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Southern drawl-pleasant, genteel speakers.
Southern twang-generally blue-collar women, not as high brow-ugh, hate it, unfortunately most Southern women of my generation speak this way.
You have the right to your opinions, but YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME. I personally LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE a southern accent from the voice of a female. Women with the accent (along with the down-south and down-to-earth appearances) are in my eyes one of the most charming, kind, and beautiful beings. And I'm speaking as a dude from the Northeast.
I don't have a problem with subtle southern, but when I can't understand a word of what they are saying to me, then it drives me crazy because we can't communicate. What bothers me MORE than the accent is when people SPELL with their accent. Call me crazy but I have seen these sentences more than once on a local board I belong to...
I'm going to SALE my house.
Would you like to come to my Yard SELL?
I also saw two signs on the side of the road..."Movin' SELL" and one that said "LemonAID for SELL, 25 cent a cup"
Oh also the incorrect use of "too" and "to" and just some of the slang, like "ya'll" and "aint", etc. or "I'm gonna WIN you!" (like when kids are racing each other)
I don't have an accent. If you heard me speak you would have absolutely no idea where I am from.
I have to say it does bother me that my kids might pick it up from going to school here. Maybe I just don't understand the southern accent or why it exists especially when schools teach phonics. Letters have specific sounds, I have been teaching my kids that since they started talking.
I don't have a problem with subtle southern, but when I can't understand a word of what they are saying to me, then it drives me crazy because we can't communicate. What bothers me MORE than the accent is when people SPELL with their accent. Call me crazy but I have seen these sentences more than once on a local board I belong to...
I'm going to SALE my house.
Would you like to come to my Yard SELL?
I also saw two signs on the side of the road..."Movin' SELL" and one that said "LemonAID for SELL, 25 cent a cup"
Oh also the incorrect use of "too" and "to" and just some of the slang, like "ya'll" and "aint", etc. or "I'm gonna WIN you!" (like when kids are racing each other)
I don't have an accent. If you heard me speak you would have absolutely no idea where I am from.
I have to say it does bother me that my kids might pick it up from going to school here. Maybe I just don't understand the southern accent or why it exists especially when schools teach phonics. Letters have specific sounds, I have been teaching my kids that since they started talking.
If you are originally from NC, then yes I can tell where you are from.
Ya'll is actually a proper abbreviation of "You all", just as "Couldn't" is an abbreviation of Could not.
And, as for the thick accent, sometimes it is used PURPOSELY so that outsiders cannot understand us. I sometimes do this with my Northern customers so that they can not discern what I am saying to another co-worker.
Otherwise, I can turn my accent on and off pretty much as I please, unless angry...then it kind of takes over.
You really must learn to translate our slang and accents. You miss out on alot otherwise.
Our accent is unique to each Southern region. I dont understand why you'd want it to cease to exist.
To me,the idea of no accent, or worse, a universal accent all over the country, is scary.
Otherwise, I can turn my accent on and off pretty much as I please, unless angry...then it kind of takes over.
LOL I can sound just as professional as I need to with my accent - depends on whether I need to turn it up or down! HOWEVER, (there is always a however, isn't there?) the more alcohol I drink, the more the southern accent becomes apparent. LOL!
LOL I can sound just as professional as I need to with my accent - depends on whether I need to turn it up or down! HOWEVER, (there is always a however, isn't there?) the more alcohol I drink, the more the southern accent becomes apparent. LOL!
Mind you, my accent probably slips in there and I just don't know it...but it seems to slip in there the thickest when I am happy or angry.
I work around a bunch of Yankee customers, so sometimes I guess my accent shrinks away to avoid confusing them...unless there is a situation as I described in my other posts.
Then I'll slip into "thick Southern" purposely so they can't figure out that Im talking about them. Its fun, really. Most of my co-workers can translate easily, and respond in similar form. Its kind of like having our own language...lol
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And, as for the thick accent, sometimes it is used PURPOSELY so that outsiders cannot understand us. I sometimes do this with my Northern customers so that they can not discern what I am saying to another co-worker.
that doesn't make any sense to me why you would do that...you don't speak another language, or do you???
Ya'll is actually a proper abbreviation of "You all", just as "Couldn't" is an abbreviation of Could not.
Well according to dictionary.com it is Y'ALL.
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Its fun, really. Most of my co-workers can translate easily, and respond in similar form. Its kind of like having our own language...lol