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How did we cope before the internet? No wonder I drank. (UPDATED)

December 7, 2011 By Kathy Shaidle

So one minute Jim Goad and I are emailing back and forth about Mumia (who I actually thought was Tookie and/or/therefore already dead) and that turns into a conversation about American regional accents.

He really wanted me to hear a “rancid” Baltimore “O” — so he sent me this (NSFW).

And yeah: “Aw-TOE-In-Dust-Ree.” Wow. Let’s see Meryl Streep try that on some time.

UPDATE — thanks to the loyal 5FF reader who sent this in:

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