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kag

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2. I like the southern dialects.

Reply to Odin2005 (Original post)

Thu Jan 5, 2012, 11:44 AM

Jan 2012

I grew up in East Texas, and my next door neighbor was a native of New Orleans. I was always interested in how different her accent was from most of the people I knew. Hers was a slow, southern drawl, which I loved.

While I appear to have escaped the "Texas" accent (people are always surprised to find that I'm from Texas), I can spot different Texas dialects pretty easily. The quick, East Texas twang, versus the slow, West Texas drawl with its funny colloquialisms (Sodeee Water).

I also like the far northeastern (Maine) dialect, like the guy on the old Pepperidge Farm commercials.

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What is your favorite American English dialect? [View all] Odin2005 Jan 2012 OP

I think most accents are interesting RZM Jan 2012 #1

Me too.. so much so that I almost joined the American Dialect Society whathehell Sep 2012 #7

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I don't like the South's politics TigerToMany Jan 2012 #4

I grew up with that north Texas twang (in Dallas). I no longer have an accent, tho. CTyankee Jun 2012 #6

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