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That's exactly right - freaking Roger Clemens convinced him to do so.  Pettitte pitched wonderfully in the National League and away from the AL East with a 3.38 ERA over three seasons.  By the way, Pettitte was born in my home state of Louisiana in Baton Rouge.  Pettitte's lineage is Italian and Cajun French, which he and I have in common.  

Watching the pre game and he just said, sign up for peacock right away, or your miss the game!      

One time a friend of mine from college rode home with me.  Now, he was from Louisiana, but not Deep South Louisiana in the center of Acadiana.  I was filling up my truck with gas when an old man who knew me (and my whole family) walked up and began a conversation.  Once I finished filling the tank, we shook hands and departed.  When I got back into my vehicle, my friend said, "What language was he speaking?"  I laughed and replied, "English!"  The old man's Cajun accent was so strong even a native Louisiana guy could not understand him.

In and around New Orleans (which is not Cajun country), there are several different accents.  One of those in the New Orleans Irish Channel area of the city sounds like Boston, especially leaving off the "r" sound in car (cah), bar (bah), etc.  In Saint Bernard Parish, there are what are called the "yats" - as in "Where yah at?"  That accent has often been said to resemble a Brooklyn native.  Others have a pure southern drawl and in the west Louisiana piney woods area, there is more of a Texas accent.  Louisiana is a hodgepodge of backgrounds and cultures, and it was definitely influenced by the fact that New Orleans was such a huge sea port in the 19th and 20th centuries.  Sadly, many of those regional dialects and details are dying with cable TV, satellite dishes, and the Internet.  The world has gotten much smaller.

When I moved to California in 1992, if I was introduced to someone who had not heard of me, they would invariably ask where I was from and upon finding out would ask, "Why don't you have an accent?"  Others, had they heard I was from Louisiana before meeting me, would say "Oh, yeah, I can tell by your accent."  Such is the plastic, self-involved, holier-than-thou, judgmental denizens of "The Golden State."  One California pet shop owner even argued with me about how people in Louisiana pronounce Louisiana (as in lose - ee - ana, which no one where I was born and raised pronounce it that way).

While my speaking voice is distinct, it is much different from my father or my siblings, simply because I was the youngest by many years and my father and I rarely spoke.  Living far out in the sticks, I seldom came into contact with people like those who grew up "in town."  So, my ear was more accustomed to television and radio than neighbors, family, cousins, and classmates.  I do have fun imitating all those accents for people, when they want to know the difference.  

Yes, at least I will get to see the game but the Steelers patched up defense that now will be without Watt is going to have all kinds of problems with that Buffalo offense.   The Steeler's offense is going to have to control the ball for Pittsburgh to have any change of winning.    

I do feel bad for diehard Chiefs and Dolphins fans that are forced to watch their game on some lame streaming service.  

Reading these comments about accents reminded me of a recent conversation I had with a guy that was griping about blacks and “Ebonics”. He was calling it an educational deficit. I disagreed and told him those pronunciations were basically the same as local accents for any of us anywhere in the he world. In fact I’ve heard some whites speak in that manner when they’ve associated with a lot of black folks that do. Leave people alone, man. Bitching about that of all the picky shit to bitch about doesn’t exactly promote racial harmony…

There’s also the free use of the term “African American”. There are so many blacks who come from Latin America. South America. ..