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Old 07-07-2011, 04:54 PM
 
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Exactly, the twang thing is a regional dialect all its own.
I do notice some people in central MO like Columbia have more of a twang than Stl or other areas.

I wonder is that the leftovers from the Little Dixie days and ancestors who were southern?

 
Old 07-07-2011, 05:10 PM
 
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I do notice some people in central MO like Columbia have more of a twang than Stl or other areas.

I wonder is that the leftovers from the Little Dixie days and ancestors who were southern?
If that were true, then wouldnt we all still have the accents of wherever our ancestors came from?
By that logic, I should have a distinct German accent, but I dont, I have the classic nasal STL accent that hammers the Rs.
 
Old 07-07-2011, 05:20 PM
 
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Regional Accents in Central to Southern-Eastern MO:


YouTube - ‪New Project‬‏
This man is a police officer from Senath, Missouri, which is located in Dunklin County. This video is from an interview from the Daily Dunklin Democrat. This man exhibits the "delta drawl" which is often encountered in the Bootheel of Missouri, NE Arkansas, and Western Mississippi.


YouTube - ‪Sara Menard - Ste. Genevieve Missouri‬‏
This is a lady from the Ste. Genevieve area. She exhibits a flat midwestern accent.


YouTube - ‪Missouri Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder Challenges Federal Health Care Bill‬‏
This is Missouri Lt. Governor Peter Kinder, who is originally from Cape Girardeau. He exhibits more of a mixed upland southern & lower midwestern accent with the "Missouri twang"
 
Old 07-07-2011, 05:30 PM
 
Location: SW Missouri
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Old 07-07-2011, 05:34 PM
 
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Great illustrative vids of various accents in MO, the gal from Ste Gen, her mom is one of the "Ladies with a Spoon". I sound just like her.
 
Old 07-07-2011, 05:36 PM
 
Location: Silver Springs, FL
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I dont care who you are, that was fall-down funny!
 
Old 07-07-2011, 06:33 PM
 
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There was someone recently in the bootheel who was arrested for burning a Confederate battle flag.

Woman arrested for burning rebel flag | News | Bootheel News

CARUTHERSVILLE, MO (KAIT) - A woman is due in court in late June after police say she stole and burned a Confederate flag.
Early Tuesday morning, Caruthersville Police were called to a home in the 1000 block of Beckwith where the owner claimed someone had stolen their rebel flag.
 
Old 07-07-2011, 07:08 PM
 
Location: SW Missouri
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There was someone recently in the bootheel who was arrested for burning a Confederate battle flag.

Woman arrested for burning rebel flag | News | Bootheel News

CARUTHERSVILLE, MO (KAIT) - A woman is due in court in late June after police say she stole and burned a Confederate flag.
Early Tuesday morning, Caruthersville Police were called to a home in the 1000 block of Beckwith where the owner claimed someone had stolen their rebel flag.
"She was arrested and charged with stealing, property damage and burning in city limits."

You do understand that it was not a crime to burn the flag because it was a Confederate or even Union flag - you just can't burn 'anything' in Caruthersville, you can't steal 'anything' in Caruthersville, nor can you 'destroy property you have stolen' in Caruthersville - much like anywhere else in Missouri.

Keep trying though.
 
Old 07-07-2011, 08:40 PM
 
Location: MO
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nor can you 'destroy property you have stolen' in Caruthersville
But the locals do it all the time!
 
Old 07-07-2011, 08:43 PM
 
Location: MO
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Great illustrative vids of various accents in MO, the gal from Ste Gen, her mom is one of the "Ladies with a Spoon". I sound just like her.
Yeah I personally think I sound like a mix between Peter Kinder with a bit of influence from the dialect that the officer from Senath speaks with. There are plenty more accents that should have been posted but I had to go to church and plus dial-up prevents much youtube surfing
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