Originally Posted by
octoberchild
Ha, ha, :D , yeah, Burns, I just had to add that in my best, acquired southern accent!!
You know, even though I have made my life in the south now, and my husband and children are from here, I have not forgotten my northern roots and I am as proud of them as my family is of their southern ones.
They say the sweetest sound to a person is their name, and whenever I hear my name "Debbie" pronounced in a northern accent (esp. in a Pittsburgh area accent), I say "Now, that's the way my name is supposed to be pronounced!!!!"
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