JJ, Bravo!!!! Who are these people telling you how to speak/write....And he is right,,,,your speech is YOUR choice....that's America....I am from the rural South one of three first generation college grads in my sharecropper family...I have a post grad degree and yet I remember my roots and commend those that make America work through hard work versus academics...My father never made it past the 9th grade but all his kids are college grads....so what.....are we better than the plumber, garbageman, mechanic, homeless person.....The only difference is the choices we make!!! Reg'ds Rick