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In reply to the discussion: Southern Drawl [View all]DrDan
(20,411 posts)48. how progressive of you
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I lived quite a while in the South and found that not all Southern accents are even remotely alike
hlthe2b
Nov 2017
#3
I'm a third generation Texan and it always seemed to me that the north Texas accent
CTyankee
Nov 2017
#61
I think there is something to that. I have a friend from Nashville and her accent
CTyankee
Nov 2017
#90
There are some who linger on the "drawl" so long that my inate impatience overwhelms me.
hlthe2b
Nov 2017
#56
I'm not proud of it, but I have an automatic negative response when I hear a white man
smirkymonkey
Nov 2017
#8
I hear ya... only for me, it's not a Southern accent that grates my nerves.
NurseJackie
Nov 2017
#10
I like the southern drawl and I enjoy these regional differences and it would really
Kirk Lover
Nov 2017
#26
Not any more. The accent grated during the 1950s-1960s when deployed by George Wallace and...
Hekate
Nov 2017
#29
I haven't lived in very many regions, but we have this thing called TV. There's all kinds of ...
Hekate
Nov 2017
#35
When there is an intelligent, articulate southern accentuation like Al Gores
peacebuzzard
Nov 2017
#41
The thing is, what most people hear as NY, Jersey and even Boston accents are really
smirkymonkey
Nov 2017
#95
Does CT have a regional accent? I am here in New Haven and there doesn't appear
CTyankee
Nov 2017
#73
Funny, not one of my CT friends sound like they are from NY. I don't know what a
CTyankee
Nov 2017
#79
No. I have relatives who speak with a Southern accent. My hubs has a New York accent.
Demsrule86
Nov 2017
#60
I have a Southern drawl. My family seems to think I no longer do, but I still hear it.
Solly Mack
Nov 2017
#74