Passing Parade: Boomers may be last with a Southern drawl

Nelson A. Pryor: Guest Columnist “Bid farewell to the Southern twang.” “Maybe not today. Maybe not tomorrow. But Georgians are high-tailing away from that grits-and gravy drawl faster than a scalded dog.” Thus begins the September 24, 2023 Atlanta Constitution 1&15a in an article on noticing “accents.” It appears that the way of life of the “Y’ALL” is going, slowly: Like “Gone with the Wind.”  A team of 70 undergraduate and graduate students, a collabora