Which city has the most "country" black population? (life, NYC)
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I think St Louis would win this thread if it was added as well as Cincinnati.
As far as Washington DC. Do yall think they sound more like there northern neighbors such as Philly, NYC, etc. or more like states south of them such as southern VA, NC?
Here is southern VA as a comparison.
Skip to 40 seconds in the video to hear the accent
louisville,ky , tulsa, oklahama and cincinatti, oh and indianpolis, indiana people sound country. d.c people prononuce some words country but they mainly sound like northeast blacks. the countriest blacks outside the south are probably in cincy, ohio or naptown, indiana.
From what I know, well paying, industrial factory jobs were a bit more of an attraction in midwestern cities versus northeastern cities, so Chicago, Detroit, etc. had more blacks moving during the second great migration (from world war II to the late 60s) so they are less removed from southern roots than say the greater New York area (where at the same time there was a large migration of Carribeans that moved to that area, and influenced each other.
Personally I love that aspect of the culture in the Chicago area where I live. I live in Oak Park a historic inner ring suburb that had a history of integration going back to the 70s. I have a great barbecue place, a chicken and waffles place within walking distance of where I live, where the people there have a bit of that southern hospitality that make you feel very welcome. And all the musical heritage too from blues to motown in the midwestern cities.
I think St Louis would win this thread if it was added as well as Cincinnati.
As far as Washington DC. Do yall think they sound more like there northern neighbors such as Philly, NYC, etc. or more like states south of them such as southern VA, NC?
Here is southern VA as a comparison.
Skip to 40 seconds in the video to hear the accent
It depends where you live in Dallas. Dallas has some county black people but I haven't seen a lot. I'm a senior in high school, people come from all over Dallas to my school because it's a magnet. This girl in my class is from South Dallas, she talks just like this. She pronounces South Dallas as Souf Dellez. She's not country it's just a few words she pronounces wrong. When she says other words it sounds normal.
My mama grew up in South Dallas she pronounces her words kinda the same way. She pronouces Minyard wrong, just like every else does in South Dallas. She's better though, I'm trying to teach her how to prounoce some words correctly. It seem like South Dallas has it's own accent.
Here's some more words that are pronounced wrong.
Baylor Dallas = Bayla Dellez
7-Eleven = Seven a leven
Landcaster = lan-ca-sta (no one prounoces this city correctly. If I said it the right way, people think it's wrong)
Who did this? = I didn't did that!
The State Fair of Texas = D state fur of Texus
Cedar Hill = See da hill
what did you do? = what you did?
Fort Worth = For Worth
DFW = D F Dub ya
McDonald's = McDonna's (My sister says that. It's sooooo annoying!)
Burger King = Burg ga king
Again, at my school, there are hundreds of kids from all of the listed cities; they have no southern accent at all! Nada. The St. Louis kids have a little accent but you can tell that they are "city-fied." They say that people back home call them country now since they've been in Alabama for a while. Either they sound like New Yorkers or watered-down version of New Yorkers, but not country or southern.
It's a boy from Texas that goes to A&M and he is more country than I am. He talk very sloooooooooow and laid back. LOL! I had to throw that in.
Dallaz, some of the words you typed are the SAME words that we in Alabama pronounce the same way. Our derivatives of the original words are country and very southern. I say "McDonna's" all the time; that doesn't make me ignorant for it's my culture and southerness.
Again, at my school, there are hundreds of kids from all of the listed cities; they have no southern accent at all! Nada. The St. Louis kids have a little accent but you can tell that they are "city-fied." They say that people back home call them country now since they've been in Alabama for a while. Either they sound like New Yorkers or watered-down version of New Yorkers, but not country or southern.
It's a boy from Texas that goes to A&M and he is more country than I am. He talk very sloooooooooow and laid back. LOL! I had to throw that in.
STLers are all country to me! They sound and act country to me and I am a transplant from TN now living in STL.
When I travel to DC I here that accent a lot from the natives. I always thought the DC accent is more align with the other Northeast accents than to Southern accents.
Right, this is the DC accent all day. The off brand who started this thread don't know **** about DC or is an imposter. The southside of Chicago is southern as ever. They say **** like fixin, fitna, and antee. Case closed.
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