I grew up in the Deep South. My German immigrant mother used to say "Southerners step on their words before they say them." I think she genuinely struggled to

I grew up in the Deep South. My German immigrant mother used to say "Southerners step on their words before they say them." I think she genuinely struggled to understand some Southerners. I don't think she was merely being catty. (I grew up correcting her English pronunciation. I can remember her still pronouncing the silent K on words like knuckles when I was a child. She spoke no English when she met my father.)