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Southerners talk slow: myth or fact?
Posted on 1/14/15 at 8:22 pm
Posted on 1/14/15 at 8:22 pm
Is this mostly a Georgia, South Carolina and Alabama stereotype? I ask because people have told me that I talk fast. Being born and raised in Baton Rouge, I know a good number of people that talk "fast". Most of my NOLA and even Mobile, AL friends talk similar to me or even faster.
Any ideas as to why this is?
Any ideas as to why this is?
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Posted on 1/14/15 at 8:23 pm to Paul Allen
a valid generalization.
I had a television producer from California call me yesterday and he talked so damned fast I had to ask him to repeat himself a couple of times.
I had a television producer from California call me yesterday and he talked so damned fast I had to ask him to repeat himself a couple of times.
Posted on 1/14/15 at 8:24 pm to Paul Allen
South Louisiana =/= Southerners.
This post was edited on 1/14/15 at 8:27 pm
Posted on 1/14/15 at 8:25 pm to Paul Allen
quote:Definitely not a Louisiana thing.
Is this mostly a Georgia, South Carolina and Alabama stereotype?
Posted on 1/14/15 at 8:25 pm to Paul Allen
Southerners do... but not as slow as West Texans. People from NOLA talk very VERY fast (breaks all the stereotypes).
Posted on 1/14/15 at 8:26 pm to Paul Allen
no
we
don't
we
don't
Posted on 1/14/15 at 8:26 pm to Paul Allen
Yes it's true. Not everyone but slow-talkers are more likely
This post was edited on 1/14/15 at 8:27 pm
Posted on 1/14/15 at 8:28 pm to genro
Maybe it's generational? A lot of younger people talk faster IMO.
Posted on 1/14/15 at 8:29 pm to Paul Allen
Depends on whether or not they are on or coming off the meth
Posted on 1/14/15 at 8:29 pm to Paul Allen
Inbreeding makes the mouth move slow
Posted on 1/14/15 at 8:30 pm to lsudat10
Posted on 1/14/15 at 8:31 pm to Paul Allen
Yeah
And urban vs. rural
And urban vs. rural
This post was edited on 1/14/15 at 8:32 pm
Posted on 1/14/15 at 8:32 pm to Paul Allen
true
that's how our mouths form the drawl. we open it wider and turn single syllables into multiple syllables
that's how our mouths form the drawl. we open it wider and turn single syllables into multiple syllables
Posted on 1/14/15 at 8:35 pm to Paul Allen
yaw yaw yaw football baw
Posted on 1/14/15 at 8:42 pm to chinhoyang
We (Southerners) speak at the cadence of a fifty caliber machine gun. The rest of the world speaks at the cadence of fifty caliber Gating Gun.
I'd rather be shot with the fifty caliber machine gun.
I'd rather be shot with the fifty caliber machine gun.
Posted on 1/14/15 at 8:45 pm to SlowFlowPro
For real?
Posted on 1/14/15 at 8:48 pm to SlowFlowPro
quote:
SlowFlowPro
Good to see management still has common sense in their bannings.
Btw, I hate white boxes in dark posts...
Posted on 1/14/15 at 8:48 pm to Paul Allen
Not all of them But a good number of southerners do.
Posted on 1/14/15 at 9:01 pm to Paul Allen
I find it depends on what area they are from. A lot of them talk fairly fast to me. Me being not from here, I find they talk too much.
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