"Tennessee," Curnen answered with a slight roll of her shoulders. "You ain't heard of the town, but it's in Appalachia." She pronounced it apple-at-cha, rather than the presumably more correct and completely outsider way, apple-ay-sha.
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Re: Curnen - OTA
"Tennessee," Curnen answered with a slight roll of her shoulders. "You ain't heard of the town, but it's in Appalachia." She pronounced it apple-at-cha, rather than the presumably more correct and completely outsider way, apple-ay-sha.