In a message dated 11/3/02 9:51:57 PM, mistamar2u@buckeye-express.com writes: << Then you mix in the okie that my family passed on to me and it's quite the something whenever I go back for a visit and then return home! You know, getting back into the "twang" of things! >> Tamara: Delightful and thanks for sharing! I know, when I go out to OK to visit for a time and fly back home I'm told I've got an Okie accent! I'm proud! I sure love to hear most Southern accents. Some I just can't understand. My sister-in-law is from Kentucky and when we speak on the phone I'm always asking her to repeat some words or spell them. Know the accents in KY are different, considering where one is from. Sandi