What did he say????? or"Locally speaking"

I love Tennessee. I was born and raised here. When I first married forty years ago we moved to Atlanta, Ga. where a deep southern accent was the norm...... words are pronounced slow, long and are sweetly but exactly spoken. It is different than the TN southern accent. With the TN accent words are spoken more lazily, nasal and often with a muttered, samely tone.
In the mid eighties we moved to St. Augustine, FL and lived there for fifteen years. St. Augustine is made up of people from all over the country and the world....it is very hard to find people who were actually born and raised there. Therefore, there is a variety of accents that blend and become a sort of mixture of East and West coast over time.....people there also comes with a variety of temperments and attitudes. We found people there to be more hurried...... less patient and less courteous than the TN folks we had lived with most of our lives. Folks in TN are, for the most part, easy going, counteous, thoughtful, and helpful. AND, many of the locals speak a language all their own. When we first moved back five years ago, I found myself asking my husband, "What did he say?"because I had forgotten the local language. I do know that it is true that other areas of the country also have their own way of speaking. For instance..........while living in FL some of our neighbors were from Boston and if I had a nickle for everytime I heard, "I'm gonna pok the caa" for "park the car", we could retire tomorrow LOL. And, while in NYC I have actually heard, "How ya dooin?"with that deep, quick voice more than once. When we travel the Nebraska route to get out west we hear,"you bet ya"at every stop. AND, in Maine they actually do say,"yah" for yes.
I am now in therapy for a back problem and my therapist is from the Phillipines. She has a great grasp of the English language and speaks very good English, however, she does not understand local terms. The other day after she ask me what I wanted to do when my husband retired, I answered, " I'd like to get in my RV and have one last "Hurrah"....to which she frowned and said, what is this, "Hurrah" ? She had no idea what I meant. She shared with me that she did not understand why TN people say, "I reckon" or "over yonder". LOL.
Sometimes when I hear locals speak I wonder if anyone was listening in English class. I can take the accent, heck, I have one....I can even take the twang but some of my pet peeves are:
Saying "chim- bu-lee" for chimney. Saying "lie-berry" instead of library. OR....."I brung it" instead of I brought it. OR...."them trees" instead of those trees. OR...."he come over here" instead of he came over here. And, who in TN has not heard the word, "Youins" for you or you people. Don't expect most locals to be able to pronounce the word insurance or nuclear.....you'll get, "in-chur-ns" and "nu-ca-lur". Don't get me wrong, I am not making fun of these good people because I am one of them, but, I wonder why they just keep misusing the English language generation after generation. It is possible that something I read years ago might help explain it.......I read that the mountains of eastern TN were mostly settled by Irish and Scottish imagrants and that some of the mountian verbage can be traced back to the Irish and Scottish languages. WHO KNOWS! I just find it all interesting and it has been brought to my attention lately by listening to the people around me on the ETHRA bus on the way to therapy.
"Y'all take cere now".