Or do they.. and I never realized?
2006-08-24 17:47:05 · 11 answers · asked by phishycoding 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
If you go to the northern or central parts of the state (Orlando/Kissimmee area excluded) you will hear a lot of southern accents. Around the coastal areas it will be a little more difficult because of transplants from other places. South Florida is a very transient area. What with sunshine, palm trees, and oh yeah...no state income tax, people from all over the country end up there and the accents tend to blend after awhile. The east coast is populated mainly with people from NY and NJ. That's because they catch I-95 south. The west coast of Florida is predominately populated with people from WI & IL...they catch I-75 straight through. In my experience the prevailing "attitude" of the northern parts of the state are similar to the "Land of Dixie" and the southern parts of the state are he opposite. Just MY experience after living in both areas for a long time.
2006-08-27 02:42:36 · answer #1 · answered by crale70 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because Florida is in the Southern United States.
2006-08-25 01:34:27 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
States themselves don't really say much.
Okay, the serious answer to your question - which I believe is, "why don't I hear much of an accent when people from Florida are talking?" - has a lot to do with the fact that people from the larger cities of Florida are more likely to be immigrants to Florida than they are natives. Miami, Orlando, Tampa/St. Pete, Jacksonville, all of these places have boomed in the last few decades with people moving in from other states, and in the case of Miami especially, from Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, etc.
Add to that the fact that there's been a generalized decline in regional dialects and accents thanks to television (no, really), and you have a prescription for a place where the speech is fairly well unaccented.
Now, that said, have you been to Tallahassee? I didn't think so.
2006-08-25 00:56:09 · answer #3 · answered by jackmack65 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Florida does have an accent, but most of the state is comprised of transplants or the offspring of them since Florida is where people without accents go to die.
That's why it's God's waiting room.
It's been overrun by Snow Birds.
2006-08-25 00:52:53 · answer #4 · answered by thepolishpen 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
oh, u would realize...
its just because u see the southern accents more like southwest places...texas for example. u still get quite a lot of southern accents in FL.
2006-08-25 00:53:33 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Most of Florida was colonozed by the nothern states. Specifically English speaking people. My guess is that with no foreign language in the family trees English went plian.
2006-08-25 00:54:03 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because the real Floridians
hide out from all the northerners
that have invaded their land.
Yes, there are many dialects
with very unique accents spoken in
Florida, but they'll not speak
to you until you gain their
confidence.
They are wonderful people!
2006-08-25 02:59:35 · answer #7 · answered by vim 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It's not technically considered a "southern" state. Also, a lot of peeople who live there are retirees from other states.
2006-08-25 00:54:41 · answer #8 · answered by First Lady 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They do, ever hear a new yorker talk. Everyone is from new york. Sometimes they pick up that southern drawl, its wierd.
2006-08-25 00:55:32 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
because a lot of people in south florida relocated mfrom another part of the country...and world
2006-08-25 00:53:15 · answer #10 · answered by greypony1990 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋