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Not the information I have. He was born in Columbia. Columbia and Charleston folks aren't exactly proper either. I bet I have less accent than you do and I live in the upstate. That's another one of your stereotypes that isn't 100 percent correct. Many dialects up here. It's heavily transplanted.
You can't judge an area this populated by a few posters. Most folks in Greenville don't know this forum exist.
I’m talking about in-person conversations. I’m a 63-year-old native South Carolinian with an interest in the state’s cities and how they’re perceived. I’ve heard enough. Believe me.
Not the information I have. He was born in Columbia. Columbia and Charleston folks aren't exactly proper either. I bet I have less accent than you do and I live in the upstate. That's another one of your stereotypes that isn't 100 percent correct. Many dialects up here. It's heavily transplanted.
You are right about McMaster. I was thinking of Tim Wilkes, whom my spouse and I were discussing last week. That explains why McMaster has what I call the Dreher (High School) brogue. I don’t know which high school he attended. He’s of the youngest generation with that accent, and really only a relatively small circle of Columbians speak that way.
I said those guys were from Greer. It was 1979. I know the typical person living in Greenville or the area including Greet doesn’t talk that way anymore. You are reading too much into it.
Also, I didn’t say their speech was improper. Was Gomer’s speech improper? I don’t think so.
I have nothing against improper language. You should hear my mom’s older relatives in the country in southern Orangeburg County talk, although even that dialect is dying out.
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I’m talking about in-person conversations. I’m a 63-year-old native South Carolinian with an interest in the state’s cities and how they’re perceived. I’ve heard enough. Believe me.
There are over 500k in the county, and almost 1 million in the metro. You talked to most of those?
You are right about McMaster. I was thinking of Tim Wilkes, whom my spouse and I were discussing last week. That explains why McMaster has what I call the Dreher (High School) brogue. I don’t know which high school he attended. He’s of the youngest generation with that accent, and really only a relatively small circle of Columbians speak that way.
I said those guys were from Greer. It was 1979. I know the typical person living in Greenville or the area including Greet doesn’t talk that way anymore. You are reading too much into it.
Also, I didn’t say their speech was improper. Was Gomer’s speech improper? I don’t think so.
I have nothing against improper language. You should hear my mom’s older relatives in the country in southern Orangeburg County talk, although even that dialect is dying out.
You're right. 1979 has been a minute. I'm not saying there isn't any southern drawl. I'm just saying the dialects are diverse. And people from the same city can have totally different dialects depending on what neighborhood they're from or the people they hang with.
The Boone / Blowing Rock area seems like the main tourist area in western NC.
It has Grandfather Mountain, Linville Gorge, Tweetsie Railroad, the only easily accessible cave in NC , and the ski resorts. The Nantahala River area near the national park and the Highlands area would be the other two.
The city of Asheville doesn't have any big tourist attraction other than the Biltmore estate on the edge of town.
There are over 500k in the county, and almost 1 million in the metro. You talked to most of those?
Really? Ever heard of conversations over the years and comments people make? I mean after a while…
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