The reason for all caps is that it was copied and paste!

SOUTHERN CHARM

TWO INFORMALLY DRESSED LADIES HAPPENED TO START UP A CONVERSATION
DURING AN ENDLESS WAIT IN THE AIRPORT.
THE FIRST LADY WAS AN ARROGANT CALIFORNIA WOMAN MARRIED TO A WEALTHY
MAN. THE SECOND WAS A WELL MANNERED ELDERLY WOMAN FROM THE SOUTH.
WHEN THE CONVERSATION CENTERED ON WHETHER THEY HAD ANY CHILDREN, THE
CALIFORNIA WOMAN STARTED BY SAYING,
"WHEN MY FIRST CHILD WAS BORN, MY HUSBAND BUILT A BEAUTIFUL MANSION
FOR ME."
THE LADY FROM THE SOUTH COMMENTED, "WELL, ISN'T THAT PRECIOUS?"
THE FIRST WOMAN CONTINUED, "WHEN MY SECOND CHILD WAS BORN, MY HUSBAND
BOUGHT ME A BEAUTIFUL MERCEDES-BENZ.
AGAIN, THE LADY FROM THE SOUTH COMMENTED, "WELL, ISN'T THAT PRECIOUS?"
THE FIRST WOMAN CONTINUED BOASTING, "THEN, WHEN MY THIRD CHILD WAS
BORN, MY HUSBAND BOUGHT ME THIS EXQUISITE DIAMOND BRACELET.”
YET AGAIN, THE SOUTHERN LADY COMMENTED, "WELL, ISN'T THAT PRECIOUS?"
THE FIRST WOMAN THEN ASKED HER COMPANION, "WHAT DID YOUR HUSBAND BUY
FOR YOU WHEN YOU HAD YOUR FIRST CHILD?"
"MY HUSBAND SENT ME TO CHARM SCHOOL," DECLARED THE SOUTHERN LADY.
"CHARM SCHOOL?" THE FIRST WOMAN CRIED, "OH, MY GOD! WHAT ON EARTH
FOR?"
THE SOUTHERN LADY RESPONDED, "WELL FOR EXAMPLE, INSTEAD OF SAYING "WHO
GIVES A SHIT?"

I LEARNED TO SAY, "WELL, ISN'T THAT PRECIOUS"...

Agree. For better or for worse, Americans move around a lot, and they also now have access to national TV networks and the internet more than ever. Used to be that regional accents and colloquialisms could define where someone was raised. That is getting harder to do - somewhat sadly. When I first moved to "downeast" Maine in the '80's, the old folks used words I had never encountered with a heavy accent that added to the challenge of communications. And yes, it too was a "quaint charm". Not so much anymore.

I went to a college that had students from all over the country. (In the 70's). I paid attention to accents and got pretty good at detecting where someone was from. North Carolina is different than Mississippi and different than Georgia. New Hampshire is different than Massachusetts and even South Boston and Connecticut. The Upper Peninsula is distinct for sure. A few years ago in a Walmart in Florida I was standing behind a woman in line who was talking. I asked her how long ago she had moved from New Hampshire. She looked disappointed, and said that she had been here 35 years and did not know she still had an accent.