I am in southern Ohio , in the country raised by poor hard working parents.( dad is near 70 and still goes to the factory every day to earn a meager living.) I talk like the above post. In fact I have caught lots of grief about it. I now often have to remind folks not to mistake my lack of grammer for lack of intelligence!!!!!
It has at times been a sore subject with me. I have even had some "high falutin" patients / family members not want me as their nurse. I used to feel offended but now just laugh. You see I had to finally just tell myself, I went to college, passed the same test as the other students. Passed the same boards the first try as the "smart sounding nurses" bla,bla,bla. I have even been told that I would never be able to advance my carreer because of the way I talk (was told this by a boss that was from Maine,I loved her and we had a great relationship,but my accent/speech drove her over the edge)
Well for a short time I tried to keep it in check, and I really do try to not say" Ain't got" or "I'm fixin to bath my patient" and similar phrases at work,but.... I do get tired of being judged by the way I speak, you see I am VERY proud of my "uneducated " hard working blue collar daddy! and I refuse to feel shame of be judged for how I talk. I am not ingnorant, in fact I am a very highly skilled critical care nurse that the young higher educated nurses often look up to and frequently ask how I know so much just by looking at a patient. I really don't know the answer cept that it is some good old fashioned calm and wise common since My parents taught me.
I know this is a tangent and I know the post was in fun and it is funny,(think larry the cable guy Love him!) I just wanted to set the record straight since this seems to be brought up frequently to me because I talk diffrent.
Rae