(February 23, 2012 at 1:32 pm)aleialoura Wrote: When I speak, people automatically think I am a stupid hillbilly. In fact, people who are not from Tennessee make fun of me when I talk, and it actually hurts my feelings. I take nothing more seriously than my brain, and when people discount my intellect, just because I pronounce words differently, it upsets me sometimes. I don't think my accent is thick at all, but I have been told it is.
Is it too late to state that I find it cute when someone with a southern accent says something intelligent? I, for one, would actually love to listen to you discuss astrophysics, your accent is not a barrier.
And summer, I get smitten when you start talking plant bio.
There's something about women saying intelligent sounding things...
Slave to the Patriarchy no more
