Since mia_mcdavid mentioned my parents, I gave this a try.

Looks like my mother (from Minnesota) had more influence than my father (South Carolina). Not surprising, especially since my father had been living in the north since well before I was born. I only really noticed his southern accent when he was talking to another Southerner.

The mind can wander in strange directions …. This reminded me of “Shakespearean Baseball”, a comedy routine which was played on Chicago radio station WFMT’s Midnight Special for as long as I can remember. One line goes like this:

“… thou art indeed a southpaw, thy pa is from the South.” (I am a leftie, as was my father).

A quick look at Google led me to the script for “Shakespearean Baseball”. I also found an inferior (IMHO) variant text.