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Again, white people from Atlanta don't have accents. I have never used the word "Shawty" in my life. That's ghetto speak, and it is a term used by black people all over the country, not just Atlanta. Nice try.
I disagree that it's ghetto speak and I also disagree that black people all over the country use that term. I know in Texas we didn't.
shawty comes from the word shorty which is what we said in ny awhile back. dunno how it became "shawty..."
its slang and not "ghetto speak" or something only black ppl use.
Most southern cities accents aren't much noticeable. The strongest accents are cities/towns in the hills and mountains of WV, VA, TN, KY, and NC. Which southern city or state with the best accent is subjective.
1. New Orleanians' accents sound the most interesting to my ears. I don't know how there could be a "best" accent. Doesn't really make sense to me.
2. "Shawty" is not used by blacks all over the country. Only those attempting to mimick Atlanta slang.
3. There are many Texans along the I-45 corridor and eastward have southern drawls as thick as anything you'd hear in Mississippi. I don't know how many times I have to tell y'all to just take the word of someone who has lived in both Texas and the Southeast [raises hand]....I remember watching the American Idol auditions that took place in Austin, and some of the native Texan contestants had accents so strong you wouldn't believe it.
4. The South is the South, and with the exception of a few unique enclaves, the accents amongst many people do not vary as much as some here would lead you to believe. Every larger city has unique local dialects that many (but not ALL) of the natives speak, but that doesn't mean everyone from the same city or even the same neighborhood sounds the same. In other words, there are some native southerners who speak with such a general accent that is not specific to any city or state down here.
Of course this isn't the accent of all New Orleanians but the White guy in this clip has elements of the Boston accent, the NY accent, and the stereotypical Southern accent (that's just what I think). It's crazy how that dialect can successfully fuse fuse 3 accents in one; that White guy would confuse anyone.
Definitely not southern sounding accents there. They sound more like New Yorkers than Atlantans.
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