On 10/4/05 13:28, in article
1128446929.811117.16180@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com, "John W." <ceo (at)
fat24.com> wrote:

> Sounds about right. An old roommate of mine (British and a linguist)
> used to say that my East Tennessee accent sounded sort of Scottish when
> I got drunk, though I think after he said it the first time I was
> playing to the audience.
> 
> John W.


I have an uncle who attended Milligan College in East Tennessee near Johnson
City circa 1946 - 1950.  He swears that people in that region were still
speaking with a British accent - until the advent of television supplanted
it with a Southern accent.