Do people in New Orleans have the southern accent?

[Jpierpont]

MY experience with NO is limited to rappers and local chefs. But I'll say the diversity seems very great. You have Juvenile who seems to have some thick accent accent, Mater P sounds similar to your typical Southerner, Lil Wayne and Baby don't really sound Southern at all.

[waltlantz]

I would assume that the hold of dialects has still held on in the metro area? Also, are there prominent accents in teh suburban parishes?

In the DC area, there is no ONE dialect nor even a real disticnt one scince the place has been a crossroads/revolving door of national and international peeps for over 40 years.

Also peeple gotta remember there is no ONE southern dialect. Someone from Knoxville sounds pretty different to someone from Tuscaloosa, and they sound different than someone from Charleston.

[linicx]

While I was in NO I found the residents such as the women at the pharmacy to have a gentle tone of voice. I did not hear a particularly hard dialect of any kind. Cajun is entirely different. I find it delightful, but I don't pretend to understand it, either. .

[BetaBeta]

Since returning after being away for 20+ years I have notice most of the accents/dialects aren't a prominent as they used to be. But like some one said on the first page, back when I grew up here they used to sound sort of NY at a slower pace.