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I've heard dudes like Kevin Durant and Mike Beasley talk from that area...Would you say they have a thick DC accent'? Based on both of em I would say the DC accent is neutral.
DC, Baltimore, Philadelphia, and NYC are all Mid-Atlantic cities. If Philadelphia and NYC are classified as part of the Northeast, then wouldn't it make sense that DC and Baltimore are also categorised as such? It seems a bit non-sensical for a region of the US to be part of both the North and the South at the same time.
Not necessarily....Texas is considered the Southwest along with Arizona, New Mexico, and Southern Cali but is still more associated with the Southeast/Deep South and Miami is considered East Coast but still a southern city.
I've heard dudes like Kevin Durant and Mike Beasley talk from that area...Would you say they have a thick DC accent'? Based on both of em I would say the DC accent is neutral.
I agree on the neutral part.
D.C. is truly unique in the aspect that everything from accents to atmosphere of the streets are a hybrid of the north and south.
D.C. is truly unique in the aspect that everything from accents to atmosphere of the streets are a hybrid of the north and south.
Yeah....but not everyone from the South has a stereotypical Southern accent...I'm from Louisiana and many of New Orleans black folk(especially those from the hood) sound more like they from the Islands than country...In my part of the state(central) alot of dudes(including myself) sound neutral and don't have a standard deep Southern accent either
I've heard dudes like Kevin Durant and Mike Beasley talk from that area...Would you say they have a thick DC accent'? Based on both of em I would say the DC accent is neutral.
No. I don't think either one of them has thick dc accents. I will post some videos for yall to see some thick dc accents like some people I knew in high school and college had that I have met.
I dont even have twang in my voice, its just deep and slow (born with speech delay). I'll post a video in a minute.
But I do notice this, PG kids sound slightly different than DC kids, and kids from NW sound different than kids from SE.
Not necessarily....Texas is considered the Southwest along with Arizona, New Mexico, and Southern Cali but is still more associated with the Southeast/Deep South and Miami is considered East Coast but still a southern city.
There are many who would dispute that either by saying Texas is unique or that the Southwest is AZ, NM, UT, CO, and NV.
No. I don't think either one of them has thick dc accents. I will post some videos for yall to see some thick dc accents like some people I knew in high school and college had that I have met.
I agree the accent is a mixture of northern and southern but it has a twang to it that is unique.
Yeah i'm hearing a distinct and strong Southern twang in the accents of those DC brothers/sisters in those videos......I've met people in the socalled Deep South(myself included) whom's twang aint that thick.
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There are many who would dispute that either by saying Texas is unique or that the Southwest is AZ, NM, UT, CO, and NV.
Well maybe Missouri being considered the Mid-West and South(by many) would be a better example.
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