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Accents
Posted on 8/15/16 at 2:12 pm
Posted on 8/15/16 at 2:12 pm
There are mostly country and redneck accents in my neck of the woods. Mine is country and I cannot help it. But what does drive me up a wall is a redneck accent.
Rednecks say thinks like "hit" instead of "it." They say "furda" instead of "for her to." They say "thankee" instead of "thank you." Instead of "him" or "them" they will say "eem." Frankly I think many people do it not because they are unaware of how they sound but because they are well aware and think it is cute.
I have noticed a difference in Cajun accents too. Some are melodic. Others not so much.
Do some people in Cajun country put on their accents (i.e. lay it on thick) like rednecks do where I am from? Is some of it for show or do they really talk that way?
Rednecks say thinks like "hit" instead of "it." They say "furda" instead of "for her to." They say "thankee" instead of "thank you." Instead of "him" or "them" they will say "eem." Frankly I think many people do it not because they are unaware of how they sound but because they are well aware and think it is cute.
I have noticed a difference in Cajun accents too. Some are melodic. Others not so much.
Do some people in Cajun country put on their accents (i.e. lay it on thick) like rednecks do where I am from? Is some of it for show or do they really talk that way?
This post was edited on 8/15/16 at 2:16 pm
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Posted on 8/15/16 at 2:17 pm to MISSOURI WALTZ
quote:There's a difference?
There are mostly country and redneck accents in my neck of the woods.
Posted on 8/15/16 at 2:21 pm to AlxTgr
quote:
There's a difference?
Definitely. Redneck is like the white version of ebonics. I'd say a country accent is when someone has good grammar but has that drawl on certain sounds
Posted on 8/15/16 at 2:24 pm to MISSOURI WALTZ
Hey coullion
Posted on 8/15/16 at 2:25 pm to MISSOURI WALTZ
I'm not following this at all.
Posted on 8/15/16 at 2:27 pm to Pepe Lepew
The New Jersey accent drives me insane.
Posted on 8/15/16 at 2:33 pm to MISSOURI WALTZ
Do yinzers even baw, baw?
tl/dr: The finer points of Missouri linguistics means squat to us'ns.
tl/dr: The finer points of Missouri linguistics means squat to us'ns.
Posted on 8/15/16 at 2:37 pm to Big Wooly Mammoth
quote:
Definitely. Redneck is like the white version of ebonics. I'd say a country accent is when someone has good grammar but has that drawl on certain sounds
Spot on.
Posted on 8/15/16 at 2:42 pm to MISSOURI WALTZ
quote:
" They say "furda" instead of "for her to."
I've never heard either of these spoken. What's "for her to" supposed to mean? Use it in context.
Posted on 8/15/16 at 2:51 pm to BulldogXero
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The New Jersey accent drives me insane.
Meh, not so bad. What drives me batshit is Paula Dean, that womans accent is so redneck bad I used to have to turn the sound down on the TV when my wife would watch her cooking show. She's from Savannah, but I swear she puts it on thick on purpose. Its terrible. And Im from Georgia and she pisses me off.
Posted on 8/15/16 at 7:04 pm to Jake88
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What's "for her to" supposed to mean? Use it in context.
It was difficult "furda" make ends meet.
Male version; It was difficult "fureemda" pass second grade.
This post was edited on 8/15/16 at 9:49 pm
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