snapdragon - i had to read your last post a couple times, then referred back to my traumatic move in 8th grade, from South Florida (basically New York) to North Florida (basically Georgia).

They pronounced it pert-near. "I pert-near fell out my chair." I can't even fathom where that comes from.
The 2 that confused me most were, "fixin to" "I'm fixin to go meet my ma"
and the usage of the word "learn" "Boy - I'm gonna learn you some manners".

Scary stuff.