I think that people are just getting lazy with their speech and how they pronounce words. Many sounds are blurred together and other letter sounds are substituted. Of course, the south also already have a drawl in their speech that makes it a lot easier to be even lazier about how they talked. I learned to talk in NC and I had a strong accent. My 'e's were pronouced almost like 'a's.
In WV, where I lived for a while they use the generic "uh" sound for about every vowel. Where I teach now, they use 'f' for 'th', 'b' for 'p', and many other substitutions that makes them near impossible to understand.
I hope that this isn't a downfall in our language or a mutation that will cause a major change in accents and words. We'll just have to wait and see I suppose.
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