This is discussion archived from a time before the current discussion method was installed.
Dr Dedman: Yeager's accent is/was West Virginian "hillbilly". Which is similar to southern, but not quite the same (it's also agent Starling's accent in "Silence of the Lambs".) It's a "twang" not a drawl.
Adam850: Removed: {{This Troper}} has participated in {{Image Board}} discussions which hint to his attaining {{Memetic Badass}} status in the near future. ** And ThisTroper bet himself a chocolate digestive biscuit that Captain Sullenberger would be on this page by the end of the day. But then, he checked that everybody got out -- and then he checked ''again''