[mimpdaddy]

It's mixed, more like a midwestern accent with a lot of the south and some of the north.They say their words a lot clearer.They dont chop their words like us.This is the case for African Americans I have noticed.Also this is particular to the younger generation there is not a big difference in the older generations.

[A&M Bulldawg]

So if a person from Huntsville was to go up north, people up there will know they he/she is from Alabama, let alone the South?

[mimpdaddy]

Yes, they would know that they where from the south but not the deep south.But like I said this is particular to the younger generations. The southern accent is changing in the black community due to hip hop and that particular region of the south.The people in the Montgomery region have developed a certain way of talking that is similiar with Birmingham,Mobile and even west GA. But when it comes to Huntsville there is a difference because of where Huntsville is located and when a small town like Huntsville (before NASA and Goverment)has an influx of non-southerns it takes away some of that accent.

[A&M Bulldawg]

Yeah, that's true. I was shocked when I heard Huntsville's accent because Huntsville is different from Alabama; most of Alabama has a southern accent. It's heard to tell now considering the fact that 7/10 people living in Huntsville are from somewhere else. That could also be a factor. People from New York and California came here and probably got the southern, causing Huntsville to have a distinct southern accent: a mixture of northern and southern.

[southernnaturelover]

Many people in Mobile don't have a deep southern accent either, especially in south Baldwin County and the eastern shore. I live in Escambia County and everyone here speaks country, but I can drive 50 miles to Mobile or Pensacola and the thick country/southern accent is gone. I'm not saying they speak like a yankee, it's just many people in the cities seem not to have an accent at all, kinda like the news anchors. LOL

[Southlander]

KE and mimpdaddy, you do know you're both A&M students, right?

[Richmonder27]

Definitely not Birmingham or Huntsville. Id say Montgomery. Its a lot like Richmond in many ways.

[PortCity]

Originally Posted by Southlander

KE and mimpdaddy, you do know you're both A&M students, right?

lol

LoL I`m a former student as well. I`ll say native Huntsvillians do have a country accent,Birmingham and Montgomery has the thickest I asssume because of the proximity. Mobilians tend to talk a little country at times but again it`s mixed with something esle also not a yankee accent but a mix with something else.

It`s not as thick as Montgomery and Birmingham. I noticed when I moved back at home Mobilains tend to say words like :

The E`s are pronounced as E in Egg
Baby - Beby or Baybe

Table-Teble

Paper-Papah or Pepah

Yesterday - Yestadey

even at times no sounds like noa.

Like I said southern but a little different not all Mobilans pronounce some of there E`s as E in egg in some words ,just the communities that are around the downtown area for some reason.Especialy the Down The Bay community or they would say Down da Bey, lol.

[A&M Bulldawg]

That sounds a little "New Orleans" to me. I've watched a youtube video and heard those people talk, and they have a Birmingham mixed with an Atlanta and New Orleans accent. I know somebody that lives down there, and they said that people in Mobile talk like we do. When a cousin from Huntsville had her baby, her friend and mama came, and they were so country. Their accent is different. Sometimes, it seems like they say their some of their words a little more country than mine. They have a funny accent. Honestly, all the people that live in Alabama cities have a southern accent, some thicker than the others!

[A&M Bulldawg]

Originally Posted by Richmonder27

Definitely not Birmingham or Huntsville. Id say Montgomery. Its a lot like Richmond in many ways.

You must haven't been to Birmingham or Huntsville. These both have accents; Birmingham is a thicker than Huntsville!