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I was born and raised in Georgia. I have a deep Southern accent. That's "Ack-sent" not "acksent" Pauses, etc. Different speaking patterns seem to translate to intelligence, for some people.
So do you think something intrinsically when you hear a certain accent. Like New Yorker's are rude, Southerner's are dumb, etc.
Does elocution remain a barrier to modern acceptance? I think it does.
I don't have much of an accent. In fact, I tend to echo the accents around me when I'm having a conversation with someone, so that people think I'm a local native. However, when people find out I'm from Arkansas, they often seem to presume that my education was sub-par, and that I've lived a rather limited life.
I don't have much of an accent. In fact, I tend to echo the accents around me when I'm having a conversation with someone, so that people think I'm a local native. However, when people find out I'm from Arkansas, they often seem to presume that my education was sub-par, and that I've lived a rather limited life.
You do that too?
Someone told me it was a mild form of echolalia. Maybe it was you LOL.
My sister and I both do that - and it caused us some trouble when we were working in the tourist industry in high school. Some people thought we were mocking them when actually I didn't even know I was mimicing their accent.
She's much better at it than I am, she can pretty much imitate anyone.
I don't have much of an accent. In fact, I tend to echo the accents around me when I'm having a conversation with someone, so that people think I'm a local native. However, when people find out I'm from Arkansas, they often seem to presume that my education was sub-par, and that I've lived a rather limited life.
I still have a bit of Brit in me, having grown up with that system, but I also try to adjust my accent to make for an easier communication. In fact, just minutes ago the word "route" came up while speaking to a colleague (native Texan) and I asked how she would differentiate between "rout" and "route" (the Amenglish way). I still prefer saying "graas" (grass) when talking about lawn with my neighbor (also a Texas native), I enjoy his reaction to it.
Someone told me it was a mild form of echolalia. Maybe it was you LOL.
My sister and I both do that - and it caused us some trouble when we were working in the tourist industry in high school. Some people thought we were mocking them when actually I didn't even know I was mimicing their accent.
She's much better at it than I am, she can pretty much imitate anyone.
It is a form of echolalia. I did some telemarketing years ago, and it was actually a huge boon. I always think that speech patterns are like music. When I hear a different tune, I sing along with it. Not consciously, it's just something that is always going on in the background in my head. Someone starts talking, and my subconscious starts looking for the pattern, and I start echoing it when I talk back to the speaker.
I was born and raised in Georgia. I have a deep Southern accent. That's "Ack-sent" not "acksent" Pauses, etc. Different speaking patterns seem to translate to intelligence, for some people.
I also have a southern accent, and among other southerners, speak a sort of quick-and-dirty swamp gibberish that is hard to understand, but i'm not nearly as difficult to understand as the fellow in that video. I haven't had anyone call me 'stupid' on account of how I speak, because when I leave the south, I adapt my speech and talk like I'm formally educated.
however -- i must say, pretending to be stupid is a great defense mechanism; talking like boomhauer is going to get a different reaction than if you talk like fritz hollings.
I still have a bit of Brit in me, having grown up with that system, but I also try to adjust my accent to make for an easier communication. In fact, just minutes ago the word "route" came up while speaking to a colleague (native Texan) and I asked how she would differentiate between "rout" and "route" (the Amenglish way). I still prefer saying "graas" (grass) when talking about lawn with my neighbor (also a Texas native), I enjoy his reaction to it.
For some odd reason, no matter whom I'm speaking to, or what "accent" is dominant, I always pronounce the "t" in "often". It's an anomaly of my speech patterns. I switch between "rout" and "route, I switch between "aunt" and "ant", I adapt in every way, except for how I pronounce "often". Crazy, huh?
The problem with many accents is that people don't use proper English.
I have no problem with the southern "y'all" as thats a very unique term. It seems that every region of the country has its own version, whether its "you guys" or "you all".
But many people have let their vocabulary lapse in the south, its quite scary. As from my screen name, I'm sure you can guess that I have a deep accent. But that doesn't mean that I let my vocabulary slip.
Many great men and women have had southern accents, but they didn't speak in the unintelligent language that many southerners use today.
When I was in Michigan many folks felt that my accent was unique and enjoyed it. None of them felt that I lacked intelligence because of my accent. But as I said, I speak with the best use of the language that I know of.
I don't go around saying things like "em' r 2 duks" and things of that nature.
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