Can you spot a real sc accent from fake (Charleston: live, vs)

[guestposter24]

Originally Posted by Luvsdabeach

I know a few that still have it including my dad. They are all older men over 60 yrs old.

I saw an old man on local TV recently who sounded like he was from Charleston originally.

[Greenville]

Perhaps the traditional "Charleston accent" is nearly extinct, but I live in Charleston and there is definitely a "Lowcountry accent" that is unmistakable. They say "Chaaal-ston," "suppah" (for dinner), etc. It's not widespread, but you definitely hear it from time to time when out and about.

[PalmettoGuy]

I'm interested to know what the four indigenous SC accents are.

I agree that there is a distinct Lowcountry accent, particularly from residents of St. George. Their dialect is unmistakable. Also, upstate residents might have their own dialect. The contestant most recently booted from The Biggest Loser tv program sounded just like my wife's best friend from Anderson. My wife said, "I bet she's from the upstate," and she was.

[rubber_factory]

That's funny - Akroyd in 'driving miss daisy' was probably the worst southern accent I've ever heard. I can't remember which movie, but Al Pacino does a stomach-churning version, too.

You can tell the difference, though; Upstate people have a twang. They say Grain-vull.

Pee Dee & Midlands people have a much softer, slower drawl.

Charleston people have that same drawl, but are more non-rhotic, and say things like "Chaaalston"

Myrtle Beach people say things like "Fuhgettaboutit" and "Youse guys."

[averagejoe76]

Good Post Rubber,
I watched Driving Miss Daisy a few days ago,Yeah Akroyd was pretty bad..
Plus he is a Canadian lol
Pacino trying to do a southern accent?this i gotta see.
Thats gotta be something else you go to a place like Charleston or Charlotte..
And everybody sounds like Joe Pesci!

[CarolinaWoman]

Originally Posted by burr

Ask him to pronounce the town of Lancaster, does he say Lan-caster, or Lankister ? Green-ville or Green'vl ?

Burr is right ... my parents were born in Lankister SC ... that is a sure sign you are a native ... Pennsylvania has Lan-caster but we have Lankister.

Originally Posted by moonpieheaven

I'm from a small town called Williamston...but we call it 'Wumpstun'

Of course it's 'Wumpstun' moonpie. LOL My husband is from Honey Path ... LOL spelled Honea Path ... but pronounced by people in that area 'Honey Path.'

Other things you will hear in this area ... okra ... hubby had a garden this year and a neighbor dropped by and made the comment 'you planted a mess of oakrie didn't you." And the favorite pastime of many is rasslin' that WWE is first class rasslin'.

In closing:
A SC State Trooper pulled over a pick-up truck on I-77.
The trooper asked, "Got any ID?"
The driver replied, "Bout whut?"

You just gotta love us!

I have found upstate is different from the Low Country as is North Carolina from South Carolina. You can pick up on Virginians too.

[Geechie North]

Originally Posted by averagejoe76

What are the accents called?
The only Carolina accent i have heard is the one Senator John Edwards..
Uses.

..

John Edwards is a native of the Upcountry; he has an Inland Southern (or Piedmont) accent.

Here are the ones I know:

Charleston: If you naturally call it a "Gyahden", go "oot and aboot", eat "Fush". and are frequently mistaken for either Welsh, or Highland Scot, you have one. Last person I know who had an authentic one was my uncle, born in 1908 and died in 1992.

Gullah: Differs from the Charleston is speed and cadence. If you can answer appropriately when someone says, "Nyah ya victual.", then you speak it.

Piedmont: See above.

Lowcountry: John Graham Altman and Joe Riley come to mind.

Peedee: That's where you get "Lankhster" (Lancaster) from.

S. Appalachian: Very rarely heard in Upper Greenville Co; more common in rural NC. Sounds almost like Elizabethan English. Another extinct, or nearly so, lingua.

[southernmaryland45]

what about a coastal accent? like little river or myrtle beach

[Geechie North]

Lowcountry, or even Peedee, based on my experiences there.

[PalmettoGuy]

Interesting. I was born & raised in Dillon and never thought of the Pee Dee as having a distinct dialect, though I'm sure it does to some extent. I agree that the Piedmont/Upstate dialect has more twang to it.