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re: Do other states have multiple dialects the way Louisiana does?
Posted on 10/1/18 at 9:24 am to OKTGR580
Posted on 10/1/18 at 9:24 am to OKTGR580
Having lived in various places across this state I'd say that NW Arkansas has a slightly different accent then the rest of Arkansas.
But its a natural dialect that is dying out because so many folks from the Midwest, Texas, and the rest of the state are moving to the area.
In another generation an authentic "mountain" dialect will be close to extinct in the area.
Louisiana, to its credit, has an amazing mix of cultures and dialects that seem to be thriving.
But its a natural dialect that is dying out because so many folks from the Midwest, Texas, and the rest of the state are moving to the area.
In another generation an authentic "mountain" dialect will be close to extinct in the area.
Louisiana, to its credit, has an amazing mix of cultures and dialects that seem to be thriving.
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Posted on 10/1/18 at 11:51 am to KCM0Tiger
I had to call someone in Memphis to get some information. The told me I had to talk to Merlin. It wasn't until the person answered the phone that I realized that the woman's name was Marilyn.
Posted on 10/2/18 at 7:45 am to OKTGR580
Not the south, obviously, but Illinois has several. Northern Illinois is what you’d more commonly associate with Wisconsin. Then Chicago has its own. Central Illinois is mostly free from identifiers unless you were in the south, then they’d know you weren’t from around there. Southern Illinois has a bit in common with Kentucky/Tennessee accents but not usually a heavy drawl.
Posted on 10/2/18 at 8:32 am 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?
Have you ever left Louisiana? Seriously, most states have multiple dialects. shite people who lived in the Delta which was 20 miles from me had a very different accent than I did growing up.
Posted on 10/2/18 at 8:46 am to OKTGR580
South Carolina has a few. Lowcountry has the "Old South" accent and sounds like what you'd imagine a plantation owner to sound like. Midlands has a thick southern drawl but not as thick as the lowcountry. Upstate has a southern/Appalachian mixed accent.
We also have Gullah/Geechee accents along the coast. Sounds kind of similar to Cajun accents but much, much, much thicker and extremely difficult to understand if you aren't from the area.
We also have Gullah/Geechee accents along the coast. Sounds kind of similar to Cajun accents but much, much, much thicker and extremely difficult to understand if you aren't from the area.
Posted on 10/2/18 at 9:27 am to Carolina_Girl
Gullah/Geechee accents sound nothing like Cajun accents
Posted on 10/2/18 at 10:45 am to OKTGR580
Yes. And carpet bagging transplants living in Atlanta sound completely different altogether.
Posted on 10/2/18 at 10:52 am to Gullah Gullah Island
I’m assuming you are an expert in the dialect?
Posted on 10/2/18 at 11:49 am to OKTGR580
According to this...there are 4 distinct dialects in Tennessee.
1. Smokey Mountain
2. Southern Appalachian
3. South Midland
4. Ozark (very edge of West Tennessee)
1. Smokey Mountain
2. Southern Appalachian
3. South Midland
4. Ozark (very edge of West Tennessee)
Posted on 10/2/18 at 11:55 am to madmaxvol
Bruh, that Ozark area is in Arkansas....
Posted on 10/2/18 at 12:09 pm to Hopsondawg22
North Carolina has 4. The Appalachian, Lumbie/costal region, southerners and all the damn Yankees.
Posted on 10/2/18 at 2:37 pm to OKTGR580
Nah, regional dialects apply to Louisiana only.
Posted on 10/2/18 at 2:58 pm to Hopsondawg22
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Bruh, that Ozark area is in Arkansas....
Crap...I knew that...that's what happens when you get older...you get...damnit, I forget the word now.
Posted on 10/2/18 at 3:10 pm to Arksulli
In my travels there seem to be many different local dialects, not just states or regions, but counties.
Posted on 10/2/18 at 3:30 pm to OKTGR580
Mississippi has the Coast, the Delta, the Piney Woods, East Mississippi, Northeast Mississippi and Natchez. There are also some that are county-to-county.
As for Missouri, if you draw a line from just south of Cape Girardeau, MO from the Mississippi River to the western border of Missouri, you have basically cut the state into its two primary dialects: north and south. Within the southern region is the Bootheel, which is more deeply southern than the south in general. That is God's country.
As for Missouri, if you draw a line from just south of Cape Girardeau, MO from the Mississippi River to the western border of Missouri, you have basically cut the state into its two primary dialects: north and south. Within the southern region is the Bootheel, which is more deeply southern than the south in general. That is God's country.
Posted on 10/2/18 at 4:26 pm to DownSouthJukin
Northern Alabama and Southern Alabama. Yea,there is a difference.
Posted on 10/3/18 at 4:25 am to Gullah Gullah Island
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Gullah/Geechee accents sound nothing like Cajun accents
I've lived here all of my life and my mother's best friend is Geechee and even she says it does. I guess she's wrong?
Gullah/Geechee/Cajun are all considered different forms of Creole dialects.
This post was edited on 10/3/18 at 4:26 am
Posted on 10/3/18 at 1:05 pm to Carolina_Girl
Cajun is nothing like creole.
Posted on 10/3/18 at 6:05 pm to Carolina_Girl
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I've lived here all of my life and my mother's best friend is Geechee and even she says it does. I guess she's wrong?
Yes she’s wrong, Im geechee as is my family, we sound nothing like Cajuns.
Posted on 10/3/18 at 6:11 pm to OKTGR580
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