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11-13-2008, 01:20 PM
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The South shall rise again.
Even though Im from PA I desire to be a Southerner. Im all about old Country, old school Mid Atlantic Wrestling, and collard greens. I am pretty good with a Southern accent too. I will disavoy my Yankeeisms once I settle down there. My oh my!
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11-13-2008, 01:28 PM
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Location: South Carolina
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No fake accents!
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Originally Posted by loose cannon
Even though Im from PA I desire to be a Southerner. Im all about old Country, old school Mid Atlantic Wrestling, and collard greens. I am pretty good with a Southern accent too. I will disavoy my Yankeeisms once I settle down there. My oh my!
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Do not, and I repeat, DO NOT imitate our accents.  
It really, really makes me angry when I hear some bozo from NYC or some other northern area trying to mimick my accent.
You can't do it, no matter how well you think you can.Its something you're born with, and you'll be spotted as a fake.
Imitating it is insulting, will only make you look like an idiot, and you'll find yourself isolated by the natives very quickly.
Stick with your own.  |
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11-13-2008, 02:25 PM
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Real Estate Agent
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Location: Greenville, SC
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Colddiamond102
Its something you're born with, and you'll be spotted as a fake.
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Last time I checked, accents weren't innate. |
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11-13-2008, 03:30 PM
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I will not do it but I have been told by many Im good.
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11-13-2008, 04:00 PM
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Location: South Carolina
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ckeegan
Last time I checked, accents weren't innate.
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No, but its difficult to pick up completely on the native accent of someone else when your own speech patterns are formed growing up in another region.
Regardless of where you live upon adulthood, there will always be something in your native speech that may clue others in to where you are from.
That, and I have an ear that picks up accents very easily. Are you originally from Greenville? |
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11-13-2008, 05:08 PM
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Certified Ferroequinologist
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Greenville, SC
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Colddiamond102
Do not, and I repeat, DO NOT imitate our accents.
It really, really makes me angry when I hear some bozo from NYC or some other northern area trying to mimick my accent.
You can't do it, no matter how well you think you can.Its something you're born with, and you'll be spotted as a fake.
Imitating it is insulting, will only make you look like an idiot, and you'll find yourself isolated by the natives very quickly.
Stick with your own.
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I agree. Being caught up in a lie (well accent, same difference) is just as bad as mockery. Be proud of where you are, your accent is a prime characteristic and should not be replaced with a phony.
Trust me, spend enough years in the South and you'll pick it up naturally  |
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11-14-2008, 01:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Frankie117
Trust me, spend enough years in the South and you'll pick it up naturally |
Exactly what I was going to say. |
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11-14-2008, 03:29 PM
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The South shall rise again.
If your aspiration in life is to be Jed Clampett---goodluck....
Better get used to eating grandma's posum....  |
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11-14-2008, 04:25 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Aiken S.C
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Quote:
Originally Posted by beantown56
If your aspiration in life is to be Jed Clampett---goodluck....
Better get used to eating grandma's posum.... |
It's spelled possum get it right, |
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11-14-2008, 04:29 PM
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Happiness is a direction, not a place
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" Happiness pulses with every beat of my pookie heart"
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: The Old North State
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Quote:
Originally Posted by elvislives
It's spelled possum get it right,
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actually possum are found in Austraila the correct spelling for critters found in this area opossum.
Once you run over a few and get that smell out of your car your home in the south is made. |
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