plainspoken, countrified, populist, genial, unpretentious, brash, twangy, gruff, jocular, jaunty, avuncular, easygoing, drawling, humorous, urbane, earthy, quirky, droll, rustic, affable, mellifluous, wry, winsome, lighthearted, grandfatherly, witty, charming, bombastic, sardonic, amiable, cheery, personable, glib, laconic, telegenic, pugnacious, corn pone, deadpan, jovial, sly, old fashioned, stump speech, jazzy, borscht belt, whimsical, puckish, conversational, genteel, iconoclastic, acerbic, pithy, bluesy, lawyerly, cheerful, grandmotherly, staccato, mellow, professorial, rollicking, offbeat, cadenced, plaintive, irreverent, guileless, laidback, backwoods, stentorian, soulful, corny, hokey, colorful, erudite, oratorical, larky, wistful, lincolnesque, singsongy, nasal twang, songlike, staid, baritone voice, ragtime, impish, satiric, churchy, likable, eloquent, taciturn, homey, dulcet, playful, charismatic, unassuming, nostalgic, idiosyncratic, workmanlike, vaudevillian, lyrical, tuneful, brassy, punchy, sarcastic, racy, deprecating, homely, upbeat, ingratiating, nonsense, inimitable, edgy, boastful, breezy, gossipy, sentimental, stilted

cracker-barrel, homespun, informal, rural