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Posted on 6/12/14 at 10:21 pm to KCM0Tiger
Yeah I meant they have the strongest southern accents I've ever heard 
Posted on 6/12/14 at 10:30 pm to UMRealist
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Yeah I meant they have the strongest southern accents I've ever heard
oh ok that makes more sense, I thought you were referring to the nasally "a" sound that some St. Louisans speak with. But you're right. I have a couple of friends at Mizzou from the boot and their accent is astonishingly thick. They make the Duck Dynasty cast sound like yankees
Posted on 6/12/14 at 10:36 pm to BowlJackson
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In real life Midwestern accents are far and away the most retarded sounding accents.
Which Midwestern accent?
There are several and the Midwest is pretty fricking diverse.
I'm assuming you mean the Upper Midwest/Great Lakes family of accents, specifically the "yooper" accent and its relatives in Wisconsin, Minnesota and the Dakotas- most of my family has that. The bouncy singsong pattern is a carryover from Swedish/Norwegian/Finnish.
The rest of the Midwest, in my experience, is pretty accent neutral - especially the plains.
This post was edited on 6/12/14 at 10:41 pm
Posted on 6/12/14 at 11:28 pm to roadhouse
SNL Animal Hospital
These actually may be the best southern accents I've heard on tv. The women at almost every office in the southeastern Kentucky area talk just like this. They also have those hairstyles.
These actually may be the best southern accents I've heard on tv. The women at almost every office in the southeastern Kentucky area talk just like this. They also have those hairstyles.
Posted on 6/12/14 at 11:32 pm to KSGamecock
I saw a show on PBS a few years ago and learned that most newscasters are from (or used to be from) the midwest because their accents were considered 'neutral'
Posted on 6/13/14 at 12:17 am to Goombaw
Spot on.
Posted on 6/13/14 at 5:46 am to RogerTheShrubber
People love Southern accents. Only self loathing Southerners and hipsters who pretend to be intellectually superior to everyone else dislike it.
Ding ding ding! We have a winner.
I'd also add that the uneducated guido NJ/Philly types that sound borderline retarded also rip on the southern accent a lot.
Ding ding ding! We have a winner.
I'd also add that the uneducated guido NJ/Philly types that sound borderline retarded also rip on the southern accent a lot.
Posted on 6/13/14 at 6:59 am to roadhouse
Not really, because they are just jelly... However, I can't stand Paula Deen and her fake shite - and we both are in the same town. That definitely is not helping the cause.
Posted on 6/13/14 at 7:28 am to SoFla Tideroller
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Only self loathing Southerners and hipsters who pretend to be intellectually superior to everyone else dislike it.
I guess you can put me in this group. I really hate a strong southern accent and have tried to rid myself of any southern accent I might have had when I was young.
Posted on 6/13/14 at 8:06 am to roadhouse
Not really because I live in the South and most of it is justified.
Posted on 6/13/14 at 8:28 am to roadhouse
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take Sandra Bullock in the Blind Side - did the people producing this actually think she sounded right?
This. Though she is hotter than a firecracker, her accent was turrible. Irritating to those who know what someone from Memphis/Mississippi area sounds like.
Posted on 6/13/14 at 8:29 am to The Spleen
I'm working on my PhD, I'm very well-read, well-traveled, but still have a pretty thick southern accent. I'v been told by a fairly good amount of northerners how lovely my accent. Sure, I've also been ridiculed for my accent on occasion but that doesn't really bother me. I'm not really change who I am because some dipshit from another part of the country thinks I should.
Posted on 6/13/14 at 8:30 am to Spaceman Spiff
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However, I can't stand Paula Deen and her fake shite
Paula Deen is so bad I couldnt watch her show and when i did, I had to turn the sound down after 3 minutes. Her accent is absolutely irritating to the max. And I think its fake too.
Posted on 6/13/14 at 8:31 am to crispyUGA
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I'v been told by a fairly good amount of northerners how lovely my accent.
Ever hear Shelby Foote? The civil war historian? Now that guy has a great southern accent. An educated gentleman.
Posted on 6/13/14 at 8:32 am to BurtReynoldsMustache
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Oh boy, you won't like David Cross at all then.
Hardest I ever laughed was at one of his shows.
And I don't think Paula Deen's accent is fake, more than it is exaggerated. But yeah it is annoying as frick, y'aaawwwllll.
Posted on 6/13/14 at 8:38 am to UMRealist
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It bothers me a lot actually. It doesn't help our case that every time someone from the south is interviewed it's a poor or redneck uneducated inarticulate gal or dude that sounds exactly how everyone expects us to.
I was born in TX, but have lived in MS, AR, TN and FL as well, and in my experience, just like with British accents, there are variations, some which sound retarded as shite, and some that are very pleasant.
Posted on 6/13/14 at 8:52 am to TeLeFaWx
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I don't consider Texas a part of the south
North Mexico?
Posted on 6/13/14 at 8:55 am to The Spleen
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And I don't think Paula Deen's accent is fake, more than it is exaggerated. But yeah it is annoying as frick, y'aaawwwllll.
Oh, it's fake. She's from the same area as my boyfriend and I've been there more times than I can count. No one there has an accent like that.
Posted on 6/13/14 at 9:09 am to CatFan81
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Oh, it's fake. She's from the same area as my boyfriend and I've been there more times than I can count. No one there has an accent like that.
^This. I live pretty close and have never heard that shite. It sounds like the northen/hollywood version. Who knows, its probably part of her marketing scheme - which is pretty successful so I guess that fake shite is working.
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