It was what he said when someone with a Georgia accent treated us as if we weren't "real Americans."

"She had a soft Georgia accent that reminded me of home."

"I hope y'all don't get sick, because we're going on that," she said, slipping into her Georgia accent.

It is as much a part of who they are as the red clay they stand on, or their soft Georgia accent.

She speaks with passion and laser-beam focus in a soft Georgia accent.

Pretty, pixyish, she speaks with a Georgia accent that sometimes approaches a twang.

Heather's soft Georgia accent made the question sound mild.

Yardley, you may have guessed, had a rural Georgia accent that grates on my nerves in the best of circumstances.

"He could smooth out my rough edges," Anna said, her Georgia accent hard and distinct.

Ira describes her as having a "soft Georgia accent".