Having grown up in rural northeast Alabama, I was exposed to a variety of accents. Of course, there was “Basic Southern,” in which a customer at my parents’ country store ...

David Carroll is a Chattanooga news anchor. His new book “I Won’t Be Your Escape Goat” is available from his website, Chattanooga RadioTV.com. You may contact him at 900 Whitehall Road, Chattanooga, ...