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aikoaiko

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49. Coastal Southern -- particularly the Savannah variety.
Sun Jan 8, 2012, 04:19 PM
Jan 2012

Last edited Sun Jan 8, 2012, 05:59 PM - Edit history (1)

Now that I married a southern woman and our son speaks this way, I better love it.

Funny story. My son comes home from preschool with a new saying from his teacher. When a child is unhappy with something he or she got for lunch, she would say, "You get what you get and don't have a fit." And my wife said it was a nice rhyme.

I looked at her and said that it only rhymes in the south and she didn't get it for a long time.


As someone born and raised in northeastern NJ, I have always hated the Jersey accent. In high school, my friends and I would correct each other so that we didn't sound like that.




Pittsburgh! Yinz (You ones) FSogol Jan 2012 #1
This message was self-deleted by its author Bunny Jan 2012 #2
Me three! femmocrat Jan 2012 #21
Jagoff! Richardo Jan 2012 #36
This message was self-deleted by its author Bunny Jan 2012 #42
Yes, Pittsburghese! distantearlywarning Jan 2012 #22
I'll meet ya dahn Pianelli station. Richardo Jan 2012 #35
This message was self-deleted by its author Still Blue in PDX Jan 2012 #44
When we lived in Pittsburgh my SIL told me I have a California accent. Still Blue in PDX Jan 2012 #45
As a son of the south rrneck Jan 2012 #3
Hawai'i Creole English (Pidgin) KamaAina Jan 2012 #4
Well, technically creoles are seperate languages. Odin2005 Jan 2012 #12
Pidgin doesn't quite cut it as a separate language KamaAina Jan 2012 #26
The one I still have. RebelOne Jan 2012 #5
wiki has a big list of English dialects pokerfan Jan 2012 #6
Gee, I can commiserate. Ikonoklast Jan 2012 #17
We HAVE no accent...aside from a tendency to sound "nasal". PassingFair Jan 2012 #7
False, Michigan is the center of the Northern Cities Vowel Shift. Odin2005 Jan 2012 #11
Across a thin strip of Northern Ohio there still can be found a strong influence of the speech Ikonoklast Jan 2012 #19
Yup, That part of Ohio votes like New England, too. Odin2005 Jan 2012 #20
Standard American, the goal toward which all educated speakers strive, but a tip of the hat to dimbear Jan 2012 #8
"the goal toward which all educated speakers strive" that's a bigoted view. Odin2005 Jan 2012 #9
Clay Davis-stan RainDog Jan 2012 #10
I like the Boston accent because it reminds me of the Kennedys. I've also been to Boston twice and applegrove Jan 2012 #13
gulf coast elite pitohui Jan 2012 #14
I like the accents in CA (since we don't have accents) LOL! However, if I had to choose an actual nirvana555 Jan 2012 #16
I like California Valspeak and SurferDude - :) AmandaRuth Jan 2012 #31
all of them are interesting independentLiberal Jan 2012 #15
Who let the dugs owt? kwassa Jan 2012 #18
aw, hell-yeah Doc Holliday Jan 2012 #38
I never realized how much I missed Texas accents OriginalGeek Jan 2012 #23
N'Awlins Yat.....my go-to drunk dialect Burma Jones Jan 2012 #24
Merci, Baby. nolabear Jan 2012 #27
That's the one MrCoffee Jan 2012 #29
I've been told I don't have much of an accent tabbycat31 Jan 2012 #25
That Southern lilt... Iggo Jan 2012 #28
I'd have to say New England and Great Lakes are my two favorite. geardaddy Jan 2012 #30
Texan, and most of the rest of the South tjwmason Jan 2012 #32
Not one person has mentioned the New York, Brooklyn, Bronx or Queens accent Sanity Claws Jan 2012 #33
I do love the NYC / Boroughs accents. geardaddy Jan 2012 #34
"Melodious"? Doc Holliday Jan 2012 #39
Buffalo blueamy66 Jan 2012 #37
Whatever it was in the movie "Fargo." Is that Minnesota? Also, cajun accent. nt Honeycombe8 Jan 2012 #40
Um...North Dakota? trof Jan 2012 #41
Yup, I speak the Fargo Accent., Oh, and I live in Fargo, too! Odin2005 Jan 2012 #43
That's it! N Dakota! So you live in Fargo? How cool is that? Literally cool. Honeycombe8 Jan 2012 #46
The Upper Midwest was first settled by New Englanders Odin2005 Jan 2012 #47
Interesting. Thanks for the info. I'll have to read up on this. Honeycombe8 Jan 2012 #48
Coastal Southern -- particularly the Savannah variety. aikoaiko Jan 2012 #49
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