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Well that doesn't mean much. I'm sure you can hear that kind of accent in New York City (and I have). The question though is how is that relevant to where that dialect formed? For every way a person speaks, there is a deeper story of local influences that are unique to that area.
you could maybe hear it every once in awhile in NY, but it's probably not that common. I hear this accent every day in Memphis. So I wouldn't label this as an exclusively Alabama accent, you could probably hear it all over the South, far moreso than in NY.
I think different accents are much more noticable in African Americans more than other races.
Id say its the same Although I will say I can tell what area of the south a person is from based on the way they talk. like black people in North Carolina do not sound the same as Texas or Tennesee or even Georgia.
I'd say at least 1/3rd of the words she said is the way I say them.
Another interesting Southern accent is Chicago's, I always found it interesting since Chicago is at the same latitude as Boston (42°N).
I know I'm probably gonna get people upset with this comment :/
thats cause of the great migration. Ohter ethnicities in chicago do not have a southern accent but black people do (which is the case in most cities except the east coast). It really dont sound too southern among the younger generation but alot of older folks still retain the southern accent.
I definitely agree. To the untrained ear it sounds all the same but it is slightly different. But yeah, Alot of the older folks do still have a sounthern sounding accent though.
BTW: LMAO @ that video. he said "You came in lookin ike a school teacher"!!ROFL
Im a truck driver from NC and I can tell you that folks in Eastern KY and outside Louisville have a very strong Sourthern accent that is unique but I must also say that you will be hard pressed to find a Southern accent AND drawl similiar that of the locals in southeastern NC from Wilmington to Whiteville southward. And just for fun how many of yall know what a "spell" is? Lol
Im a truck driver from NC and I can tell you that folks in Eastern KY and outside Louisville have a very strong Sourthern accent that is unique but I must also say that you will be hard pressed to find a Southern accent AND drawl similiar that of the locals in southeastern NC from Wilmington to Whiteville southward. And just for fun how many of yall know what a "spell" is? Lol
areas with proximity to the appalachian mountains tend to have similar dialects. coastal carolina also sounds very different from western NC (whos dialect is very similar to the KY/TN one).
ive even found that northwest SC's accent is more akin to the KY/TN dialect, although i didnt think that western MS was too far off from it either.
the coastline's of the south have the most unique and regionalized accents in my opinion. the inland one's i actually think occur over larger swath's of land.
Maybe you should actually travel there and find out. That's like saying everyone in NYC in every borough sounds the same (which is far from true). Variations in dialect and accents vary everywhere, with only a minimal bond per region. The media has lied to you.
Here are the differences from various Southern cities
Okay, so I went to school in Lithonia (in Dekalb County ATL) So I'm pretty sure I can speak on how some of them talked. I also traveled to Va as well as NC AND I was in ATL during the whole Katrina thing so New Orleans students came to my school at that time.
FOR ME People from the south sound the same, I can't explain it but once they say one word I can tell they're from the south (or west). That's why I say they all KIND OF sound the same. I didn't say they are.
When I lived in ATL, for a few, people said I talked "hard". (I still don't understand that.) They would say when I ask for something it sounds like I'm saying "axe" idk. I never hear it. I also have a friend in L.A who says the same thing about me. But some people like my "accent" so it's all good.
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