I have a weird souterhn drawl mixed with a British accent. I never been to England.
2006-12-08 02:01:56 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
Southern accents (there are numerous variations) are based on the speech of the Scots-Irish, who settled the area in the 1700s and 1800s. The way they spoke at the time, combined with indigenous speech patterns(such as the singsong tone found in Cherokee), is what we hear today.
American Standard is actually based more in Ohio than anywhere else. I was also surprised to learn that in my media classes, but it is true. The nasal quality Northeastern speech has seems to be Italian in origin as well--much of the language has that certain nasally characteristic to it, but not to the extent people in, say, Connecticut have it. It became exaggerated over time.
2006-12-08 02:21:38 · answer #1 · answered by Danagasta 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Complex accents and language.Most immigrants moved in the Northern coast part of USA. I believe gradually Americans learned to drop nasally tone and slurred inflection as a way to understand all accents.Basically a no accent language that all could "agree" on.The Southern USA was slower to be populated therefore Southern accent has remained
2006-12-08 02:10:18 · answer #2 · answered by moaistatue 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What accents? It's the rest of the world that talks funny (g).
(Starts ducking)
Think a lot of it's going to be associated with dominant ethnic/ cultural groups of an area. White gal here, raised in a old Polish/ Bohemian/German/Slavic area near Chicago---and a lot of us still have some "old worldisms", DESPITE growing up speaking American English as our native language.
But when we moved to Texas, after a while, we developed the weirdest tendency to drop the terminal g's at the end of words.....
Protective mimicry, maybe?
2006-12-08 02:12:43 · answer #3 · answered by samiracat 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There s no such factor as a British accessory. Britain is made from four international locations: Scotland, England, Northern Ireland and Wales but when I needed to reply, I could say the southern English accessory
2016-09-03 10:23:14 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi, Your Majesty!
I'll bet you'd like "The Story of English", by Robert McCrum, et al. It's available through any online bookstore (I like Amazon), and it not only explains American accents, but the whole scope of English. It's an easy read, and full of fascinating information!
2006-12-08 02:11:44 · answer #5 · answered by silvercomet 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
It depends on where you are in the country. I'm from AL so I have a Southern Twang which comes from Scottish-Celtic English and Africanisms.
2006-12-08 02:32:16 · answer #6 · answered by Sweet and Lo 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They have an extra chromosome (retarded)
2006-12-08 02:03:47 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 7⤋