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Do people try to guess what Southern state you're from based on your accent
Posted on 1/10/17 at 7:18 pm
Posted on 1/10/17 at 7:18 pm
When you're up north or in a big city?
Do they ever get it right?
Do they ever get it right?
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Posted on 1/10/17 at 7:23 pm to Masterag
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When you're up north or in a big city?
Yes
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Do they ever get it right?
No. And sometimes they guess places in the north.
Posted on 1/10/17 at 7:24 pm to kingbob
Not if you're from south of I-10.
Posted on 1/10/17 at 7:30 pm to Masterag
No. I moved the Texas 20 years ago. I now sound Texan. Pretty distinctive.
I can tell the difference in a South Carolina accent compared to a Louisiana, Alabama, Arkansas or Georgia accent. Mississippi throws me off and Florida is hard, too.
I can tell the difference in a South Carolina accent compared to a Louisiana, Alabama, Arkansas or Georgia accent. Mississippi throws me off and Florida is hard, too.
Posted on 1/10/17 at 7:30 pm to Masterag
Yes all the time. No one has ever guessed LA on the first try.
Posted on 1/10/17 at 7:30 pm to kingbob
ha! y'all's accents in South LA are pretty distinct. I've heard some folks from NO that sound like they're from brooklyn. But other than that it's usually pretty easy to tell imho.
North LA folks just sound like they're from East TX to me.
North LA folks just sound like they're from East TX to me.
Posted on 1/10/17 at 7:33 pm to Masterag
Those people are called yats. I will leave it at that.
Posted on 1/10/17 at 7:34 pm to HubbaBubba
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No. I moved the Texas 20 years ago. I now sound Texan. Pretty distinctive.
Yeah, Texas might be the easiest since there's so many of us. Though I've had other Texans think I was from Georgia.
Posted on 1/10/17 at 7:35 pm to AbitaFan08
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Yes all the time. No one has ever guessed LA on the first try.
what's the usual guess?
Posted on 1/10/17 at 7:36 pm to Masterag
People never think I am from the South. I lost whatever accent I had.
Posted on 1/10/17 at 7:39 pm to Masterag
Usually people have no idea I'm from the south and wouldn't guess it.
Posted on 1/10/17 at 7:39 pm to Masterag
People assume I'm from the north when I actually grew up in Georgia simply because I have seemingly no accent. However I ever since I was little made damn sure to not develop a southern accent of any kind due to not wanting to sound like a redneck.
Posted on 1/10/17 at 7:41 pm to lynxcat
I used to teach at a private military academy. We had a fairly significant number of kids from Louisiana.
That Brooklyn-like accent out of N.O. caught me by surprise at first. Both of the kids I taught that had it were the kids of lawyers...Tulane alumni as well.
That Brooklyn-like accent out of N.O. caught me by surprise at first. Both of the kids I taught that had it were the kids of lawyers...Tulane alumni as well.
Posted on 1/10/17 at 7:42 pm to Masterag
Growing up in Nawlins, I'm usually mistaken for a Yankee. The y'all throws them. 
Posted on 1/10/17 at 7:46 pm to The7Sins
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However I ever since I was little made damn sure to not develop a southern accent of any kind due to not wanting to sound like a redneck.
that's unfortunate, but true
Posted on 1/10/17 at 7:54 pm to Masterag
I was in the Caribbean once and a guy from Texas asked me what country I was from after a brief chat... I replied "Alabama".
Posted on 1/10/17 at 8:13 pm to Masterag
Was at a diner in NYC eating breakfast (Im from Shreveport, sometimes I get a neck twang), had an old Russian lady as waitress that said "You moust be from Texas".
Posted on 1/10/17 at 8:17 pm to Polar Pop
The Carolinas and south La. are the most distinctive.
Posted on 1/10/17 at 8:23 pm to Masterag
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what's the usual guess?
I get a lot of North Carolina or Georgia, which honestly I don't think is even close to being accurate, but whatever.
Posted on 1/10/17 at 8:25 pm to Masterag
I'm from NOLA and people up north never get guess it right because of my accent. They think I sound like a New Yorker instead of Farmer Fran
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