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Given enough exposure the Southern accent eventually overcomes all
Posted on 5/5/22 at 7:27 pm
Posted on 5/5/22 at 7:27 pm
If there are enough people with accents around and if they expose the newcomer to the accent for long enough it will begin to take hold in my experience. Like kudzu.
Question: Will the new people who are here from way south (mexico) eventually pick up the Southern accent also?
Question: Will the new people who are here from way south (mexico) eventually pick up the Southern accent also?
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Posted on 5/5/22 at 7:30 pm to weagle99
Explain Mandeville.
Posted on 5/5/22 at 7:30 pm to weagle99
Will y'all take a gander at this shite?
Posted on 5/5/22 at 7:33 pm to Vamos Brandonos
quote:I'll take a gander
Will y'all take a gander
as long as you don't goose me
Posted on 5/5/22 at 7:33 pm to weagle99
I reckon
Posted on 5/5/22 at 7:34 pm to weagle99
The Mexican immigrants in Texas all have a Texas accent so sure.
Posted on 5/5/22 at 7:34 pm to weagle99
Yep. Just ask Coach Kelly.
Posted on 5/5/22 at 7:37 pm to weagle99
Our Indian client has a fusion baw-bengali accent
Posted on 5/5/22 at 7:39 pm to weagle99
I read in the book The Right Stuff that for decades airline pilots and aviation people in general had these southern accents when communicating because that’s how Chuck Yeager talked. There is something influential about that speech pattern.
Posted on 5/5/22 at 7:42 pm to weagle99
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Will the new people who are here from way south (mexico) eventually pick up the Southern accent also?
The world needs more Mexican yats!!
Posted on 5/5/22 at 7:45 pm to C
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Explain Mandeville.
Mandeville, Covington etc natives have a Nola accent, just less pronounced. Obviously a southshore transplant will have a much more pronounced one.
Go north of Covington and you’ll start to see a southern accent.
This post was edited on 5/5/22 at 7:47 pm
Posted on 5/5/22 at 7:49 pm to weagle99
Hmmm the opposite happened with my neice.
Born and raised in Dallas.
After graduating from A&M she moved to New York and in no time flat, she started sounding like a Yankee.
Born and raised in Dallas.
After graduating from A&M she moved to New York and in no time flat, she started sounding like a Yankee.
Posted on 5/5/22 at 7:50 pm to weagle99
This isn't unique to southern accents. People with accents that are less common in a given area are likely to adopt the majority accent over time. We are deeply, deeply evolved to mimic our tribe at a subconscious level.
Posted on 5/5/22 at 7:53 pm to beachdude
quote:. NCOs in general used to have southern accents no matter where they were from. Don't know how it is now.
I read in the book The Right Stuff that for decades airline pilots and aviation people in general had these southern accents when communicating because that’s how Chuck Yeager talked. There is something influential about that speech pattern.
Posted on 5/5/22 at 7:55 pm to weagle99
Lived in Oxford and Dallas for the past 5 years and definitely picked up some twang
Posted on 5/5/22 at 7:55 pm to C
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Explain Mandeville.
Only like 3 people ever born there... the rest come from somewhere else
Posted on 5/5/22 at 7:56 pm to C
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Explain Mandeville.
South shore
Posted on 5/5/22 at 7:58 pm to Joshjrn
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We are deeply, deeply evolved to mimic our tribe at a subconscious level.
Yep. if you want to change yourself, change the top 5 people that you surround yourself with.
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