A Kentuckian named Sheila moved out of state for several years, but now that she’s returned to work at Western Kentucky University, she finds that many students no longer seem to have a stereotypically “Southern” accent. What’s going on? There is indeed what’s called accent leveling happening as many factors come together to influence the dialect there. This is part of a complete episode.
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