State government job; we had a lobbyist named Bob Booth. Waiting for important budget committee to reconvene when we got the update.
Our switchboard operator from Louisiana:
YOU BE BA BOO?
I’m sorry- um
YOU BE BA BOO?
Hm?
DID - YOU - BEEP - BOB BOOTH?!?
OH no. Sorry. Did not be ba boo, not yet…
Apparently people thought "look at all the happy creatures dancin' on the lawn" was about smoking grass, according to something I read a long time ago.
Yeah, sometimes US towns have zones where the accent varies wildly and comically from the rest of the area. For example, Madonna and I grew up in the same town. She got a British accent for a while, whereas I have a regular Detroit accent.