It feels like these were heavily discouraged during the 1980s, especially in public schools. I remember getting taunted mercilessly by teachers in elementary and Jr. High for the way I and many others spoke. Granted, it was done to help correct our improper English, but I'm not sure it worked out the way they wanted.

It's been about a decade since that conversation so I would have to see if I have my notes on my external hard drive but I will let you know

Would you be willing to post about it? I am a speech-language pathologist student in NC and would absolutely love to read anything you learned!! We watched a lot of stuff that he has done in my classes.

Walt Wolfram is the man! He's a family friend and I got a chance to interview him for a journalism project in undergrad. I learned so much just chatting with him for an hour.

A glimpse into North Carolina brogues