glumshoe:

The weirdest thing about those Incongruous Southern Accents Outside of the South is that it’s *not* entire families speaking with them. As often as not, it’s just one person… their parents don’t speak that way, neither do their siblings or classmates or friends. 

I’ve known this one kid since his mom was pregnant with him. Both parents born and raised in the North, both with General American Midwestern accents. This kid has lived in the same house in the suburbs his entire life, and yet… this child sounds like a cross between Huckleberry Hound and Gideon Gleeful.