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Here's a young man with a southern accent but it's from the mountain south, not coastal or deep south. If you listen to the video without watching it you would have a hard time, I think, guessing his ethnicity.
People from New Orleans still sound southern although it may be a unique southern. White or black, it does not matter. Lil Wayne, Birdman, and the rest of the original cash money, Peyton and Eli Manning, the Pelicans/Saints owner, Master P etc all sound southern.
Blacks from New Orleans sound more Caribbean with some Southernisms like Ya'll. I can easily tell a New Orleans accent from other Black Southern accents.
A typical Black from New Orleans sounds distinct from other Black Southerners. She sounds very New Orleans.
Have to agree with this statement. The AAVE dialect is all over the country. There are different variations of it depending on the location but it's not just in the South. I think what some people get confused by is thinking that if you speak AAVE than you have to a southern accent which is not true. It just that AAVE has its origins in the southern dialect that's all. Dialects can certainly change over time and AAVE is no exception to that. Of course not every Black American speaks AAVE but a large percentage does. Like I said before, certain regions have a higher percentage than others.
It's very common in Detroit where black people are the majority and tend to be segregated, it's not a southern accent, it just has a more southern sound, and I would assume southern roots since so many people moved up here from the south. Black people who grew up outside the city where the majority is white tend to speak with a midwestern accent which is more common in MI. People tend to speak like those they spend the most time with. There was a time when people believed regional accents would disappear due to the growing popularity of television, that was proved false, people usually speak like those they live around, and actually spend time with.
I've been to LA and NOLA several times. From tip to tail I never traveled anywhere in the state that I didn't hear cajun, or a soft drawl on the radio, on the television, mall, small shop, rose gardens, visitors center, restaurants, gas station, bars, drug store, hotel employees, church, casinos, tourist destinations, the small docks, parks, state capital, road side vendors, and small towns. It is my favorite get-away-state. NOLA, I think, is one of the most under-appreciated and unique places on the planet. Harry Connick, Jr is Mr. New Orleans from his music to his speech.
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People from New Orleans still sound southern although it may be a unique southern. White or black, it does not matter. Lil Wayne, Birdman, and the rest of the original cash money, Peyton and Eli Manning, the Pelicans/Saints owner, Master P etc all sound southern.
Its as if white southerners are trying so hard to distinguish themselves from black southerners. Some are making it seem they are speaking another language. Yeah right.
I have heard more whites say"you guys" more than blacks. And guess where? In my Nj
You guys is more suburban slang around here. Like "hey,you guys".
Anyway,I don't detect a southern accent in Nj,not in blacks anyway.
When I was in North Carolina,eveyone sounded the same,black or white.
Snoop Dog sounds country,but it might be my Nj perception that everyone who talks slow talks southern? We talk fast up here.
Its as if white southerners are trying so hard to distinguish themselves from black southerners. Some are making it seem they are speaking another language. Yeah right.
I have heard more whites say"you guys" more than blacks. And guess where? In my Nj
You guys is more suburban slang around here. Like "hey,you guys".
Anyway,I don't detect a southern accent in Nj,not in blacks anyway.
When I was in North Carolina,eveyone sounded the same,black or white.
Snoop Dog sounds country,but it might be my Nj perception that everyone who talks slow talks southern? We talk fast up here.
Snoop Dog doesn't sound country. He sounds perpetually high as a kite. Lol!
...and if you think you talk fast, you've never watched KOTH or met a real life Boomhauer from Texas.
This discussion brings to mind the word "everybody" A Midwest Rapper pronounced it "err-body" Like everyone I knew in Kansas City did, and it became the cool way to say the the word no matter where you came from. Some southern dialects would pronounce the word as "ebb-body"
It is sometimes difficult to separate dialect from slang in the Black community.
It depends on many factors and many times the Southern accent can vary. My parents are from SC and MS originally and I will say that my mother's accent is a little bit stronger than my dad's, but both aren't strongly Southern due to living in Upstate NY for about 45-50 years. Ironically, my mother was teased for sounding "proper" or from NY when she was growing up in SC. So, many times, it is a matter of when the people migrated to other regions as well. I personally do not have a Southern accent and my siblings don't as well.
Even in Canada, the accent among Black folks can vary a little bit.
Blacks from New Orleans sound more Caribbean with some Southernisms like Ya'll. I can easily tell a New Orleans accent from other Black Southern accents.
A typical Black from New Orleans sounds distinct from other Black Southerners. She sounds very New Orleans.
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I agree
