# Southern accents: Dropping the L in the middle of words

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**Created:** [August 19, 2012, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/southern-accents-dropping-the-l-in-the-middle-of-words/631987 "2012-08-19T18:53:01Z")\
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> [@An\_Arky](#):
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> I think there’s not so much regional variation that “hey, fuck you” would be terribly difficult for undeservedly smug yankees to understand.

We were visited by a rep from our Fargo ND facility, so of course someone asked her about the movie.

“Whee HAYTE dat moo-vee! Whee don’t TWAWK like dat!”

I don’t know how we managed to contain ourselves.

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