FYI: A lesson on Southern Linguistics.

[Whovian]

[HiPointDem]

1. what are liguistics?

[Blue_In_AK]

2. Some kind of pasta maybe?

We shouldn't tease. It's easy to make typos.

[Electric Monk]

3. They're what you eat liguini with, if you want to eat in the authetic style

[Whovian]

4. LOL! Oh god, when I have a typo it's usually a good one.

fhumbs up/

[HiPointDem]

6. interesting video on linguistics though. :>)

[okaawhatever]

5. Interesting point she made, I wonder if that explains why we don't notice a British accent

when listening to songs? I was trying to say that the pc way. What I meant was, is that why they sound like us when they sing?

[Spider Jerusalem]

14. Cadence and rhythm

and Americans sound more "British" when singing, not the other way round (the "R" sound is not as pronounced and becomes more like "ah" for instance). General American and British Received Pronunciation have almost identical vowel sounds (British RP has one or two more vowels than General American).

Examples of British singers not sounding American:

[okaawhatever]

20. Thanks for the info n/t

[newfie11]

7. Very interesting

Thanks for posting

[Are_grits_groceries]

8. I had seen an article about this a while back.

I love listening to that lady.
While many people try to rid themselves of their Southern accent, one word may give them away. People who act and others try to divest themselves of accents. When I listen to people, there is one word that is a real clue.
Y'all
They use that word without a second thought. If somebody does use it, 95% of the time they have some connection to the South. The accent may go, but y'all is permanent in a lot of cases. I don't think people even realize it.

[Fumesucker]

9. Standard English just doesn't really have a good substitute for y'all.

Youse guys is but a pale shadow of y'all.

[Are_grits_groceries]

10. I agree.

Y'all is a very useful word that fits many situations. I believe that's one reason it's hard to get rid of. It just fits when no other word or expression will slip in easily.

[Tsiyu]

11. I like "youins" too

"Do youins want a pop?"

But y'all is the stndard around here.

How's yermamanem?

[HillWilliam]

12. I grew up with the Appalachian "y'ins"

My maternal grandfolks always used "y'all". My mom and paternal grandmother (who was the only college-educated female I knew growing up) insisted that we knew what "standard" English was. It was quite fine to keep our southern accent (I have stubbornly clung to mine) but standard construction and grammar were the yardsticks in her house.

PS: My neighbors and I still inquire as to the well-being of "yermamanem".

[TroglodyteScholar]

13. I was born & raised in Alabama...

...but somehow I don't have too thick of an accent. Now that I'm in the upper midwest, it's generally the "y'all" that gives me away. I just love the word too much and it's too deeply engrained

[RB TexLa]

17. And it shouldn't. I am from the South and would never use that term. Just because you speak with a

drawl doesn't mean you can't speak properly.

[Fumesucker]

19. I'm from the South and still live here and I don't speak with a drawl

But I do use "y'all".

[NutmegYankee]

21. Yep. I have never lost my Y'all.

I've been up here a while, so I can use Y'all in the same sentence as wicked. I get some looks from it.

[ananda]

15. I might could say sumpn bout dat y'all..

.. but I'm fi-in to polish my truck with the shot gun in the winder.

[Go Vols]

16. close

but it would be "fixin' to" instead of "fi-in to".

[Fumesucker]

18. You misspelled "shootin' iron"

[guardian]

22. Well, shit fire and save matches! n/t