What's with the Accent?

[Freya]

I have a pretty thick accent and I'm definitely not a moron. It seems some of you are just as prejudicial as those you accuse. For something as uncontrollable as the accent with which a person grew up.

People with the same slant made me feel ashamed of myself my first year of college. But then I learned better.

"Dat dere dog wud chasin' my chickens la nihe. I wud ou wit da dry cows n came hoome ta da damn dog raysin' a starm n da chicken coop." aka"That there dog was chasing my chickens last night. I was out with the dry cows and came home to the damn dog raising a storm in the chicken coop." Is that how you sound?

There is talking with an accent you grew up with and there is talking like a moron.

I was born in Houston. I grew up between Texas, Wyoming and Oklahoma my whole life. I know it's not something that just happens to end up that way. No, I've known many people, even family members with a Texan accent. There's a difference between having a drawl to your speech and sounding like a moron.