Can you spot a real sc accent from fake (Charleston: transplants, living in) - South Carolina (SC) - City-Data Forum

southernmaryland45 · 10-20-2008, 09:20 AM

im living in the southern maryland area right now. but i moved up here from little river, sc when i was 8 , anyway my friend says hes from sc to but everyone up here in smd tries to talk in a fake accent and claims to be from the south, so how would i spot a fake sc accent from a real one? i would just like to catch him on a lie.

Geechie North · 10-21-2008, 04:24 PM

SC has at least 4 indigenous accents that I can recall off top of my head; probably 1-2 I'm forgetting.

Some, like the Charleston, are almost extinct.

guestposter24 · 10-21-2008, 09:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Geechie North

Some, like the Charleston, are almost extinct.

Thanks transplants!

Geechie North · 10-21-2008, 10:08 PM

I can't think of anyone alive today who has one.
Not Riley, Ravenel, John Graham Altman- none of 'em.

If you ever want to hear one, look for a very rare record (LP) by a guy named Dick Reeves called "Gullah, A Breath Of The Carolina Lowcountry."

That's what a traditional Charleston accent sounded like.

guestposter24 · 10-21-2008, 10:28 PM

I've seen videos of the Gullah people speaking. It was interesting.

burr · 10-22-2008, 12:51 AM

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

burr · 10-22-2008, 12:58 AM

Gullah is a whole different deal, from the extreme coastal region.

coffeeaholic · 10-22-2008, 05:24 PM

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

Luvsdabeach · 10-22-2008, 06:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Geechie North

I can't think of anyone alive today who has one.
Not Riley, Ravenel, John Graham Altman- none of 'em.

If you ever want to hear one, look for a very rare record (LP) by a guy named Dick Reeves called "Gullah, A Breath Of The Carolina Lowcountry."

That's what a traditional Charleston accent sounded like.

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

averagejoe76 · 10-23-2008, 09:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Geechie North

SC has at least 4 indigenous accents that I can recall off top of my head; probably 1-2 I'm forgetting.

Some, like the Charleston, are almost extinct.

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