<p>This reminds me of the first day of my Writing 20 class (a required freshman class here at Duke). We were doing intros (name, where you're from, etc.) and a boy started speaking with a very heavy Southern accent. Immediately after he said his name and where he's from, he didn't even give anyone else a chance to speak before he added in "And please don't come up to me saying 'Aww, your accent is so cute' or 'You have such a cool accent' - you're in North Carolina now - YOU'RE the ones with the accents." Everyone was in shock, because it was a semi-reality check - we had totally never thought that way before, and when he opened his mouth our first thought was "Whoa, Southern accent." Point is - most people I've met here have NY/northeast accents. Southern accents stick out...a lot. This sorta says something.</p>
<p>So "Too Southern" now means "Too Conservative"? (grumbles)</p>
<p>Missouri isn't in the south, it's in the midwest.</p>
<p>Bertrand, MO, 7 miles from Sikeston and Charleston and 40 miles from Paducah KY definitely had a Southern feel when we visited my grandmother in the 60's. Missour"a" is a state that has strong regional differences.</p>