Tarheel: I wasn't trying to jump on anybody, or any group of people, really! I wouldn't call the pronunciation of "your" as "yer" slang, I'd call it a particular accent. When BH said that word next to "analysis" without good enunciation the result may have distracted some of the jury and they may have missed what she said next. BH could avoid this with either better enunciation or by altering the pronunciation. I often alter my native accent if I think it will help me be better understood by the group I'm speaking to or be less distracting. People often can't tell what part of the country I'm from.
I'm with you on the usage of objective pronouns, although I'd call using "I" where "me" is proper just plain poor grammar, not slang. I've heard that particular grammatical error committed by people from all corners of the country, not just the north. I think of slang more as non-standard vocabulary rather than grammar, e.g "groovy" in the 60's or "phat" more recently.
Perhaps we can get together on proper usage of gerunds.
