[Howard]

Originally Posted by pitbulllady

It was a real blow to the whole state when they shut down that Naval Station and the AFB in Charleston. I've been through Goose Creek many times through the "back way" to Charleston(less traffic, more to see than on I-95 & I-26). I knew as soon as I heard Wilt speak in the first-ever episode of Foster's I ever saw that he was either from the New Orleans area, or from the SC Low Country. The accent isn't as strong as someone who's been there all their life(30 years is a long time to be away from home, after all, and the Pacific Northwest is about as different as you can get...well, maybe the upper Midwest is more different, but still), but it's still there. When I saw GWH, though, I immediately recognized the inner city area of Charleston near where I-26 and Highway 17 intersect, right there on the Ashley River, having gotten lost there a few times and passed through it many times on my way to the Historic District or the SC Aquarium. Even some of my fourth and fifth grade students, who have relatives that live there, recognized it and were all-too-happy to share that revelation with me when we returned to class that following Monday, lol! That culture in that area is unique, and difficult to "capture" in writing if you've never been there, so I applaud anyone for even trying. Still, kids anywhere in South Carolina would really look at another kid "funny" if they heard that kid refer to his "Mom", unless they knew he was from up North. If I'd done that as a child, my parents would probably have wondered if someone replaced me with a look-alike kid! We can be a whole different bunch of grapes down here, that's for certain.

pitbulllady

I know what you mean about the "mom" part. Louisiana (my father's side roots) they say "mama" as well. Come to think of it - all of the South is that way. I always heard "mama" unless it came out of the mouth of someone not from the region.