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re: Does your Southern Accent Come and Go?
Posted on 4/12/26 at 8:08 am to dirtsandwich
Posted on 4/12/26 at 8:08 am to dirtsandwich
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Mine gets much more pronounced when I go back to where I grew up. Much lighter in professional settings.
Same. Actually non existent now at work. But a few cocktails at a hometown bar with high school friends and it might start creeping out
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Posted on 4/12/26 at 8:08 am to deeprig9
When I get to sexy time, you’d swear I’m from Goodwood.
Posted on 4/12/26 at 9:12 am to deeprig9
How come urban black people all sound the same no matter what city they’re from
Posted on 4/12/26 at 9:21 am to LegendInMyMind
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Ppl tend to believe a Southern accent = lack of education
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That can be a very valuable weapon if you ever need it.
No kidding. I call it my “super power”. I never realized how powerful a tool it was. I worked on a “thing” with some of the corporate legal folks in my company. A year or two later I ran into one of them and they told me “I have a confession to make.” She said “ I thought you were faking your accent.” I said “why would anyone ever fake an accent like this, people immediately think you are stupid.” She responded with “people immediately opened up to you like you were an old friend, it worked so well I thought it had to be an act.”
After that, I realized I could entice people into “educating” me about almost anything. Certain people always want to prove how smart they are. With a country accent, they just know you are likely stupid and are glad to do so.
This post was edited on 4/12/26 at 9:23 am
Posted on 4/12/26 at 10:52 am to deeprig9
Not accent, but southern, or Cajun, words do find a way into conversation every now and then.
Fot
Allons
Frissons
Ti bete
It’s become more obvious to me since I relocated to Arkansas where file’ gets looks.
Fot
Allons
Frissons
Ti bete
It’s become more obvious to me since I relocated to Arkansas where file’ gets looks.
Posted on 4/12/26 at 11:34 am to deeprig9
My nola yat tends to come out when I'm drunk or pissed.... my company is headquartered in Funroe and after I had to chew out one of my people I was venting to someone else in leadership...when I was done she said... Jesus... you are from NOLA
This post was edited on 4/12/26 at 2:14 pm
Posted on 4/12/26 at 11:35 am to deeprig9
For sure. In professional settings I like to think it’s not too strong, or it’s only occasionally brought to my attention, but when I go back home I definitely notice it slots right back in.
That said, y’all is just reflexive. You guys as a phrase never existed in my vocab.
That said, y’all is just reflexive. You guys as a phrase never existed in my vocab.
Posted on 4/12/26 at 12:53 pm to deeprig9
My white castle accent comes out especially when drinking
Posted on 4/12/26 at 1:05 pm to deeprig9
Kinda lost mine when I was working out of state for several years but it used to come back pretty heavily after a few drinks
Posted on 4/12/26 at 1:24 pm to LegendInMyMind
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What began with radio ramped up with TV, and became inevitable with the internet. In another generation or two we will all sound pretty much the same. That's kind of sad to me
Ain't no one takin my country twang
Posted on 4/12/26 at 2:02 pm to deeprig9
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Does your Southern Accent Come and Go?
Tom Petty covered this topic in 2015.
TP - Southern Accents
Posted on 4/12/26 at 2:09 pm to deeprig9
My Cajun accent is still there but it's definitely watered down since I moved to Texas. I live in the suburbs of Houston, not hee haw Texas.
Posted on 4/12/26 at 2:29 pm to deeprig9
My accent is pretty mild but I do get identified as being from the south when I am out of the south. At work when talking about technical matters I am more focused on talking with a neutral accent since I work with several people from outside the US. I became a bit self conscious in a previous job because of being made fun of about my pronunciation of a few words.
Posted on 4/12/26 at 4:34 pm to deeprig9
No, but I can turn my Lafayette on and off!
Posted on 4/12/26 at 8:23 pm to deeprig9
Yeah happens to me quite a bit too. I was actually told when I was starting off my career that I needed to find a way to water it done some.
I was once called out by a coworker who said she could tell when I'm talking to a female on the phone cause my accent would get thick. But you use what you got to get the job done.
I was once called out by a coworker who said she could tell when I'm talking to a female on the phone cause my accent would get thick. But you use what you got to get the job done.
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