I am from Georgia USA- born and raised here. i am just wondering what diff. pple thought of southern accents.
2006-08-23 13:52:49 · 15 answers · asked by katyk08 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
I think they are charming. And very catching. My sister, who was raised in Pa and now lives in NC, has developed a southern accent and a love for sweetened tea!
2006-08-23 13:55:16 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
I was born and raised in Central Florida and had a "Florida Cracker: accent until I started living in other parts of the USA. I don't have any particular accent now, but can immitate most.
Accents are accents. You can sound terrible in any accent, and you can sound noble and great in any accent. It really depends on what you say and not how you say it.
That said, I do wish that Southern women didn't have that whiney sound to their voices. Too much submissiveness, I guess.
2006-08-23 21:44:12 · answer #2 · answered by Alan Turing 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am from AL, one parent from GA one from MS. When I married at 19 and moved to CA, it was a cold shock that people were horrible to me with my accent, prejudging me in many ways, so I painstakingly lost it. I wish I hadn't.
On the other hand, my dad was a rocketscientist with a DEEP MS drawl. Everybody loved him. When he was a young navy officer in the fifties, he and his capt. on a troop transport used to run a poker game (new yankee marines every six weeks, transported across the Atlantic). Every six weeks, those two brilliant southern officers took every penny off of young men who had an expensive prejudice against southerners!
I love accents of all different sorts. Southern makes me feel right at home.
Keep yours!
2006-08-23 20:59:09 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think that a southern accent often is associated with being a redneck, a bigot, being ignorant, stupid etc. etc. Maybe this is thanks to films and TV series, I don't know.
2006-08-24 10:12:10 · answer #4 · answered by Kim Linklater 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A very slight one is okay and, I think, adds a bit of character, but a really thick one just makes you sound like a redneck
2006-08-23 22:43:50 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm not into them myself. Sounds like someone was smacked across the face with a shovel.
2006-08-23 20:54:47 · answer #6 · answered by kaliedoscope_eyes86 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
i dont know i dont dig the 'yall' thing but i do like the twangy sound. what bugs me is when someone with a high or in any way annoying voice has one it almost HURTS to listen.
2006-08-23 20:55:55 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think all accents, no matter which part of the world you are from, are quaint!
2006-08-23 22:06:14 · answer #8 · answered by gipsy_queen99 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If it is normal Georgia accent on a pretty girl - VERY, VERY sexy!
With bad grammer, a cigarette and a mumu - Not so much... =)
2006-08-23 20:59:22 · answer #9 · answered by Steven H 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
there is no problem with a accent. i have a southern accent as well. i live in NC, bor and raised but my accent is what makes me....me. if you have a accent dont hide it, its better to have one if you ask me.
2006-08-23 20:55:50 · answer #10 · answered by army_boy0636 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋