From: "Randy H" 

In Canada, it's Newfies.

"Monte Davis"  wrote in message
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> Steve Ewing  wrote:
>
> >But, back to the point, when I personally mimic a "dumb"
person, I always
> >adopt a thick southern hick accent.  Not with malice aforethought, but I
> >do.  Must be a subconcious thing.  And yes, it is reinforced by the
> >popular culture.
>
> WIDELY reinforced: northern Italians look down on Campania & Sicily
> ("Africa begins at Naples"), Swedes tell dumb-hick jokes about Skane,
> and Adam can tell you what any self-respecting Yorkshireman (let alone
> a Scot) thinks of the South Sassenach...
>
> -Monte 
>

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