Memoralizing Language

In reference to AVI's post on the same subject, when I was young Southerners still spoke like this. 

At this point I think everyone in the country feels free to say "ya'll,"* but no one still sounds much like they're from anywhere. Only in the high mountains do I hear the tones of an older tongue; and they don't sound like Lewis, whose speech was lowland rather than Highland Southern.

I went by his home town on the recent ride to Mobile. I was gratified to see his name on the local highway. He was proud of his home; I'm glad they're proud of him, too.

* Faulkner spells it this way. Naysayers can go jump.