Language is, no doubt, a big part of culture. The concept of accents is kind of weird if you think about it. The fact that just by hearing the words coming out of someone's mouth you can know where they are from....crazy. A few days ago as I sat in the doctors office in my hometown, the accents I heard around me seemed more noticeable than before. Those drawn-out sounds, that bit of a twang-it just sounded more exaggerated than normal. How does it work? Even just two hours south of here people have accents that seem much more southern than just two hours south. How is it that some people have heavy accents and others, who have also lived there their whole lives, have accents half as thick? How is that my accent fades away when I leave the area? Those accents seemed bolder than ever. I found myself thinking in and constantly reverting back to speaking with that draw the entire day.
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