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Southern sound most attractive

Survey deems Georgian accent the best

Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh made the Southern accent romantic in their portrayals of Rhett Butler and Scarlett O’Hara in the 1939 classic, “Gone with the Wind.”

0107GONEwithWIND — Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh made the Southern accent romantic in their portrayals of Rhett Butler and Scarlett O’Hara in the 1939 classic, “Gone with the Wind.”

Every Southern girl and gentleman knows there are occasions when one must lay on the thick-and-slow-as-molasses-on-a-winter-day accent. Generally, those occasions require the speaker to be charming and just a bit sassy. Que the drawl and you’ve got ‘em hook, line and sinker.