. I find myself valuing other accents in people, but not Southern ones. I think when I was very young I thought all the people around me were stupid.

xara, I've thinking about these two posts of yours for a
while. I think possibly part of your prejudice is due, in fact, to the thread topic: television. Again and again, the character who has been designated as the stupid one will be portrayed as having a Southern accent, even when no one else in the show does. This rankles me. I have something of a Southern accent myself. I am not especially proud of it, but certainly not ashamed of it, either. I hope that if we ever meet, you will not think I am stupid.

I happen to love Tennessee accents. They remind me
of wonderful times among people who thought I was precious, and who loved me no matter what.