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Old 09-16-2005   #44 (permalink)
jonb
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South Dakota rezzes are generally marked by a few universals in the accent.

Hello becomes hola. (Contraction of the Lakota "ho kola". Kola has come to mean friend, but it used to mean someone you would die for, a uniquely male relationship.)
Other contractions like init.
A tendency to accent the last syllable.