Drawl deliverance.

• Position: STATELINE - Appalachian accents - Brief article

A class that teaches young people how to lose their Appalachian accents has set off an age-old feud: To drawl or not to drawl. The class, put on by an eastern Kentucky theater group, is designed for children in middle and high schools who want to reduce their accent to broaden their performance opportunities. People from central Appalachia have been wrestling with the accent for as long as they have been driving north to land jobs. "It's important that they make sure the kids understand that their...