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Yes, I found MOST people in Central OH to have a twang in their speech, but that's all relative considering I come from the Upper Midwest, specifically Minnesota.
Pin-pen merger, and drawn out vowels. It's typical in the lower Midwest, but there's still a fine difference between the way they speak and the traditional "southern accent."
Each to their own, though, I guess everything's relative.
I have heard Southern accents in Hagerstown, MD btw... just not by locals. Mostly shoppers from WV or the like.
Once I was in Minnesota and I was watching a commercial for "Duck Dynasty".... that is about the most north I have heard a southern accent... also about the furthest north I have been.
Once I was in Minnesota and I was watching a commercial for "Duck Dynasty".... that is about the most north I have heard a southern accent... also about the furthest north I have been.
Really, dude? I've never heard anything that sounds remotely like a southern accent anywhere in Minnesota (or Wisconsin or the Dakotas for that matter). Though there's definitely a similar aesthetic between Duck Dynasty and some rural Minnesota hicks (though I've never seen a Polaris jacket on Duck Dynasty), the accents couldn't be any further apart.
The furthest north I've ever heard southern accents was at a gas station in a town outside Champaign, IL.
The furthest west I've ever heard southern accents was Fresno, CA (the descendants of Okies who moved there during the dust bowl).
Really, dude? I've never heard anything that sounds remotely like a southern accent anywhere in Minnesota (or Wisconsin or the Dakotas for that matter). Though there's definitely a similar aesthetic between Duck Dynasty and some rural Minnesota hicks (though I've never seen a Polaris jacket on Duck Dynasty), the accents couldn't be any further apart.
The furthest north I've ever heard southern accents was at a gas station in a town outside Champaign, IL.
The furthest west I've ever heard southern accents was Fresno, CA (the descendants of Okies who moved there during the dust bowl).
Uh, it was a joke... I heard the accent on TV while in Minnesota...
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