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My thoughts are the South's northern most city is Richmond, perhaps Louisville. The Western most is Beaumont, maybe Houston/Waco. Furthest South is probs north of Orlando, but I don't have a lot of experience in FL. Orlando doesn't feel Southern to me, but Destin and stuff in the panhandle does.
Wilmington and its northern suburbs are heavily aligned with PA and Philadelphia. The old folks said "yous" and raadiator and is heavily Catholic and liberal and forward-thinking.
Once you get to the southern suburbs of Wilmington, the people talk slower, start to say y'all (the younger people,) and people tend to orient south and repel Philadelphia rather than look up to it.
I was in Felton, DE speaking with a client and he had a southern accent.. I asked him a few times where he was from... said.. but originally.. before that.. he was from there and had a southern drawl.
I say Stanton, DE is where the northern culture starts to water down, and fast.
Then again, there are pockets of southern accents around Salem, NJ and Oxford/Nottingham, PA.
Wilmington and its northern suburbs are heavily aligned with PA and Philadelphia. The old folks said "yous" and raadiator and is heavily Catholic and liberal and forward-thinking.
Once you get to the southern suburbs of Wilmington, the people talk slower, start to say y'all (the younger people,) and people tend to orient south and repel Philadelphia rather than look up to it.
I was in Felton, DE speaking with a client and he had a southern accent.. I asked him a few times where he was from... said.. but originally.. before that.. he was from there and had a southern drawl.
I say Stanton, DE is where the northern culture starts to water down, and fast.
Then again, there are pockets of southern accents around Salem, NJ and Oxford/Nottingham, PA.
The American English accents found in southern New Jersey and southeastern Pennsylvania are NOT Southern; they are Mid-Atlantic.
Then again, there are pockets of southern accents around Salem, NJ and Oxford/Nottingham, PA.
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Originally Posted by KodeBlue
There's definitely a hint of southern there.
Careful folks- I (and one other New Englander) said there were southern aspects to Far Southern NJ- provided tangible examples, and still got flamed by people from the Deep South. Dont get burned.
Careful folks- I (and one other New Englander) said there were southern aspects to Far Southern NJ- provided tangible examples, and still got flamed by people from the Deep South. Dont get burned.
Salem NJ to me could be indistinguishable from south Birmingham, Alabama. Salem and Cumberland County NJ are tickling the edges in terms of look and feel, but not in terms of dialect.
No ****, a Midland accent has elements of both Northern and Southern accents.
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