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Originally Posted by andrew_s
In MD anyone who opposed him was thrown in jail do not pass go do not collect $200. No trial. Plus there was alot of yankee muscle to push whatever was needed or else. I doubt the state being pro Breckenridge in 1860 magically changed the true feelings after nearly 4 years of martial law and civil rights being non existent in the state.
TY. This isn't the place to delve into that, so I won't, but not for lack of interest.
Take a drive up to Woodstown sometime & enjoy the accent. There used to be a video, but I can't find it any more.
The "southern" accent is changing. You will notice that people under 30 born and raised in Raleigh, Charlotte, G-Boro, Chapel Hill, Fayetteville even, do not have classic "Southern" accents. This isn't just a Southern thing, but a national thing. The classic New York City accent is also disappearing in younger people.
I'm an NC native and have lived here 35+ years. I don't really have an accent. More than once, it has been suggested I'm a Yankee.
Reminds me of the fact that I never considered myself having an accent, though my cadence and verbage was typical of NC. In fact, when I would visit my extended family in Alabama my cousins would say I spoke "propah", but when I lived in N.VA peopel often commented on my "southern accent"
While we are talking about accents remember that NC does have several different ones.
The "southern" accent is changing. You will notice that people under 30 born and raised in Raleigh, Charlotte, G-Boro, Chapel Hill, Fayetteville even, do not have classic "Southern" accents. This isn't just a Southern thing, but a national thing. The classic New York City accent is also disappearing in younger people.
But do you really want to pick where you live based on something as silly as an accent?
Yeah there is an article about this. My buddies dad speaks old SAE while him and I speak new SAE. Has alot to do with rhotic and non rhotic speaking. The rhotic way of speaking is the one that is sadly dying, but is also the oldest form of SAE that dates back to the colonial days.
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Originally Posted by macjr82
Reminds me of the fact that I never considered myself having an accent, though my cadence and verbage was typical of NC. In fact, when I would visit my extended family in Alabama my cousins would say I spoke "propah", but when I lived in N.VA peopel often commented on my "southern accent"
While we are talking about accents remember that NC does have several different ones.
All of the coastal southern states have 3 or more SAE dialects. I can say with certainty that SC, NC, VA and MD contain Coastal souther dialect, Virginia piedmont, and southern appalachia. I cant say much about georgia other then they have a few as well and one is florida cracker.
As a Northerner living in NC for two years I hear Southern accents all the time. But when I venture over the border into SC (over yonder for your Southerners) there are people there that I have no frigging idea what they are saying.
I am 59, born and raised in NC. Moved to SC 4 years ago. I had a telephone conversation this week with an past acquaintance from Farmville. Her eastern NC accent was so thick it almost sounded like someone doing a parody.
Funny story - When I was in college, I did an internship in rural Michigan, instructor in therapeutic riding. While teaching lessons, I had to stand in the middle of a large riding arena and call out instructions to the riders and their helpers. I was told that I really had to work on my enunciation and projection because of my southern accent. Until then, I had never thought I had a southern accent. It made me self-aware for the rest of my life.
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It made me self-aware for the rest of my life.
