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Do other states have multiple dialects the way Louisiana does?
Posted on 9/28/18 at 3:22 pm
Posted on 9/28/18 at 3:22 pm
Many of you should know that a portion of Louisiana people’s accent is your typical southern drawl. But of course most of the southern half of the state has multiple dialects which I won’t get into but they’re definitely unique to the region.
Do other southern states have this as well? Like does a South Georgia person’s accent differ from a north Georgia person’s accent?
Do other southern states have this as well? Like does a South Georgia person’s accent differ from a north Georgia person’s accent?
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Posted on 9/28/18 at 5:02 pm to OKTGR580
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Do other southern states have this as well? Like does a South Georgia person’s accent differ from a north Georgia person’s accent?
Yes - there is a discernible difference in a Southern Appalachian and Lowland Southern accent.
Posted on 9/28/18 at 5:45 pm to OKTGR580
I can always tell when a baw is from De Queen. There will be a few people out there who know what I'm talking about.
Posted on 9/28/18 at 5:56 pm to The Sultan of Swine
quote:Because they don't speak English?
I can always tell when a baw is from De Queen
Posted on 9/28/18 at 5:58 pm to OKTGR580
No one talks like Louisianians.
Posted on 9/28/18 at 8:19 pm to OKTGR580
Mobile and south Alabama people sound different from North Alabama people and Birmingham people don't really fit in with either.
Posted on 9/28/18 at 8:24 pm to OKTGR580
Northern Kentucky has the typical midwestern vanilla accent. Southern and Western Kentucky have southern drawls. Eastern Kentucky has the strongest accent, though. They can be hard to understand. It's kind of a mountain/southern mix.
Posted on 9/28/18 at 8:33 pm to OKTGR580
The South Georgian and North Georgia southern accents and dialects are worlds apart. I don’t think the South Carolina accent changes nearly as much between the upstate, midlands, and lowcountry, but the old southern “genteel” accent is far more prevalent in the low country and the true old Charleston families have an accent that is unique from the rest of the coastal region. There is also the Gullah/Geechie culture in the SC low country and down into the Georgia Sea Islands; they speak a Creole dialect that is unlike anything found in the area.
This post was edited on 9/28/18 at 10:02 pm
Posted on 9/28/18 at 9:28 pm to OKTGR580
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Like does a South Georgia person’s accent differ from a north Georgia person’s accent?
They're worlds apart.
Have you ever heard Jeff Sessions speak? Nobody in north Alabama sounds like that. In fact, in state government, north Alabamians often adopt a "Montgomery" accent and dialect to fit in. And south Alabamians go out of their way to lose it when they're campaigning in Birmingham or Huntsville, because it makes them sound like imbeciles.
Unfortunately for Sessions, he's not intelligent enough to lose it when he's speaking in public.
This post was edited on 9/29/18 at 12:41 am
Posted on 9/28/18 at 10:53 pm to OKTGR580
Yes.
In most of Bayern (Bavaria) the primary dialect is Bayerische (Bavarian), except in Swabia (a region within the state of Bayern) where the folks speak Schwäbische (Swabian).
In New York City, dey got yats like down in NOLA and there are other rhotic and non-rhotic neighborhood/town specific dialects. They say some funny shite.
In most of Bayern (Bavaria) the primary dialect is Bayerische (Bavarian), except in Swabia (a region within the state of Bayern) where the folks speak Schwäbische (Swabian).
In New York City, dey got yats like down in NOLA and there are other rhotic and non-rhotic neighborhood/town specific dialects. They say some funny shite.
Posted on 9/29/18 at 2:20 am to BowlJackson
quote:And then there’s Bayou La Batre, which is a mix of accents from south Alabama, south Louisiana, and Vietnam
Mobile and south Alabama people sound different from North Alabama people and Birmingham people don't really fit in with either.
Posted on 9/29/18 at 4:19 am to The Nino
It’s very strange in Louisiana. You can drive from Mamou/Ville Platte where they have a heavy Cajun accent to Pine Prairie just 6-7 miles away, and they have a redneck accent.
Posted on 9/29/18 at 8:08 am to Kentucker
East Kentucky is kind of scary in a “squeal like a pig” kind of way. Those Appalachia folks are something else.
Posted on 9/29/18 at 9:22 am to Woodreaux
So what the hell is up with the chalmation accent?
That might be the most perplexing town in Louisiana.
That might be the most perplexing town in Louisiana.
Posted on 9/29/18 at 2:21 pm to Woodreaux
quote:except the MittleFranconian of the area near Wurzburg is different from that of Munchen.
n most of Bayern (Bavaria) the primary dialect is Bayerische (Bavarian),
East Tennessee Smokey Mountains still has some folks who are close to England (with dropped and added h's). Then the Valley and Ridge has a lot of words and phrases of its own.
Get out to Memphis and it's a whole 'nother world.
Posted on 9/29/18 at 3:56 pm to OKTGR580
Yes, just not nearly as many. In Louisiana, populations were so geographically static that populations, even within the same city, were relatively isolated from one-another, allowing them to develop unique dialects despite living less than a mile apart. No other state has as many different variants because few states had so many isolated pockets of people developing language separately and concurrently. Heck, in many parts of the state, the accents change notably every 10-20 miles!
Posted on 9/29/18 at 8:31 pm to OKTGR580
The city of St. Louis has different accents.
It's highway forty four or farty far depending on where you're at.
Washington or WaRshington is another classic around here.
Boot heel around of MO has entirely different talking than in other parts.
It's highway forty four or farty far depending on where you're at.
Washington or WaRshington is another classic around here.
Boot heel around of MO has entirely different talking than in other parts.
Posted on 9/29/18 at 9:11 pm to OKTGR580
Most of Missouri has no accent, but the southeastern/bootheel portion of the state has a very strong southern accent
Posted on 9/30/18 at 3:42 am to OKTGR580
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This post was edited on 9/30/18 at 3:45 am
Posted on 10/1/18 at 5:52 am to OKTGR580
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Do other states have multiple dialects the way Louisiana does?
In Florida we have 1000s; check out the license plates if you don't believe me
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