TV spokesman with Tidewater accent

TV ad running in Norfolk, Virginia, featuring an elderly spokesman with a strong, non-rhotic Tidewater accent. Notice how he pronounces "about", "government", "years" , "older" and "repairs". I added some text and a picture at the end (my first attempt at video editing).

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• Tidewater
• Virginia
• Norfolk
• Portsmouth
• Beach
• accent
• southern
• drawl
• non
• rhotic
• elderly

[haylkat1]

Ha, I live in Va, on the water bitches ;D anywooo...That accent is dying down...I do have some of this thoe...But my accent is very very strange thoe...My grandparents had that accent...Damn northerners and midwesterners, your KILLING our accent :(

[melville80]

Same here. Sounds just like my grandpa. Makes me miss him. That accent will not be around much longer, as more northerners come to the area.

[Qdude10]

@wendila Coincidentally, I pronounce each pair of words the same way. Perhaps I do have a Californian accent, though I don't know where I got it from since my parents are foreign.

[wendila]

@Qdude10 I'm also from NOVA, and I'm pretty sure the accent here is closer to a midwest accent rather than California. Here's a hint-- Californians can't tell the difference between "cot" and "caught", "caller" and "collar", and "Dawn" and "Don".

[TheLadyjazzy1]

The Waltons!!

[TheConservativesrock]

Whats funny is if you live in Richmond you can understand every word and barely even here an accent.

[Qdude10]

I live in Northern Virginia, and apparently, I have a Californian accent, even though I lived in VA all my life.

[Classymoto]

lived in virginia beach for 17 years...definitely recognize this

[parnicksmusick]

@Robbiegurl1313 then listen harder because there sure as hell is one there.

[Robbiegurl1313]

From Richmond- don't hear an accent...

[zachmasterzach]

@melville80 you're right. totally ruined your accent. proud of it too.

--a Northerner

[Tiny21Dancer]

Dude. Freaky. This is my accent exactly. At school and stuff I try to neutralize my accent, but at home I lazily string my words together like he does here. I love Tidewater accents. Very warm and inviting. All the tourists are killing it.