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Ummm....plenty of other posters brought up both grammar and syntax (something about brova and mova) so yes it was. If not, then yell at all the other posters. Don't shoot the messenger...
Ummm....plenty of other posters brought up both grammar and syntax (something about brova and mova) so yes it was. If not, then yell at all the other posters. Don't shoot the messenger...
BanjanYankee's words were exactly, "I wanted to compare the accents of blacks from each region, and as you can see in those videos, black Washingtonians have an accent that is decidely more southern than blacks in any other city on the east coast."
Most African Americans in the D.C. area who are middle and upper-middle class don't speak with a regional accent, at least not to the extent being talked about here. Overall, I'd say the English spoken by most people in the D.C. area has a standard American accent.
What do people who actually live in Washington DC think about this question?
.IMO,.basically if your grandparents were from D.C they definitely have or had a southern accent..nowadays its a dialect..folks will carry their words rather than pernounciate the whole thing...Theres alot of local slang used in D.C that they wont understand up north or down south but will use slang from both regions interchangeably .....I dont think they listen to chopped and screwed music like that in the NE like in D.C....ppl in D.C dont even use the word "yo" like the NE its "young"......IF ppl were to like go-go outside of DC it would most likely be in VA or even NC more so than even Baltimore or NY.....but def it isnt the south either
Unfahtunately, yes. I live in NoVA and would like more Southern, please, thank you very much. When I get an opportunity to leave the area, I have an internal 'human body density' meter that directs me southwest. I have seen enough of the Northeastern Seaboard by way of the DC metro area to last me the rest of my life. In fact, given an opportunity to leave DC (i.e., a decent job elsewhere in the US), I'd take it, regardless of where in the US it was.. with one caveat: I wouldn't leave DC to go deeper into the hornet's nest (NJ, Long Island, etc.).
This thread is pure entertainment and not meant to be taking seriously. Because I really don't want to believe that there are soo many ignorant people in this thread that actually believe that Maryland/DC are not part of the South. There is nothing about DC/Maryland that would prove that it isn't par of the Southern Region and there is nothing about DC that would be comparable to the Cities of the Northeast.......
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