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re: Evolution of the American accent
Posted on 5/5/20 at 8:44 am to jcolding41
Posted on 5/5/20 at 8:44 am to jcolding41
The variations in the South were able to evolve because of the social isolation and limited travel. As a result of cable TV, easy transportation, and a mobile population base, it's fading away, unfortunately.
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Posted on 5/5/20 at 8:50 am to Boring
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- skreets (streets)
- Walmarks (Walmart)
- ax (instead of ask)
- mane (instead of man)
- yessuh (yes sir)
credick, as in credickards
Posted on 5/5/20 at 8:54 am to stateofplay
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What did British and Americans sound like during the revolution?
From what I understand, the Brits at the time sounded more like us today. The British accent of today more started in the 1800s to sound sophisticated and it really caught on. If you live in England for a few years, it’s a really easy accent to acquire.
Posted on 5/5/20 at 9:24 am to Sao
Posted on 5/5/20 at 11:52 am to GREENHEAD22
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Any accent I had I lost when I went to college and it only surfaces occasionally when get I hammered.
Yeah, if you leave the state to go to work for a company that’s hires people from across the country, corn pone southern and Cajun accents must be tamed. Else we’d all be called. Stupid.
Posted on 5/5/20 at 11:52 am to TheHarahanian
Posted on 5/5/20 at 2:17 pm to OMLandshark
quote:
What did British and Americans sound like during the revolution?
From what I understand, the Brits at the time sounded more like us today. The British accent of today more started in the 1800s to sound sophisticated and it really caught on. If you live in England for a few years, it’s a really easy accent to acquire.
Very interesting
Posted on 5/5/20 at 2:29 pm to stateofplay
Just an example.
Toe-May-Toe is what the British said in the 19th century.
Tah-mah-toe is a relatively new phenomenon.
Toe-May-Toe is what the British said in the 19th century.
Tah-mah-toe is a relatively new phenomenon.
This post was edited on 5/5/20 at 2:30 pm
Posted on 5/5/20 at 2:32 pm to HarryBalzack
I deeply regret that I do not have my grandparents tidewater accent.
It’s a shame.
It’s a shame.
Posted on 5/5/20 at 2:45 pm to jcolding41
Is there even an "American" accent? shite, Louisiana has at least 4.
Posted on 5/5/20 at 3:11 pm to fr33manator
quote:New York and New Orleans don't sound similar simply b/c they were ports. It's b/c they were ports that got a lot of Italians.
New York, Boston, and New Orleans have several dialectical similarities due to all 3 being major port cities
Posted on 5/5/20 at 3:14 pm to crazy4lsu
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the difference between dialects in the US is relatively small in comparison to the UK especially, as all US dialects are generally mutually intelligible, as the standardization process through mass media developed mutually with other centralization projects, like the development of the Interstate system and public education.
I don't believe this at all. I can travel 50 miles in any direction from where I live and not understand half of what some people say.
Posted on 5/5/20 at 3:16 pm to BlackPot
quote:Not only is the flat "Ted Baxter" TV announcer voice considered the "standard" American accent (the way the Oxford accent is in the UK), there are people who say if you talk like that, you don't have an accent at all.
Is there even an "American" accent?
Posted on 5/5/20 at 3:17 pm to bgtiger
quote:stay in the white neighborhoods
I can travel 50 miles in any direction from where I live and not understand half of what some people say
Posted on 5/5/20 at 3:20 pm to Lima Whiskey
quote:LINK
Toe-May-Toe is what the British said in the 19th century.
Tah-mah-toe is a relatively new phenomenon.
Posted on 5/5/20 at 3:27 pm to East Coast Band
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4. New Orleans
worst accent in the country
Posted on 5/5/20 at 3:31 pm to Loup
quote:Wiskahnsin and Mini-soda say hold my beer, you betchaquote:worst accent in the country
4. New Orleans
Posted on 5/5/20 at 3:33 pm to Kafka
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Wiskahnsin and Mini-soda say hold my beer, you betcha
The West Coast/mountain bruh man accent is pretty close.
Posted on 5/5/20 at 3:36 pm to Kafka
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New York and New Orleans don't sound similar simply b/c they were ports. It's b/c they were ports that got a lot of Italians.
Yeah, people from Mobile and Charleston don't sound similar to New Orleans or New York
Posted on 5/5/20 at 5:22 pm to jchamil
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New York and New Orleans don't sound similar simply b/c they were ports. It's b/c they were ports that got a lot of Italians.
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Yeah, people from Mobile and Charleston don't sound similar to New Orleans or New York
Italians, Irish, and Germans to be a bit more inclusive of the accent patterns.
New Orleans accent is different because of existing Creole French speakers as well. The oft-ridiculed "making groceries" of New Orleanians is a French construction that was translated literally.
"Mynazz" for mayonnaise is really close to the actual French pronunciation for a French (I assert) condiment.
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