See kaigou's comment above about code-switching. I haven't heard anyone code-switch from general American to Southern, but I imagine the effect on non-Southerners is similar to hearing a bilingual conversation. I remember reading about a tendency for people to subconsciously adapt their speech to someone else's so it's possible Southerners do this naturally and maybe sometimes even unintentionally when around others who have similar accents.
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Date: 15 Jan 2011 08:12 am (UTC)