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I've heard this assumption before, and it actually makes sense. If you speed up Southern accents, they sound British. The South didn't see a ton of immigration/diversity for the longest time, so the accent sounds the most like our British ancestors who came over here. Any thoughts?
Just listen to these folks from the coast of North Carolina.
I've heard this assumption before, and it actually makes sense. If you speed up Southern accents, they sound British. The South didn't see a ton of immigration/diversity for the longest time, so the accent sounds the most like our British ancestors who came over here. Any thoughts?
Just listen to these folks from the coast of North Carolina.
i think new york/new jersey does, honestly. i notice i pronounce certain things with a bit of a british sound. for example, when i say JESUS CHRIST, the christ part almost sounds like "chroist"... does that make sense? and i notice only new yorkers and brits do this
also baltimore, with the way they pronounce their O's. as in "I want to go hewm." lol
I've heard this assumption before, and it actually makes sense. If you speed up Southern accents, they sound British. The South didn't see a ton of immigration/diversity for the longest time, so the accent sounds the most like our British ancestors who came over here. Any thoughts?
Just listen to these folks from the coast of North Carolina.
That is an old Ocracoke Island accent. An island only accessible by ferry just south of Hatteras island. Similar dying accents can be found in a couple Islands in the Chesapeake Bay in MD and VA. Isolation has kept them going but those are dying accents now.
I just posted a video of an accent a little more extreme, you can clearly hear the Anglo/Irish influence. However, just plain old typical southern accents could also work.
That is an old Ocracoke Island accent. An island only accessible by ferry just south of Hatteras island. Similar dying accents can be found in a couple Islands in the Chesapeake Bay in MD and VA. Isolation has kept them going but those are dying accents now.
It's a little similar in remote, mountain communities. Definitely in North Carolina but probably the same case in Tennessee, Virginia, and Georgia.
I just posted a video of an accent a little more extreme, you can clearly hear the Anglo/Irish influence. However, just plain old typical southern accents could also work.
That's why British actors are better at Southern accents than non-Southern American actors.
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