Why do people think northern accents are better than southern?

Question

I know people seem to think northern accents are somehow more "proper" and more educated. But when I hear northerners talk it really grates on my ears. They don't speak as smooth as I'm used to hearing my English, and they tend to speak too fast and through the nose more. And they say "you guys"-even when its females. But then they think its stupid to say "y'all"? I don't understand. Besides, not all southern accents are improper.

Answer 1

Spoken English is relative to the speakers.Familiar from one locations pronunciations are admired or looked down in a biased manner,Take the language on its own merit improve your speaking,listening,reading and writing habits you will enjoy the fluency which ever area you may belong to.

Answer 2

It depends on what part of the south you are in, but in Charleston, SC our accent (not the new yankee accent that is a result of all the yankees pouring into Charleston) is actually very proper and can be traced back to Elizabethan English, but was definitely influenced by our French Huguenot ancestors that were among the first Europeans to settle our area. We do pronounce our words a bit funny as we tend to say holse instead of house, but that's just our way of speaking. Most northern accents are very gramatically incorrect. Just spend a day in a big northern city and listen to the way people speak.

Answer 3

Southerners talk with a drawl. It may sound irritating to some people. Its the same when you go to Hawaii. People there talk "pidgeon english". A lot of Mainlander's say they can't understand what the hawaiian locals are saying. Its like a food with an acquired taste; pidgeon english and the southern drawl is an acquired way of talking. It takes time to get use to it. For me I love it, I call that "sweet talking". Music to my ears, so keep on talking.

Answer 4

I actually find both accents interesting, like both. I am from a border city in Texas but most people don't have that southern accent here. I guess I like them both because I don't know many people who have those accents.

Answer 5

i'm informed via my pals from different factors of the country that I do have a Yankee accessory to 3 extent, it incredibly is markedly diverse from a Boston accessory. i do no longer hear all of it that lots, and that i understand that a number of my pals from the relatively rural factors have thick Yankee accents. i do no longer communicate fairly like that. I have fun with the southern accessory very lots. It takes a 2nd for the ear to evolve yet i think of it relatively is gorgeous.

Answer 6

I'd say, different strokes for different folks. Southern Cali is the most "proper" speaking area I've been in the US. Here at home (Chicago) we say things like "Whats a madda with you?". Go figure.

Answer 7

THEY ARENT!!!!!! sure a southern accent may sound stupid at times but it is not! it is just the way we talk, it is a whole lot more easier to understand a southern accent cause we talk slower and up north they talk way to fast for people to understand. and yall is easier to say. i have many redneck friends and their accent aint improper at all.

Answer 8

I've never met a Southern person with proper grammar. I think that may have something to do with it. In fact, I heard a Southern boy just yesterday make this statement,

"I ain't got no beef jerky!"

I nearly cried.

Answer 9

I agree with you on this one.I live in the South and a lot of Northerners are moving down here and it's funny to listen to them.They are not as apt to criticizing the way we talk here because they know that they are the minority.Peace!!

Answer 10

They are not any better. By the way, the "non-accent" state is Nebraska.