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During this online-only edition of our show I wanted to talk with you about one of the

great guilty pleasures of being a true word nerd.

I'm talking about that little thrill you get each time you meet a stranger.

Not because you're excited to meet someone new, no, but because you have the chance

to try to guess where those folks are from by listening to their accents.

But you know, it's not often that someone actually asks us to do that kind of sluthing.

Recently, though, one of you did just that.

Her name is Barbara and she lives in Cardiff by the sea California.

Barbara grew up elsewhere and after watching the PBS series called Do You Speak American,

she called to ask us to guess her home state.

Well, Grant and I couldn't turn down a challenge like that now,

could we?

All right.

Well, let's do a little experiment here.

Let me ask you a couple questions.

Then maybe you can read something to us.

Okay. All right. Okay, and tell me, what meal do you have in the middle of the day?

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