Howard Shepherd and Dave Shepherd invited their two siblings to talk about the roots of their speech.
Robert Shepherd talks about being the son who stayed close to home. (2:25)
Howard and Dave recall learning English on the North Carolina rural route, and losing a lot of their accents. (5:37)
Song: 'Blue Highway Home,' by Jim Taylor and Friends (19:59)
Rude word of the week: 'hillbilly' (22:37)
Beth Shepherd Bliss reminisces about leaving North Carolina to come to the Philadelphia area. (27:40)
What listeners from around the USA (and Australia) call a carbonated sweet drink and a long sandwich--emails and voicemails (32:00)
Howard recalls Tom Wicker's taking professional advantage of a southern accent. (34:22)
One of our favorite podcasts that features speech of our native region is 5 Minutes With Wichita.
Theme music by Kick the Cat
time: 37:49
size: 34.7 Mb
rating: G (It's all about family. Our parents might even hear this one! Nothing much rude at all about this podcast.)
