> OK. I confess. I, too, have been known to turn on a deep-Dixie drawl when traveling in other parts of the country. All in fun, of course.

Heh. Don't feel too bad - I've done that too, and I'm from Massachusetts. I was in a show once, however, for which we needed to learn West Texas accents, and ended up speaking in that accent all the time through the run of the show. Weren't my parents surprised - their son goes away to school in New York, and, when they come to visit, he's speaking like a Texan. :-}