re: South Louisiana "Southern" Accent

Kelly was definitely putting on a little extra “emphasis” to try and sound southern. It’s hilarious and cringy. The National media should be allowed to get their laughs because, let’s face it, it’s funny.

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Such articles perpetuated by the outside media are simply lazy and uninformed.

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And movies. Ever watch Double Jeopardy? Terrible phony Southern accents which have no resemblance to N.O. speech.

Reason for the Brooklyn/jersey accent in Nola is because of the Irish, German and Italian immigrants coming to cities with major ports. They lived close together learning how to speak English.

That's exactly my accent. It's a mix of NOLA Yat, Boston and Southern. No Cajun at all. (Born in Monroe. Lived in Mandeville for most of my life up until Katrina)

Nobody can tell where I'm from when they meet me or my unusual and rare genetics. (Scottish-Jewish parents with a strong Choctaw influence from the East Central Mississippi paternal family lineage)

I'm also fed up with LSU-BR being referred to by the National sports media as the Bayou and or Swamp. Don't know many Swamps (Bluebonnet) or Bayous (Jones Creek) in Baton Rouge.

A lot of south Louisiana natives have “port accents”. That’s why they are similar in many ways to Boston and New York.

I agree that this a false narrative. And you're right we don't have a southern drawl. BUT we also DO NOT have a Brooklyn nor Boston anything.

In South Louisiana, we have more a shortened/even broken delivery. The annunciation of 3 vowels (a,e,i) are pronounced with almost identical sounds to the /e/ or é sound. As in Coach is Bae Bae. Brooklyn/Boston has a rough British origin in its sound.

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The combination of any of these vowels with o or u, creates a "u" sound. The accent is not heard (as much in North louisiana or bordering parishes). It has a French origin. And NO!!! NOLA does not (itself) define it. It is varied through out south louisiana, along the gulf, from lake charles, through lafayette, River Parishes, and into NOLA. It is strongest in Acadian Parishes. I find that people that live close to the MS and Arkansas lines (Shreveport, Greenburg,Feliciana Parish) in fact have more of a drawl.

I listened to Kelly last night, and other than an effort to slow down, and be intentional in the moment, I heard nothing that sounded like a fake accent. The fact that this was a a story today, was childish on ESPNs Part.

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As long as he doesn't threated to murder a fan and ditch is body in a bayou

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Well, he actually killed somebody so...

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Shiiit, you ain’t heard dem boys down in Mississippi.

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Lmao

North Louisiana is much more “southern & red neck” than south Louisiana Cajuns. These people just have no idea about anything and have no care to actually know

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