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re: Are southern accents becoming extinct or mellowing out?
Posted on 12/17/14 at 2:13 pm to samson'sseed
Posted on 12/17/14 at 2:13 pm to samson'sseed
Well if you're talking about Atlanta then there's no surprise. Atlanta is now a yankee town and has been for years. The original transplant city.
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Posted on 12/17/14 at 2:56 pm to samson'sseed
I've lived in the South all my life and I'm proud of it. But I've devoted significant time into getting rid of any accent I have. Accent is stereotypically associated with racism and stupidity. Both are misperceptions, but I don't want them associated with me regardless.
Posted on 12/17/14 at 3:03 pm to CrimsonCrusade
My accent got mostly schooled out of me, but after a few beers I'm right back to hillbilly.
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Posted on 12/17/14 at 3:05 pm to Gradual_Stroke
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Yes, the Southern accent is becoming gradually less pronounced, as noted in this study by Robin Dodsworth of UNC: LINK (Couldn't find the actual publication, but I linked to a Daily Mail article about it).
I kept waiting for the part where you say "the Southern Accent is dying, but the Texan accent is as prominent as ever." but it never happened..
Posted on 12/17/14 at 3:43 pm to TbirdSpur2010
My accent isn't really noticeable until I'm drunk.
Posted on 12/17/14 at 4:45 pm to Arkla Missy
There is a distinct difference between eastern Arkansas accents and western Arkansas accents.
Eastern Arkansas sounds very deep south to me, while Western either sounds more Texan or midwestern. I rarely have a noticeable southern accent, but my grandparents families were from Kansas and Texas. They talked a little "country" but no drawl.
Eastern Arkansas sounds very deep south to me, while Western either sounds more Texan or midwestern. I rarely have a noticeable southern accent, but my grandparents families were from Kansas and Texas. They talked a little "country" but no drawl.
Posted on 12/17/14 at 4:47 pm to samson'sseed
I had a professor admit to deliberately getting rid of his accent. It was fairly flat, and he grew up ON DA BAYOU
Posted on 12/17/14 at 4:53 pm to wmr
The majority of the southern third of the state, even SE portion, sounds very much like an extreme east TX accent. You'd think the SE portion of Arky would have more of a MS accent, but for some reason, we have the same drawl, particularly the "i" sounds as the folks from east TX, & I'm talking about extreme E.TX. There is definitely strong deep south mixed in as well. ... Everywhere I've lived since moving away from home, people have asked me if I'm from TX - even in college at Arky. 
... Hell, my child, who wasn't even born in Arkansas or Texas & has never lived in either place, gets asked the same thing. I suppose his having my accent shows how incredibly thick it is. 
... Hell, my child, who wasn't even born in Arkansas or Texas & has never lived in either place, gets asked the same thing. I suppose his having my accent shows how incredibly thick it is. This post was edited on 12/17/14 at 4:56 pm
Posted on 12/17/14 at 5:19 pm to Hardy_Har
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I kept waiting for the part where you say "the Southern Accent is dying, but the Texan accent is as prominent as ever." but it never happened..
I don't post like that anywhere but the Rant
Posted on 12/17/14 at 5:25 pm to Kentucker
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I think all regional accents are melding into a vanilla American manner of speaking because of television, movies and social media. Even people from England find the American accent easy to mimic because they're exposed to it so much.
That is correct. In traveling to NYC and LA, until I say, "ain't or y'all" they have no idea. I grew up in Dallas, and the dialect is very non-regional, much like any other big city.
Posted on 12/17/14 at 5:31 pm to samson'sseed
Was just in Statesboro,GA , I'd like to report Southern accents are still en vogue there.
I have a bit of an accent when I'm very brief with my answers. The longer I talk, the less apparent it is.
I have a bit of an accent when I'm very brief with my answers. The longer I talk, the less apparent it is.
Posted on 12/17/14 at 5:44 pm to CrimsonCrusade
Just as long as you don't try to adopt a Northeastern accent, you can do whatever. That accent is the worst of the worst.
Posted on 12/17/14 at 5:46 pm to CrimsonCrusade
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I've lived in the South all my life and I'm proud of it. But I've devoted significant time into getting rid of any accent I have. Accent is stereotypically associated with racism and stupidity. Both are misperceptions, but I don't want them associated with me regardless.
Better get rid of "Roll Damn Tide" too, then.
Posted on 12/17/14 at 5:54 pm to Gradual_Stroke
You're slacking on your pro Texas campaign is all I'm sayin..
Posted on 12/17/14 at 6:37 pm to TeLeFaWx
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In traveling to NYC and LA, until I say, "ain't or y'all" they have no idea. I grew up in Dallas, and the dialect is very non-regional, much like any other big city.
Yeah us saying "y'all" is the only tip off when we're traveling, too.
Oh, and I still say "howdy" all the time. Because I like the way it sounds
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Posted on 12/17/14 at 6:49 pm to TbirdSpur2010
What y'all talkin' bout in this here chatroom?
Posted on 12/17/14 at 6:51 pm to deltaland
you'ins betta listen to this here fella.
Posted on 12/17/14 at 7:15 pm to samson'sseed
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And I couldn't understand a single word that a black person said..
Well this part sho hasn't changed.
And yeah metropolitan areas of the south are gradually losing the accents, but the rural areas haven't changed a bit.
Posted on 12/17/14 at 8:07 pm to samson'sseed
There's southern accents, then there's country accents. True southern accents are fairly rare. Country accent is still in full bloom.
Posted on 12/17/14 at 8:27 pm to LittleJerrySeinfield
Where I come from, it's a mixture of both.
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