestern accent, and plain manner of speech.  That voice…

Allow me a moment to bask in some regional pride.

Kavya is from just down the road, and I love her Kansan’s dialect, flat midwestern accent, and plain manner of speech.  That voice is home to me.  Made all the more sweet by her imigrant parents’ accented speech.  Will she stay?  I hope so, though I doubt it.

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A stack of three Local Culture journals and the book 'Localism in the Mass Age'