I am from a small town in Georgia, and most people here say the word "long" like "loan" but with a "g" instead of the "n." Also, we say "on" like it were spelled "own" ---the bug was "own" the wall. I watch TV and people never talk like this....but when I am at work or anywhere, people use this pronunciation, even professional people who are from here. What do you think about this?
2007-02-23 13:39:30 · 10 answers · asked by andre 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
Be proud of where you come from. Different accents make life interesting.
2007-02-23 13:43:14 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Nothing wrong with it, it's cute. Just remember, it's all relative. I was born and raised right outside Atlanta, and you might have a deep accent to me, but if we went up to New York, they would laugh at both of us. Personally, I don't like northern accents, not easy on the ears. As long as the people around you talk the same way, who cares?
2007-02-23 13:46:38 · answer #2 · answered by melissa 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I hear many people who talk with a southern accent, doesn't bother me. Some people just mumble and can't speak right because of bad grammar, different from people with accents. I have no problem as long as I can understand what you are saying.
Krazy Libra
2007-02-23 13:44:48 · answer #3 · answered by krazy_libra_from_ac 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well it's a regional thing and if it bothers you, take some speech lessons to lose your accent , although I'm sure someone will accuse you of puttin on airs.
I frankly love regional accents, well any accents actually and I love a drawl no matter where it comes from in the US.
2007-02-23 13:45:41 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
absolutely not. read word on the street by John McWhorter. Everyone has an accent -- the privileged one is the one most often associated with the group with the most amount of power but all accents are created equal
2007-02-23 13:46:11 · answer #5 · answered by slinda 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i love accents. all of them and i find the southern accent really cool. im originally from southern missouri so i have a little bit of an accent. u dont really hear that kind of an accent and i dont no why. its not bad. a lot of girls like the southern accent. dont worry about what ppl think of it. girls will love it and guys will hate it.
2007-02-23 13:44:33 · answer #6 · answered by emilybailey1980 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
im in florida and the accent is not terrible to me.
all the people around you can understand what you sayin cuse they live there too. like they say maine instead of man. instead of saying gonna, we say gon. like for example: we gon to tha sto.
meaning:were gonna go to the store.lol
2007-02-23 13:52:21 · answer #7 · answered by SouthernWeeze 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Be proud of where you're from and your heritage. Never let anyone put you down because in doing so, they are also putting down your roots. Stand tall, and you may tell them, they talk funny. Who is to say, who's right?
2007-02-23 13:45:49 · answer #8 · answered by Little Mac 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
my best friend's wife says a southern drawl is very sexy, GA and AL specifically, but she says that kentuckians are hard to understand, not sexy, just comical.
2007-02-23 13:51:06 · answer #9 · answered by atlas shrugged and so do i 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think its wonderful, simply wonderful
2007-02-23 13:41:51 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋