hey tacoma you said you had a rough time in chicago and they aggravated you a lot.. what do you mean? what did they do to you? and by the way do you drive a toyota tacoma? you strike me as someone who drives a Ford F350 instead
@billboardnumber1 I was only 19 at the time and in electronics school for the U.S. Navy. I was teased daily about my accent and being a dumb redneck/hick but they warmed up to me after a while. I did have a Toyota Tacoma for a while which is the reason for my youtube name. I now drive a GMC pickup that has been in the family for 20 years to work with and a BMW 3 series for my main automobile. Toyota Tacoma's are very popular in KY and TN for their ability on steep trails.
@tacoma200 that's nasty what they did to you. i teach in a school and i would not have tolerated that kind of bullying. if it's any consolation, southern people are known to have a good heart, down to earth and humble. although i do not know you, i am a good judge of character and i believe that you have these qualities in you.
@tacoma200 yea that's the thing. when i was around 12 years old i cried when i watched Alex Haley's Roots. I got scared when I watched Mississippi Burning and all the media representation... but you know what? I go to Kentucky a lot and I had encountered so many nice people there more than anywhere...
People with southern accents always seem humble. I've noticed people with northern accents are a little more uptight. Just an observation. It seems more comforting.
@FallForYou1039 I hate to stereotype but I agree. If you ever watched the "Andy Griffith Show" that's exactly what my family was like. My dad was a very gentle Southern man much like the main character "Andy".
I from the panhandle of Florida and when I go to other ststes people ask where Im from I tell them Florida they ask no really where you from people in Florida dont have southern accents!! Well we still do in north Florida. We dont have a deep draw like people from Alabama or Georgia.
Thanks for the video. Where I live (NE Scotland) the local accent (and Doric, the local language/dialect) is slowly disappearing. Like Southern accents it is automatically assumed (even by people who live here!) that the speaker is most likely a retarded (in Doric: Gleikit) hick (Tcheuchter). Don't dilute your accent!
Have you ever heard the phrase "Heaven to Betsy?" My mom and granny are from Arkansas and they say that, instead of Lord Have Mercy. I've never heard anyone else say it.
That is a really cool accent. It reminds of a really posh English accent from the fifties or older, this is just my thoughts, but it could originate from British immigrants in the 1700s and 1800s who were well spoken and owned big plantations. If you listen to old British radio accent you will hear the long 'i' like caader instead of cider and also the long o's like gaat instead of got. It is just my theory but the accent is quite interesting.
I can relate. I am from Oklahoma, and when I was younger I was ashamed of my accent. I felt that it made me sound stupid or redneck so I tried to be more generic sounding. Now that I'm a 36 year old man, I don't care if someone believes me to be stupid just because of the way I talk. But now I'm stuck with a generic accent isn't real. It isn't the accent that I'm -supposed- to have. So now I have to relearn the way that -I should- be talking by paying more attention to the way my mom talks.
Working as a waitress, I was perplexed when I would ask out-of-towners "What kind of Coke do you want?" And get the response,"Do you have anything other than Coke? Like Sprite? Dr. Pepper?" Took me too long to figure out why they didn't understand my question!
You haven't lost your accent at all! =) My family's from Kentucky, my parents and Grandparents have very strong accents, I remember my Grandma saying "Lordie mercy!" and for some reason "Directly" a lot
we also throw an "er" sound on some words. window=winder, pillow=piller. washer would be said like waRsher. just a few more words. :) im from eastern tennessee.
I think Accents hot on girls! I'm from Ohio my Grandpa's both from southern states. I southern accent but it's not strong but when I drink or say Oil, or Fire
It's all pretty true, but I was born and raised from middle Tn and have never heard someone call a coke a pop or soda, for example when a waiter asks you what you want to drink, you say "coke", then the waiter asks what kind of coke would you like. At least that's how it is around here.
DEAD ON! I get tickled at people that TRY to talk southern. And I understand, no matter how I try to clean mine up on the phone I still get asked where I'm from.
@welcometotheberg Right on the Kentucky/Tennessee line, not far from Dale Hollow Lake. My grandmother was born and raised on the Cumberland river near the Kentucky/Tennessee line when steam boats to Nashville were the main form of getting supplies. I'm still here, even though I have lived in many parts of the country.
You have NOT lost your accent ;-) I live in South Florida and if you go North, you get the accents up around Jacksonville. You even get those deputy sheriff types with the pot bellies and big ol' hats. Down here the fuzz looks more like something off the show "CHIPS"
@DiaShanti Yes, South Florida is beautiful, but the culture isn't Southern. I rarely hear a Southern accent except in the Northern third of the state. Thanks
When I first moved to the south I decided all rednecks must be psychic......it's the only place you can see several men standing around talking, one of them saying something about over yonder, not even pointing or nodding....yet somehow every one of them know exactly where YONDER is!.....AMAZING ; )
involuntary; Mason Dixon good Line, stay; Tcma right on G.r.i.t.s, fascinate; "say it again"; my VA's (too N for some) unique use of ou (house) is heard not read, difficult to mimic; Sea' ment, Wright' mud'ch, Preti goud', Lans' sake, fayer' ta midlin, lil'le ole, chimly, (rinse) rench'. G.r.i.t.s in public: not sweaty, clam'my, not toilet, Ka' moad, lil'le ga'wirlz rem, not 1st period, Fayel' awf t ruf, not gossip, Meowth fulla' butta; VA drawl adapts talking to the other southern accents.
I'm from either middle or east Tennessee (no one can decide, we're right on the line) and I've always been told I don't really have much of an accent. I was born in the hospital about a mile from my house, and I've actually been asked where I lived before I came here, haha xD Sometimes I catch myself say a word differently though, and it sounds strange to my own ears.
I really like yours though, it reminds me of my family. ;)
I'm from either middle or east Tennessee (no one can decide, we're right on the line) and I've always been told I don't really have much of an accent. I was born in the hospital about a mile from my house, and I've actually been asked where I lived before I came here, haha xD Sometimes I catch myself say a word differently though, and it sounds strange to my own ears.
I really like yours though, it reminds me of my family. ;)
Interesting video. Thanks for uploading. I am from the Northeast, and to me, you still have a distinct southern accent. You use a lot of 'Y' sounds in your vowels. But I can still understand every word you said. And there's something about a well spoken southern accent that conveys sincerity.
@philnoll Thanks, I can switch to a little more neutral accent if I want to be taken seriously, but it takes a conscious effort. I still find I'm not taken as seriously by some when I use my natural accent.
@tacoma200 Prejudice is a nasty little thing. Up north, there's a lot of prejudice against the south. In politics, they milk it for all its worth too.
I was born in ATL, raised in N. Bama. I travel the world with business, and hold my accent dearly. I refuse to change it in any way, but I think that's my personality, but I can understand you being intimidated somewhat especially if you were younger at the time. It's really amazing how differently our individual dialects are from area to area. NO, there aren't better schools, per se, it depends strictly on the area, as there are many DC, NY, MI, etc., that are educationally poorer.
I was born and raised in the blue ridge mountains of NC and have never heard anyone call soda a pop before lol you must have some yankees livin around your parts.
Well done, my man. Very interesting, and I listened to all of it (don't put a wig on). Feels like I can safely say that you haven't lost the accent completely...in fact, it still seems pretty thick. I say this as an actor from Texas currently living in California. I did a search on this trying to locate a more defined accent (namely Mississippi) because I'm playing Brick in CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF. It helped me some, reassured me even more. Wishing you all the best.
Love the video. Totally relate. If you want to hear a Southern accent, view my video on you tube. People r always commenting on my speech. Proud to be from the South and have a Southern accent. Thanks for the video. I subscribed.
@mimsy0526 I'm not an American, I don't even come from an English speaking country, but of all the American accents and dialects, I really like the Southern accents a lot more than the so-called ''standard American''.
Great video! I'm a Native Floridian, I grew in Live Oak, Florida and you can still find a lot of people with strong Southern accents there...We used to say things like: I'm fixin' to leave the house, we called all soda drinks COKE, even if it was Pepsi or 7-up. My mom would say "If you don't straighten up, I'm gonna tan your hide!" and my grandpa would say..."Don't let ya mama catch you whallerin' with that boy, now ya hear". In my travels abroad, I find most people are intrigued by it.
I was born and raised in Alabama...RURAL Alabama. I've spent some time travelling the east coast and I, too, have attempted to train myself to sound more ambiguous due to stereotypical misconceptions about southern accents. People are often VERY surprised to hear me speak as my annunciations and grammar usage often contradicts how grammatically correct and "refined" I write/type.
For the record, I find a Southern accent on a man to be VERY attractive. ;-)
@tacoma200 Thank you very much. Brent has an amazing voice, yes. They do an excellent cover of Simple Man, (would it be blasphemous to admit that I liked it better than the original Skynyrd version? haha). I listen to a WIDE variety of music; I listen to everything from Willie Nelson to L. A. Guns.
@nigelholland3 Yeah, maybe north Louisiana, which is basically a mix part of Texas, Arkansas, and Mississippi. N Louisiana is surrounded by southern culture yet South Louisiana is not, I live here trust me, when i moved to Florida in 05' for the hurricane, people didnt ask me where in the South i was from but what Caribbean island or what part of New York i was from. Im from New Orleans, have the total accent, we dont sound country like our fellow southerners. The thought that we do is incorrect
@MaitreTsu You forgot the people that live in the Bayous though. Ik there are some people there with a cajun accent, but still there are some people there that are very very southern.
@nigelholland3 Cajun Country which is still South Louisiana, is filled with Louisiana Cajuns and Creoles most of which speak French or some form of it. Though these people do have a Southern drawl that way of talking isnt the same as the US Southern accent. The Cajun accent has a 3 parts mix of French, Spanish and American Southern English. Cajuns only partially sound country, when they speak theres still a different form grammar and not all Cajuns speak this way, they do have their own language
@ProctoLion@ProctoLion I'm from the other side of the mountains. We are just west of the area known as Appalachia (they have the Mountain accent). I live in rolling hills up stream from Nashville.
@tianitra I have corrected this using annotations, most people from the South us "Coke" to describe most soft drinks. I picked up the phrase "pop" from my cousins in Cincinnati.
I've grown up in the South and what most people think of as Southern accents is what George Bush speaks with. Thats actually a Texas accent and a lot of southerners don't consider it an actual southern accent. Tennesee/Mississippi/Alabama/Louisiana all have different accents, I know personally.
I learned to talk in West Texas. When I was seven we moved to Northeast Ohio. The children at my new school gave me a very hard time and I quickly learned to speak with a Northeast Ohio accent - just so I wouldn't be teased. Now, decades later, whenever I hear a genuine West Texas accent it makes me feel homesick and sad. I feel like I was robbed of something precious. It's a part of my heritage that I can't reclaim. No one should be made to feel ashamed of a regional accent.
Everywhere has different accents, Im from australia and the country people talk a bit slower to the city people. And the southern accent to me makes me think of guns and cowboys lol. Not being nasty but yeah I love all american accents :D
I grew up in Southern Kentucky. Now live in California and several people have said they noticed I had an accent . I thought I talked like others here, but have noticed Californians talk real fast. I tend to talk a bit slower (I guess I want people to understand what I say the first time LOL)
@Bobocrat Bowling Green! thats where I lived before moving to California (lived there about a year). but. I grew up in Hoptown (Hopkinsville Ky). I miss life back there. It was so simple and people back East are more trusting of each other and caring towards others. There are good people here in California (just dont see it as often as in the South). People here are in their cliques and have their own agendas + people here alsio try to live high (expensive cars, homes, etc). A shame it is.
@Bobocrat Good to hear from Bowling Green. We could only get 3 fuzzy TV stations from Nashville (2,4,5) growing up until WBKO 13 in Bowling Green started transmitting. First time I had eve seen a clear TV signal. Ha, I know that's funny. The grade School class used to go to Beech Bend Park back in the day.
The only time I had difficulty understanding a southerner was in rural south Louisiana. I noticed the locals dropped the "Th" sound. I later learned that was because French does not have a "Th" sound.
Yeah you should hear a newfoundlander accents surprisingly people up there almost have like a southern accent with a northern touch with a hint like southern accents mixed with Scottish and Irish accents you should look it up
Aha, I live in Georgia and A LOT of people think I speak like that, but I actually don't really HAVE an accent since my mom is from WAYYY up north! Sometimes I say things in different accents!
Im from Georgia...you wont really hear that much of a accent in Atlanta no more. Once you start going down. Like I live in middle Georgia. Even though Macon is Urban and a city and. People still talk country lol...Or Southern well I didnt know I was country until my homeboy and homegirl in atlanta said I sound that way. But I know everywhere else except Atlanta you gone hear a strong accent.
@sexyloser The only reason I didnt use slang and type like my accent is because I didnt wanna get anybody thinking I was ignorant or what not. I was in a situation on here on youtube when someone was talking about my grammar is bad etc etc. When I know for fact I had -A or B+ in that when I was in elementary school. But it aint people down here dumb its just the way we talk. (Hint I never spell the way I talk I spell the correct way except then just used that for a example)
I'm from Philadelphia, and I get made fun of out here in San Francisco where I have lived for the past 8 years because I said certain words like, "orange" or "Florida" or "Horrible". Where I grew up, the accent on the "a" sound replaces the "O", so it's like... Are-ange, Flar-ida, or Harr-ible. For me, to say it any different is unnatural. lol. To each his own I guess.
I grew up on the borderline of eastern TN & KY. To me this guy sounds normal if not proper compared to some of the locals from home. I remember my first year of college I was doing laundry in the dorms. I asked my roomate if he was going to "warsh" his clothes. Some girl told me that if I was in college I needed to talk proper. I told her, "shove yer fanger in yer ass an mind yer own dagum business" LOL. I am now a Nurse Practioner living up north and still have my southern ways. ; )
I have such an affection to the book, 'To Kill a Mockingbird' and therefore southern American. I really want to go visit there one day and see how they talk.
@smokemoar420 I agree but it's amazing that I get comments from Alabama saying I speak with a stronger accent and that they don't have one. I'm sure it is not as strong in urban area's of Alabama.
All I've got to say is don't be ashamed of where you're from or who you are (talking about your accent). I think guys with southern accents are hot; just sayin:P lol
@HeLovesCulture Guess you're right. There really aren't any gender accents.Something I found out, in Arkansas where I'm from, we have a problem with a stuffy nose, I went to the desert in Texas where it is dry and my nose cleared and my voice wasn.t nasal anymore. When I came home I lmao at the accent until my nose was stuffy again. Sorry got off subject but a good nasal spray will kill a southern accent in an emergency.
@AuroraGreenleaf I had a very old computer and camera equipment when I made this video. I had no idea so many people would ever listen to it, but you are correct the volume is low.
I've shared your video with a penpal in Italy, who was asking me about different American accents and dialects. I've found it very helpful, to explain to her the differences in American speech, since this is such a big country with a wonderful variety of people. Thank you for making this available. :)
Here in Nashville, the natives have at least two distinct accents. I'm orginally from the north, so I sound like a mixture of southern and northern accent now.
POP is the most offending word you can say in Eastern Arkansas.So SISSY,it is a SODA. Just saying the word in my head is causing me to grit my teeth. You want a POP? South , I'm ashamed of you for using such sissy words, ugh! Stop it.
If you want to know if you have an accent, listen to your voice on an answering machine. I did and I have a beautiful southern accent with proper pronunciation.I fell in love with my voice, but I can't hear it when I speak. I think a southern accent tends to be feminine, no offense to you men, and I think an Australian accent is masculine, but the worse American accent is the non-accent,very blah tv accent.Try the answering machine,this is what you really sound like.
I am from the eastern part of Arkansas,what we call a water hose ,Alabama calls a hose pipe, our faucet ,they call a spigot.In my part of the state we say SODA ,to us POP sounds sissy.An elderly relative of mine calls a sink,a zink and a chair a cheer, we love her.The mountainous regions of the south that have more poverty and not so good schools seem to have their own language.I have been told by people from the north that my accent is Mid-West-Southern,,northern men like it.
My niece and I were in Gillette Wy. We were in a store and my niece is talking to a clerk, my niece starts talking in this twangie hill-billy speech about the sterotypical south.OMG! the clerks eyes are about to pop out and I'm so embrassed I leave the store.Later I asked my niece why she did it and she said she isn't ashamed to be from the south, but she doesn't talk that way in the south. It's amazing how many believe her little stunt, I just wanted to slap her.Better education stops hillbilly
There are many varieties of English spoken throughout the US. Some varieties are considered more hoity-toity, like the New England accent, but I avoid those types of social elitist traps. If I can understand you, and your thoughts are clear, then it's good. It think it would be pretty boring if everyone spoke alike. Years ago, it was said that regional accents would die out because of TV and the internet, but it hasn't happened, and probably never will. Again, love your voice. Be proud of it.
Hello Lance. What I listen for in English speech is clarity, which does not depend on any particular accent or variety of English. Your speech is a clear as a bell, soft in tone, and not too fast. If you listen to a lot of TV personalities they speak much too quickly and their voices are harsh, yet you have a lot people trying to emulate that type of speech because they think it's cool or something. I teach in Saudi Arabia, and have also taught in South Korea. More....
Can ya imagine the mess I'm in. I haul long run all over the US and Canada and I sound like a cross between the north and south. It don't take much to pick up a few words. To me a holler is a holler.
@beerrunner81 Hey I drove as a long haul trucker for about 5 years also. I enjoyed you video's, especially going thru a pass in Canada. I am surprised there are not a lot more video's about truck driving on YouTube. Thanks for the comment and I understand your lifestyle very well (long haul trucking).
Love your video. You have a nice soft voice, and you don't sound dumb. That is a real sterotype. Though I am born and raised in Chicago my family is from the South, Mississippi and Alabama, and your speech and voice reminds me of my relatives. Your voice and accent give me a warm feeling. I now teach English as a foreign language in the Middle East, and I always get compliments about my "accent". Like you, I didn't know I had one!
@elainebmack Thank you very much. I will have to say you comment meant a lot to me because you are an English teacher. I expected to be scolded by an English teacher, but you were very kind. I am so glad you find my voice pleasing. Can you say what area of the Middle East you teach in? Lance
Accents are so fascinating! I live in Louisiana, and people from North Louisiana speak a lot differently from people in South Louisiana; not to mention the distinct cajun french accent.
@FuneralPartyAudio Actually that was my mistake. I called all soft drinks "Coke" until my cousins from Cincinnati moved across the road and they called it "pop". Coke is the most common name for a dark carbonated beverages in the South.
@emmakuester What? Chicagoans speaks just like the majority of the Midwest or the "typical" American accent. I live just outside of Chicago so I would know and the only time I've ever been told I have an accent was by a Scottish teacher in high school.
this is a deep south accent.......im from northern alabama and from there and most people cant tell im from the south.and this guy makes the south looks like its stereo type
To call a Texas accent "southern" seems odd to me. It is so much closer to the mainstream accent than a thick Louisianan accent, which I do like. I hope we don't lose our accents. That would be a shame. Anyway, I know you know the Texas/Louisiana accent thing. I'm just putting it up for others. Thanks for the video. I was once in Australia and an airport staffer heard a woman speak and wondered aloud where she came from, because the tourist said "tin" instead of "ten". Easy answer: Tin-nessee.
just to clarify not all cities in the south have the typical southern accent. i'm from a suburb about 25-30 minutes outside of New Orleans and there really isn't much of an accent, when i travel north people are constantly telling me they don't detect and accent. usually the southern accents is stronger the further away from major cities you get
@bambinotes Definitely. I'm from just outside of Atlanta and I have a very neutral 'news anchor' accent. My step-father is from rural middle Georgia and has a much thicker accent than people from the metro area. When I go south to Macon or East to Augusta, I'm blown away by how different the accents are. A lot of the people I encounter from outside the city don't believe I'm from Georgia because I don't sound 'southern' enough.
Well I guess it's safe to say that most of the US speaks more "Redneck, Southern & Hillbilly" I see the south is risin' again and personally I'd love it if the US was a redneck-ish state :P
im from south carolina, was born on the military base near the capital city, but have lived in the low country islands for half my life. and its odd to hear the different accents through out the state. but being a computer science major my vocabulary is quite extensive. but i hold true to my accent and remarks, its who i am. heres to you for not being ashamed of yours. and ide keep it. my fiancee is from Alabam. and hearing her speak to me in her southern accent is the sweetest sound ever!
I don't think that having a Southern accent makes anyone sound any stupider than anyone else, personally. I don't think it shows anything about intelligence at all, only a bit about where you're from.
You forgot warsh instead of wash, or like warsher instead of washer. My mother-in-law is real bad for that one. My mamaw always used to say Lord Have Mercy or Lord'a Mercy, but my Mother in law she always says Lordy Day!
I am from the South, near Charlotte and I hate the way I sound on tapes, even though my accent isn't that bad anymore until I get to talking fast drinking lol. But I would have to say you have not anywhere near lost your accent. Not saying it as a bad thing just that if you think you have lost it, and would like to lose it, you have along ways to go. your pretty thick accented still
I remember when I first realized I had a southern accent! People tend to think Maryland isn't southern at all, but the truth of it is where I live in the state were basically southern people
I live in TN and when I was in the military and living in CA, people would want me to repeat almost everything I said because they loved to hear my southern accent.
A southern accent was mentioned several times while reading "The General's Daughter" from Nelson DeMille. This monolog helped me to associate the sound with the words. Thanks from Santiago, Chile.
Thanks for this video. I am from Glasgow Scotland and I am studying the Southern Accent for a production called For Whom the Southern Belle Tolls by Christopher Durang. Listening to a males Southern Accent has helped thanks again.
hey tacoma you said you had a rough time in chicago and they aggravated you a lot.. what do you mean? what did they do to you? and by the way do you drive a toyota tacoma? you strike me as someone who drives a Ford F350 instead
billboardnumber1 4 days ago
@billboardnumber1 I was only 19 at the time and in electronics school for the U.S. Navy. I was teased daily about my accent and being a dumb redneck/hick but they warmed up to me after a while. I did have a Toyota Tacoma for a while which is the reason for my youtube name. I now drive a GMC pickup that has been in the family for 20 years to work with and a BMW 3 series for my main automobile. Toyota Tacoma's are very popular in KY and TN for their ability on steep trails.
tacoma200 4 days ago
@tacoma200 that's nasty what they did to you. i teach in a school and i would not have tolerated that kind of bullying. if it's any consolation, southern people are known to have a good heart, down to earth and humble. although i do not know you, i am a good judge of character and i believe that you have these qualities in you.
billboardnumber1 4 days ago
@billboardnumber1 I also had several people assume I was prejudiced since I was Southern and were surprised that I wasn't.
tacoma200 4 days ago
@tacoma200 yea that's the thing. when i was around 12 years old i cried when i watched Alex Haley's Roots. I got scared when I watched Mississippi Burning and all the media representation... but you know what? I go to Kentucky a lot and I had encountered so many nice people there more than anywhere...
billboardnumber1 4 days ago
When i first met my husband ( I'm from Alabama and he's from DC) he talked so funny! He's been down here over 25 years now and now he talks right.
M42064 1 week ago
@M42064 hey lady careful with your words... what do you mean he "talks RIGHT"? what alabamians talk WRONG?
billboardnumber1 4 days ago
You sound completely normal to me.
M42064 1 week ago
thank you, very nice presentation.
joeshea1010 2 weeks ago
@joeshea1010 Thanks soo much, I am glad you liked it.
tacoma200 1 week ago
Never try and get rid of the great southern accent! I am from the south side of Virgina so I am proud of it! Nice video!
TheOrderoftheOwl 2 weeks ago
People with southern accents always seem humble. I've noticed people with northern accents are a little more uptight. Just an observation. It seems more comforting.
FallForYou1039 2 weeks ago 2
@FallForYou1039 I hate to stereotype but I agree. If you ever watched the "Andy Griffith Show" that's exactly what my family was like. My dad was a very gentle Southern man much like the main character "Andy".
tacoma200 2 weeks ago
you say it's hard to loose a southern accent but it's hard to loose a accent in general.
Copyrightbreaker22 3 weeks ago
I from the panhandle of Florida and when I go to other ststes people ask where Im from I tell them Florida they ask no really where you from people in Florida dont have southern accents!! Well we still do in north Florida. We dont have a deep draw like people from Alabama or Georgia.
derail6969 3 weeks ago
@derail6969 It may not be as strong but sometimes I hear an accent in the panhandle to around Lakeland that sounds much like Georgia.
tacoma200 3 weeks ago
Thanks for the video. Where I live (NE Scotland) the local accent (and Doric, the local language/dialect) is slowly disappearing. Like Southern accents it is automatically assumed (even by people who live here!) that the speaker is most likely a retarded (in Doric: Gleikit) hick (Tcheuchter). Don't dilute your accent!
0ptimistPrim3 4 weeks ago
@0ptimistPrim3 I understand completely and thanks for you comment.
tacoma200 3 weeks ago
Have you ever heard the phrase "Heaven to Betsy?" My mom and granny are from Arkansas and they say that, instead of Lord Have Mercy. I've never heard anyone else say it.
oldhamburger 1 month ago
That is a really cool accent. It reminds of a really posh English accent from the fifties or older, this is just my thoughts, but it could originate from British immigrants in the 1700s and 1800s who were well spoken and owned big plantations. If you listen to old British radio accent you will hear the long 'i' like caader instead of cider and also the long o's like gaat instead of got. It is just my theory but the accent is quite interesting.
chaz1453 1 month ago
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I can relate. I am from Oklahoma, and when I was younger I was ashamed of my accent. I felt that it made me sound stupid or redneck so I tried to be more generic sounding. Now that I'm a 36 year old man, I don't care if someone believes me to be stupid just because of the way I talk. But now I'm stuck with a generic accent isn't real. It isn't the accent that I'm -supposed- to have. So now I have to relearn the way that -I should- be talking by paying more attention to the way my mom talks.
stammlager5 1 month ago
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stammlager5 1 month ago
Your accent is beautiful!
feltloveagain 1 month ago 2
@feltloveagain Wow, thanks :)
tacoma200 1 month ago
Working as a waitress, I was perplexed when I would ask out-of-towners "What kind of Coke do you want?" And get the response,"Do you have anything other than Coke? Like Sprite? Dr. Pepper?" Took me too long to figure out why they didn't understand my question!
bionichushpuppy 1 month ago
@bionichushpuppy Oh yes, I am from Northern Alabama..."Rocket City" Huntsville.
bionichushpuppy 1 month ago
You haven't lost your accent at all! =) My family's from Kentucky, my parents and Grandparents have very strong accents, I remember my Grandma saying "Lordie mercy!" and for some reason "Directly" a lot
FramerCid 1 month ago
this video is cool
CHESTERproductVIDEOS 1 month ago
we also throw an "er" sound on some words. window=winder, pillow=piller. washer would be said like waRsher. just a few more words. :) im from eastern tennessee.
cdg2289 1 month ago
I think Accents hot on girls! I'm from Ohio my Grandpa's both from southern states. I southern accent but it's not strong but when I drink or say Oil, or Fire
beanerdog1 1 month ago
I'm a southerner and very proud to be. All the way in Mississippi.
49carol 2 months ago
Born and raised in the South....When I was young people would call Coke type drinks were called "Cold Drinks"
Frankallen12 2 months ago
It's all pretty true, but I was born and raised from middle Tn and have never heard someone call a coke a pop or soda, for example when a waiter asks you what you want to drink, you say "coke", then the waiter asks what kind of coke would you like. At least that's how it is around here.
Leeroy928 2 months ago
om lookin fer a job who duz the harn an farn
BigBishop1 2 months ago
DEAD ON! I get tickled at people that TRY to talk southern. And I understand, no matter how I try to clean mine up on the phone I still get asked where I'm from.
2agray 2 months ago 2
you still have an accent
unfad1ng 2 months ago
Where in the south are you from originally?
welcometotheberg 2 months ago
@welcometotheberg Right on the Kentucky/Tennessee line, not far from Dale Hollow Lake. My grandmother was born and raised on the Cumberland river near the Kentucky/Tennessee line when steam boats to Nashville were the main form of getting supplies. I'm still here, even though I have lived in many parts of the country.
tacoma200 2 months ago 5
A southern accent makes you feel warm and welcome when you hear it
jc7997aj 3 months ago 2
well lets be honoust here, lets all just agree that the British shit on the americans........just admit it, we all know its true
appaharrisonly 3 months ago
right on my brother..thanks for explaining it well...maybe look at my video where I explain stuff a bit on southern accents too.
TheFiestyhick 3 months ago
the thing about the schools isn't entirely true. the schools here in pennsylvania, including the one i went to, are among the worst.
bumblecreek477 3 months ago
I find your accent cute :)
slyther88 3 months ago 6
@slyther88 Well thank you so much Lance :)
tacoma200 3 months ago
You have NOT lost your accent ;-) I live in South Florida and if you go North, you get the accents up around Jacksonville. You even get those deputy sheriff types with the pot bellies and big ol' hats. Down here the fuzz looks more like something off the show "CHIPS"
DiaShanti 3 months ago
@DiaShanti Yes, South Florida is beautiful, but the culture isn't Southern. I rarely hear a Southern accent except in the Northern third of the state. Thanks
tacoma200 3 months ago
When I first moved to the south I decided all rednecks must be psychic......it's the only place you can see several men standing around talking, one of them saying something about over yonder, not even pointing or nodding....yet somehow every one of them know exactly where YONDER is!.....AMAZING ; )
purity4all 3 months ago
involuntary; Mason Dixon good Line, stay; Tcma right on G.r.i.t.s, fascinate; "say it again"; my VA's (too N for some) unique use of ou (house) is heard not read, difficult to mimic; Sea' ment, Wright' mud'ch, Preti goud', Lans' sake, fayer' ta midlin, lil'le ole, chimly, (rinse) rench'. G.r.i.t.s in public: not sweaty, clam'my, not toilet, Ka' moad, lil'le ga'wirlz rem, not 1st period, Fayel' awf t ruf, not gossip, Meowth fulla' butta; VA drawl adapts talking to the other southern accents.
rvabella 3 months ago
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I'm from either middle or east Tennessee (no one can decide, we're right on the line) and I've always been told I don't really have much of an accent. I was born in the hospital about a mile from my house, and I've actually been asked where I lived before I came here, haha xD Sometimes I catch myself say a word differently though, and it sounds strange to my own ears.
I really like yours though, it reminds me of my family. ;)
PurpleMuffinKitty 4 months ago
I'm from either middle or east Tennessee (no one can decide, we're right on the line) and I've always been told I don't really have much of an accent. I was born in the hospital about a mile from my house, and I've actually been asked where I lived before I came here, haha xD Sometimes I catch myself say a word differently though, and it sounds strange to my own ears.
I really like yours though, it reminds me of my family. ;)
PurpleMuffinKitty 4 months ago
Interesting video. Thanks for uploading. I am from the Northeast, and to me, you still have a distinct southern accent. You use a lot of 'Y' sounds in your vowels. But I can still understand every word you said. And there's something about a well spoken southern accent that conveys sincerity.
philnoll 4 months ago in playlist Curios - Eng: The English Tongue 2
@philnoll Thanks, I can switch to a little more neutral accent if I want to be taken seriously, but it takes a conscious effort. I still find I'm not taken as seriously by some when I use my natural accent.
tacoma200 4 months ago
@tacoma200 Prejudice is a nasty little thing. Up north, there's a lot of prejudice against the south. In politics, they milk it for all its worth too.
philnoll 4 months ago
I was born in ATL, raised in N. Bama. I travel the world with business, and hold my accent dearly. I refuse to change it in any way, but I think that's my personality, but I can understand you being intimidated somewhat especially if you were younger at the time. It's really amazing how differently our individual dialects are from area to area. NO, there aren't better schools, per se, it depends strictly on the area, as there are many DC, NY, MI, etc., that are educationally poorer.
chifour66 4 months ago
I was born and raised in the blue ridge mountains of NC and have never heard anyone call soda a pop before lol you must have some yankees livin around your parts.
jakobmichaelcarson 5 months ago
@jakobmichaelcarson east Texans call it sodey water.
lumpyman100 4 months ago
Well done, my man. Very interesting, and I listened to all of it (don't put a wig on). Feels like I can safely say that you haven't lost the accent completely...in fact, it still seems pretty thick. I say this as an actor from Texas currently living in California. I did a search on this trying to locate a more defined accent (namely Mississippi) because I'm playing Brick in CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF. It helped me some, reassured me even more. Wishing you all the best.
-Jeremy
Jeremyjay1023 5 months ago 2
@Jeremyjay1023 That means a lot. Thanks!
tacoma200 5 months ago
@Jeremyjay1023 I Have To Do That Also XD
BryanPalaciios 3 months ago
Love the video. Totally relate. If you want to hear a Southern accent, view my video on you tube. People r always commenting on my speech. Proud to be from the South and have a Southern accent. Thanks for the video. I subscribed.
mimsy0526 5 months ago
@mimsy0526 I'm not an American, I don't even come from an English speaking country, but of all the American accents and dialects, I really like the Southern accents a lot more than the so-called ''standard American''.
SuperSmilingSmiley 4 months ago 2
Great video! I'm a Native Floridian, I grew in Live Oak, Florida and you can still find a lot of people with strong Southern accents there...We used to say things like: I'm fixin' to leave the house, we called all soda drinks COKE, even if it was Pepsi or 7-up. My mom would say "If you don't straighten up, I'm gonna tan your hide!" and my grandpa would say..."Don't let ya mama catch you whallerin' with that boy, now ya hear". In my travels abroad, I find most people are intrigued by it.
77lalaina 5 months ago
I was born and raised in Alabama...RURAL Alabama. I've spent some time travelling the east coast and I, too, have attempted to train myself to sound more ambiguous due to stereotypical misconceptions about southern accents. People are often VERY surprised to hear me speak as my annunciations and grammar usage often contradicts how grammatically correct and "refined" I write/type.
For the record, I find a Southern accent on a man to be VERY attractive. ;-)
violentdelights1313 5 months ago 2
@violentdelights1313 Well thanks, Alissa. Nice music taste (Shinedown).
tacoma200 5 months ago
@tacoma200 Thank you very much. Brent has an amazing voice, yes. They do an excellent cover of Simple Man, (would it be blasphemous to admit that I liked it better than the original Skynyrd version? haha). I listen to a WIDE variety of music; I listen to everything from Willie Nelson to L. A. Guns.
violentdelights1313 5 months ago
Rhode Island... watch family guy and that's me and many people I know.
Sully5804 5 months ago
I grew up living in Texas, New Jersey, and Washington State...no one can tell where my accent is from!
paganwheels 5 months ago
I'm from Australia too! Your accent is awesome! :D
railpressureflip 5 months ago
Everywhere in the US south is country but Southern Florida and Louisiana -.-
MaitreTsu 5 months ago
@MaitreTsu Louisiana is country.
nigelholland3 5 months ago
@nigelholland3 Yeah, maybe north Louisiana, which is basically a mix part of Texas, Arkansas, and Mississippi. N Louisiana is surrounded by southern culture yet South Louisiana is not, I live here trust me, when i moved to Florida in 05' for the hurricane, people didnt ask me where in the South i was from but what Caribbean island or what part of New York i was from. Im from New Orleans, have the total accent, we dont sound country like our fellow southerners. The thought that we do is incorrect
MaitreTsu 5 months ago
@MaitreTsu You forgot the people that live in the Bayous though. Ik there are some people there with a cajun accent, but still there are some people there that are very very southern.
nigelholland3 5 months ago
@nigelholland3 Cajun Country which is still South Louisiana, is filled with Louisiana Cajuns and Creoles most of which speak French or some form of it. Though these people do have a Southern drawl that way of talking isnt the same as the US Southern accent. The Cajun accent has a 3 parts mix of French, Spanish and American Southern English. Cajuns only partially sound country, when they speak theres still a different form grammar and not all Cajuns speak this way, they do have their own language
MaitreTsu 5 months ago
Where are you from? I'm from Charleston, SC and our Lowcountry accent is very different from the folks upstate close to the Smoky Mtns.
ProctoLion 6 months ago
@ProctoLion @ProctoLion I'm from the other side of the mountains. We are just west of the area known as Appalachia (they have the Mountain accent). I live in rolling hills up stream from Nashville.
tacoma200 6 months ago
@tacoma200 I thought a soda was a "cole drank",,,,,pop is michigan and ohio.
tianitra 6 months ago
@tianitra I have corrected this using annotations, most people from the South us "Coke" to describe most soft drinks. I picked up the phrase "pop" from my cousins in Cincinnati.
tacoma200 6 months ago
DO NOT.....get rid of your southern accent.
wahcoleANDemery 6 months ago 3
Never be ashamed of your accent! I'm from Australia and I'd give anything to sound like you! Haha.
chloeMClawl 6 months ago 12
@chloeMClawl Thanks mate! :)
tacoma200 6 months ago
@chloeMClawl wtf man! gtfo out of australia! AUSSIE PRIDE!
drphoenix69 4 months ago
I've grown up in the South and what most people think of as Southern accents is what George Bush speaks with. Thats actually a Texas accent and a lot of southerners don't consider it an actual southern accent. Tennesee/Mississippi/Alabama/Louisiana all have different accents, I know personally.
BigolePappy2 6 months ago
I love your accent! I'm from Georgia so I understand!
tchoupitoulav 6 months ago
I learned to talk in West Texas. When I was seven we moved to Northeast Ohio. The children at my new school gave me a very hard time and I quickly learned to speak with a Northeast Ohio accent - just so I wouldn't be teased. Now, decades later, whenever I hear a genuine West Texas accent it makes me feel homesick and sad. I feel like I was robbed of something precious. It's a part of my heritage that I can't reclaim. No one should be made to feel ashamed of a regional accent.
LunarMovements 6 months ago 2
You go man nuttin wrong with the South it works for Larry the Cable Guy
BigDaddyEarl 6 months ago
@BigDaddyEarl What's cable??????
tacoma200 6 months ago
turn your sound up dude....cant hear ya
Cre8iveSignWorks 6 months ago
Everywhere has different accents, Im from australia and the country people talk a bit slower to the city people. And the southern accent to me makes me think of guns and cowboys lol. Not being nasty but yeah I love all american accents :D
AuSSiEJaZzA 6 months ago
I grew up in Southern Kentucky. Now live in California and several people have said they noticed I had an accent . I thought I talked like others here, but have noticed Californians talk real fast. I tend to talk a bit slower (I guess I want people to understand what I say the first time LOL)
frankconjr 6 months ago
@frankconjr Where about in Kentucky? I'm from around Warren county.
Bobocrat 5 months ago
@Bobocrat Bowling Green! thats where I lived before moving to California (lived there about a year). but. I grew up in Hoptown (Hopkinsville Ky). I miss life back there. It was so simple and people back East are more trusting of each other and caring towards others. There are good people here in California (just dont see it as often as in the South). People here are in their cliques and have their own agendas + people here alsio try to live high (expensive cars, homes, etc). A shame it is.
frankconjr 5 months ago
@frankconjr Good to hear from Hoptown..
tacoma200 5 months ago
@frankconjr Well I live in Bowling Green lol, it's a small world. I went to Bowling Green High School, now I attend WKU.
Bobocrat 5 months ago
@Bobocrat Good to hear from Bowling Green. We could only get 3 fuzzy TV stations from Nashville (2,4,5) growing up until WBKO 13 in Bowling Green started transmitting. First time I had eve seen a clear TV signal. Ha, I know that's funny. The grade School class used to go to Beech Bend Park back in the day.
tacoma200 5 months ago
your accent is the cutest!! <3
ChristmasBeef 6 months ago
i have a southern accent! my boyfriend calls me redneck. Lol
BubblyBeep 6 months ago
i think the southern accent is very sexy :)
juicylover91 6 months ago
I'm from Tennessee. I didn't even realize I have an accent until I met someone from up north and they were talking about how country I sounded
MegzWassup1215 6 months ago
The only time I had difficulty understanding a southerner was in rural south Louisiana. I noticed the locals dropped the "Th" sound. I later learned that was because French does not have a "Th" sound.
Wanderer359 6 months ago
Yeah you should hear a newfoundlander accents surprisingly people up there almost have like a southern accent with a northern touch with a hint like southern accents mixed with Scottish and Irish accents you should look it up
cheeveka3 6 months ago
Aha, I live in Georgia and A LOT of people think I speak like that, but I actually don't really HAVE an accent since my mom is from WAYYY up north! Sometimes I say things in different accents!
foreverxillxlovexyou 6 months ago
Im from Georgia...you wont really hear that much of a accent in Atlanta no more. Once you start going down. Like I live in middle Georgia. Even though Macon is Urban and a city and. People still talk country lol...Or Southern well I didnt know I was country until my homeboy and homegirl in atlanta said I sound that way. But I know everywhere else except Atlanta you gone hear a strong accent.
nigelholland3 6 months ago
@nigelholland3 It's funny how a southern accent has started to alter the way southerners spell words.
you all = y'all
gonna (which is already a slur of "going to") = gone
must have = must of, musta
amn't (contractiong of "am not" that hasn't been used in centuries) = ain't
Very quaint and endearing imo.
sexyloser 6 months ago
@sexyloser The only reason I didnt use slang and type like my accent is because I didnt wanna get anybody thinking I was ignorant or what not. I was in a situation on here on youtube when someone was talking about my grammar is bad etc etc. When I know for fact I had -A or B+ in that when I was in elementary school. But it aint people down here dumb its just the way we talk. (Hint I never spell the way I talk I spell the correct way except then just used that for a example)
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JanicesSonHarpo 7 months ago
@JanicesSonHarpo lol i live in south florida and NO ONE has an accent ;A;
xWolfyChanx 6 months ago
@xWolfyChanx everyone has an accent you just dont notice it because you live there
JanicesSonHarpo 6 months ago
@JanicesSonHarpo yea that makes sense
xWolfyChanx 6 months ago
I'm from Philadelphia, and I get made fun of out here in San Francisco where I have lived for the past 8 years because I said certain words like, "orange" or "Florida" or "Horrible". Where I grew up, the accent on the "a" sound replaces the "O", so it's like... Are-ange, Flar-ida, or Harr-ible. For me, to say it any different is unnatural. lol. To each his own I guess.
DJLunasf 7 months ago
I grew up on the borderline of eastern TN & KY. To me this guy sounds normal if not proper compared to some of the locals from home. I remember my first year of college I was doing laundry in the dorms. I asked my roomate if he was going to "warsh" his clothes. Some girl told me that if I was in college I needed to talk proper. I told her, "shove yer fanger in yer ass an mind yer own dagum business" LOL. I am now a Nurse Practioner living up north and still have my southern ways. ; )
Mrnurse1986 7 months ago
I have such an affection to the book, 'To Kill a Mockingbird' and therefore southern American. I really want to go visit there one day and see how they talk.
paradoxcap 7 months ago in playlist new stuff
Great accent. Sounds very good!!
rafael55 7 months ago
I agree totally ~ if everyone was the same it would most definitely a boring world:)
63tennesseeflower 7 months ago
im from tennessee and i dont no how not to talk southern its in my blood
tnrebel077 7 months ago
I'm English, and "southern" accents on a guy sound manly :D
Svenskanin 7 months ago
Go VOLS! I know that's a Tennessee shirt! You sound just like my Grandparents!
ClintDykes 7 months ago
@smokemoar420 I agree but it's amazing that I get comments from Alabama saying I speak with a stronger accent and that they don't have one. I'm sure it is not as strong in urban area's of Alabama.
tacoma200 7 months ago
and ps i've got to say, your voice is completely relaxing
TurtalTheManWife 7 months ago
@TurtalTheManWife Thanks, people tell me my voice is calming or relaxing.
tacoma200 7 months ago
All I've got to say is don't be ashamed of where you're from or who you are (talking about your accent). I think guys with southern accents are hot; just sayin:P lol
TurtalTheManWife 7 months ago
@HeLovesCulture Guess you're right. There really aren't any gender accents.Something I found out, in Arkansas where I'm from, we have a problem with a stuffy nose, I went to the desert in Texas where it is dry and my nose cleared and my voice wasn.t nasal anymore. When I came home I lmao at the accent until my nose was stuffy again. Sorry got off subject but a good nasal spray will kill a southern accent in an emergency.
banner1835 7 months ago
I'm from Minnesota (does that make me a Damn Yankee, or just a regular one?)
Anyway, I have visited the Southern States and I for one like the soft southern way of speaking.
kamastu25 7 months ago
@kamastu25 I generally don't call anyone Yankee unless we are just joking. But I'm glad you like the Southern way of speaking.
tacoma200 7 months ago
@kamastu25 I don't call people Yankees unless I'm teasing them. I'm glad you like the Southern accents.
tacoma200 7 months ago
Pop, I have heard ppl in Chicago say dat word
I guess its different parts of the south use dat word ( we call sodas Drinks not pop)
noRthjACktOwn 7 months ago
Very interesting, learned a lot, but I could hardly hear it, the volume was very low.
AuroraGreenleaf 7 months ago
@AuroraGreenleaf I had a very old computer and camera equipment when I made this video. I had no idea so many people would ever listen to it, but you are correct the volume is low.
tacoma200 7 months ago
I've shared your video with a penpal in Italy, who was asking me about different American accents and dialects. I've found it very helpful, to explain to her the differences in American speech, since this is such a big country with a wonderful variety of people. Thank you for making this available. :)
Chosen7Stone 7 months ago
@Chosen7Stone You are so welcome, I love hearing feedback from Europe.
tacoma200 7 months ago
sweet voice, nice personality and good-looking man.
pokeymessenger 8 months ago
Here in Nashville, the natives have at least two distinct accents. I'm orginally from the north, so I sound like a mixture of southern and northern accent now.
SwingDancer61 8 months ago
POP is the most offending word you can say in Eastern Arkansas.So SISSY,it is a SODA. Just saying the word in my head is causing me to grit my teeth. You want a POP? South , I'm ashamed of you for using such sissy words, ugh! Stop it.
banner1835 8 months ago
If you want to know if you have an accent, listen to your voice on an answering machine. I did and I have a beautiful southern accent with proper pronunciation.I fell in love with my voice, but I can't hear it when I speak. I think a southern accent tends to be feminine, no offense to you men, and I think an Australian accent is masculine, but the worse American accent is the non-accent,very blah tv accent.Try the answering machine,this is what you really sound like.
banner1835 8 months ago
I am from the eastern part of Arkansas,what we call a water hose ,Alabama calls a hose pipe, our faucet ,they call a spigot.In my part of the state we say SODA ,to us POP sounds sissy.An elderly relative of mine calls a sink,a zink and a chair a cheer, we love her.The mountainous regions of the south that have more poverty and not so good schools seem to have their own language.I have been told by people from the north that my accent is Mid-West-Southern,,northern men like it.
banner1835 8 months ago
My niece and I were in Gillette Wy. We were in a store and my niece is talking to a clerk, my niece starts talking in this twangie hill-billy speech about the sterotypical south.OMG! the clerks eyes are about to pop out and I'm so embrassed I leave the store.Later I asked my niece why she did it and she said she isn't ashamed to be from the south, but she doesn't talk that way in the south. It's amazing how many believe her little stunt, I just wanted to slap her.Better education stops hillbilly
banner1835 8 months ago
There are many varieties of English spoken throughout the US. Some varieties are considered more hoity-toity, like the New England accent, but I avoid those types of social elitist traps. If I can understand you, and your thoughts are clear, then it's good. It think it would be pretty boring if everyone spoke alike. Years ago, it was said that regional accents would die out because of TV and the internet, but it hasn't happened, and probably never will. Again, love your voice. Be proud of it.
elainebmack 8 months ago
@elainebmack Thanks for you feedback..
tacoma200 7 months ago
Hello Lance. What I listen for in English speech is clarity, which does not depend on any particular accent or variety of English. Your speech is a clear as a bell, soft in tone, and not too fast. If you listen to a lot of TV personalities they speak much too quickly and their voices are harsh, yet you have a lot people trying to emulate that type of speech because they think it's cool or something. I teach in Saudi Arabia, and have also taught in South Korea. More....
elainebmack 8 months ago
Can ya imagine the mess I'm in. I haul long run all over the US and Canada and I sound like a cross between the north and south. It don't take much to pick up a few words. To me a holler is a holler.
beerrunner81 8 months ago 7
@beerrunner81 Hey I drove as a long haul trucker for about 5 years also. I enjoyed you video's, especially going thru a pass in Canada. I am surprised there are not a lot more video's about truck driving on YouTube. Thanks for the comment and I understand your lifestyle very well (long haul trucking).
tacoma200 8 months ago
Your accent is beautiful, keep it!
MrThekidisback 8 months ago
Love your video. You have a nice soft voice, and you don't sound dumb. That is a real sterotype. Though I am born and raised in Chicago my family is from the South, Mississippi and Alabama, and your speech and voice reminds me of my relatives. Your voice and accent give me a warm feeling. I now teach English as a foreign language in the Middle East, and I always get compliments about my "accent". Like you, I didn't know I had one!
elainebmack 8 months ago
@elainebmack Thank you very much. I will have to say you comment meant a lot to me because you are an English teacher. I expected to be scolded by an English teacher, but you were very kind. I am so glad you find my voice pleasing. Can you say what area of the Middle East you teach in? Lance
tacoma200 8 months ago
Accents are so fascinating! I live in Louisiana, and people from North Louisiana speak a lot differently from people in South Louisiana; not to mention the distinct cajun french accent.
Cool video!
LHStbone11 8 months ago 2
@LHStbone11 I love going to New Orleans but the accents are so mixed there. One of my favorite cities. Thanks.
tacoma200 8 months ago
Interesting that they call it pop in the south of the states. People call it pop up here in Canada.
FuneralPartyAudio 8 months ago
@FuneralPartyAudio Actually that was my mistake. I called all soft drinks "Coke" until my cousins from Cincinnati moved across the road and they called it "pop". Coke is the most common name for a dark carbonated beverages in the South.
tacoma200 8 months ago
@FuneralPartyAudio yea no pop in south carolina.....the older folks say co-cola. never heard pop except up north.
CouldBeGas 8 months ago
@FuneralPartyAudio We call it pop in Chicago too, but that's because so many people in Chicago come from the South.
elainebmack 8 months ago
Heeehee... Chicago has no room to speak.
emmakuester 8 months ago
@emmakuester What? Chicagoans speaks just like the majority of the Midwest or the "typical" American accent. I live just outside of Chicago so I would know and the only time I've ever been told I have an accent was by a Scottish teacher in high school.
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MattBrunson22 8 months ago
this is a deep south accent.......im from northern alabama and from there and most people cant tell im from the south.and this guy makes the south looks like its stereo type
MattBrunson22 8 months ago
heya. i read your lil blurb thing. im australian, and our accent is the only thing im not proud of :-P
AussieBum80 8 months ago
To call a Texas accent "southern" seems odd to me. It is so much closer to the mainstream accent than a thick Louisianan accent, which I do like. I hope we don't lose our accents. That would be a shame. Anyway, I know you know the Texas/Louisiana accent thing. I'm just putting it up for others. Thanks for the video. I was once in Australia and an airport staffer heard a woman speak and wondered aloud where she came from, because the tourist said "tin" instead of "ten". Easy answer: Tin-nessee.
flowerpotent 8 months ago
just to clarify not all cities in the south have the typical southern accent. i'm from a suburb about 25-30 minutes outside of New Orleans and there really isn't much of an accent, when i travel north people are constantly telling me they don't detect and accent. usually the southern accents is stronger the further away from major cities you get
bambinotes 8 months ago
@bambinotes Definitely. I'm from just outside of Atlanta and I have a very neutral 'news anchor' accent. My step-father is from rural middle Georgia and has a much thicker accent than people from the metro area. When I go south to Macon or East to Augusta, I'm blown away by how different the accents are. A lot of the people I encounter from outside the city don't believe I'm from Georgia because I don't sound 'southern' enough.
KCeratopz 8 months ago
@smokemoar420 That is comforting to hear, really...
tacoma200 8 months ago
i think the southern accent sounds very gentle and soft... it flows <3
katsuai 8 months ago
@katsuai Thank you soo much! :)
tacoma200 8 months ago
@katsuai I hear the flow comment often, thanks.
tacoma200 7 months ago
Well I guess it's safe to say that most of the US speaks more "Redneck, Southern & Hillbilly" I see the south is risin' again and personally I'd love it if the US was a redneck-ish state :P
Lee4MN 8 months ago
im from south carolina, was born on the military base near the capital city, but have lived in the low country islands for half my life. and its odd to hear the different accents through out the state. but being a computer science major my vocabulary is quite extensive. but i hold true to my accent and remarks, its who i am. heres to you for not being ashamed of yours. and ide keep it. my fiancee is from Alabam. and hearing her speak to me in her southern accent is the sweetest sound ever!
lostnurrocknrol 8 months ago
@lostnurrocknrol Accents are different but it ties all us Southerners together..
tacoma200 8 months ago
I don't think that having a Southern accent makes anyone sound any stupider than anyone else, personally. I don't think it shows anything about intelligence at all, only a bit about where you're from.
You forgot warsh instead of wash, or like warsher instead of washer. My mother-in-law is real bad for that one. My mamaw always used to say Lord Have Mercy or Lord'a Mercy, but my Mother in law she always says Lordy Day!
LovecommaAshlee 8 months ago
I really wish I can have an accent like yours :( I'm from the North West. I love the accent!
LibertyBelle7 8 months ago
I am from the South, near Charlotte and I hate the way I sound on tapes, even though my accent isn't that bad anymore until I get to talking fast drinking lol. But I would have to say you have not anywhere near lost your accent. Not saying it as a bad thing just that if you think you have lost it, and would like to lose it, you have along ways to go. your pretty thick accented still
michael28150 8 months ago
I remember when I first realized I had a southern accent! People tend to think Maryland isn't southern at all, but the truth of it is where I live in the state were basically southern people
dreotingle 8 months ago
I live in TN and when I was in the military and living in CA, people would want me to repeat almost everything I said because they loved to hear my southern accent.
bwild61 8 months ago
It's sad that people are judging you by the way you sound. I love southern accent. Don't lose it! :)
elzilcho99 9 months ago
I live in NC and even people here don't know there are different southern accents....it's weird.
fabulapowers 9 months ago
A southern accent was mentioned several times while reading "The General's Daughter" from Nelson DeMille. This monolog helped me to associate the sound with the words. Thanks from Santiago, Chile.
publicimation 9 months ago
@publicimation I am pleased you found this video helpful...
tacoma200 8 months ago
@publicimation Love hearing from South America, thanks.
tacoma200 7 months ago
Thanks for this video. I am from Glasgow Scotland and I am studying the Southern Accent for a production called For Whom the Southern Belle Tolls by Christopher Durang. Listening to a males Southern Accent has helped thanks again.
MrElectricCheese 9 months ago