[marmac]

As an outsider who only visited Alabama 3 times. I voted for Montgomery.

Seems my opinion matched the majority of residents who responded.

[PortCity]

Originally Posted by KE111691

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!

lol, yeah mainly the downtown areas tend to have a soft creale like accent not as heavy but a few words the "E" is a little different. The Down The Bay,Mayesville,Bottom,Camp Ground,Toulminville,orange Grove and other commuinities tend to talk that way.

[A&M Bulldawg]

Do you have a southern accent?

[Richmonder27]

Originally Posted by KE111691

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

Well, just from personal experiece.

The people I met from there talked right fast, and did have a kinda country twang, but not what I consider "southern".

The look and feel of Montgomery was much more Southern to me, and people talked less briskly than Huntsville or Birmingham.

I know a young couple from Birmingham at my church and they have absolutely no Southern accents whatsoever. But they are amazed at how thick us Richmonders talk, lol.

[A&M Bulldawg]

There are different parts of Birmingham!

[PortCity]

Originally Posted by KE111691

Do you have a southern accent?

No I don`t , but my yesterdays are pronounced with that weird "E" that`s about it. how about you and what part of Alabama are you from ?


I know the Plateu community in Mobile which was where the last slave ship docked. They were speaking in a west African language/dilect until the late 60`s then it vanished with better education. I`m not that old , lol but I have heard/read about it.


In Bayou Cove(south of Mobile)there was a church that use to speak in French but sadly all of that has lesft as well.


Not a dilect or accent but when I was living in Huntsville I heard someone say they are headed out go to the Boom Boom I knew right then and there they were from the Mobile area because thats what we call the Mardi Gra down there, lol.

[A&M Bulldawg]

I have a real thick southern accent and dialect; I am from Eutaw! Have you ever been somewhere, and they all of a sudden knew that you were from the South?

[bhamguy]

Originally Posted by Richmonder27

Well, just from personal experiece.

The people I met from there talked right fast, and did have a kinda country twang, but not what I consider "southern".

The look and feel of Montgomery was much more Southern to me, and people talked less briskly than Huntsville or Birmingham.

I know a young couple from Birmingham at my church and they have absolutely no Southern accents whatsoever. But they are amazed at how thick us Richmonders talk, lol.

Richmonder, I posted this in another topic about Alabama's accents. This is pretty accurate about the Birmingham area. Birmingham, I think is large enough that it can have different accents depending on where you live(were born). Transplants are arriving all the time here like Huntsville, so that is also having an effect on the way we speak around here.

"Here in Birmingham, it is very much so dependent on where you go. In the city, most people don't have much of a Southern-accent, as well as most of the southern suburbs(Homewood, Mountain Brook, Hoover,280, and Pelham. When you go to areas such as Alabaster(portions of it), Trussville, Moody/Leeds, the accent is kind of mixed. Now, when you go to the areas North to the Western side of the city, the southern accent is very noticeable. Obviously the further away from the city you get, the more it is prevalent. I have lived south of the city(a little) for all of my life before moving into the city, and my friends and I have never had much of a southern accent. Being that we are from the south however, somethings come out southern. Like I said, it is dependent on where you go, but in the area as a whole, the accent is decreasing if you ask me but it is still here."

[Chelsa1075]

I hope none of you lose your accent - I love the southern drawl - I lived in MD (I realize to you guys this may not be southern at all but coming from NY, it was real country to me) for a bit when I was a kid and when I returned at 16 everyone thought I was from Kentucky - LOL - and when ever I talk to friend in Maryland, the twang I had when I was 11 comes right back out.

[MobileBornAnraised]

I have talked to a few people from huntsville They have told me that I have a strong country accent but one of the 2 have a deep country/southern accent other two has a different twang. My grandpa is from clarke county his accent is at times so thick outsiders cant understand a word he says. My husband (southern born and raised in alabama and mississippi) has a hard time understanding my grandpa at times. with that said his Mississippi people has a different twang to there accents then alabama folks and Ga has a diff but closer to mississippi twang then ala. and texas has a different twang and florida well what can I say its florida lol (i have never really considered that a southern state! lol) then u have tenn the accent is diff in memphis the say the mountain side of the state. but one thing is for sure no matter where a southerner goes they will be known by their accent.