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I love regional accents and I'm sad they're slowly disappearing
Posted on 5/29/20 at 1:44 pm
Posted on 5/29/20 at 1:44 pm
Just got off the phone with some customer service person from Illinois. I could tell immediately from her accent she was from Chicago. My family has always enjoyed trying to guess accents and where they're from based on little que's. I'm from northern Virginia which to me sounds very plain compared to my central Virginia relatives who have a sort of soft southern dialect but one distinct enough that I could recognize anywhere. Now that I live in Louisiana I can hear pretty strong accents in most of my friends parents but most of my friends have very muted accents that are not very unlike mine but with some subtle differences.
I think the internet and cable television likely had more to do with this sort of globalized accent starting to form because we all grew up with more than just what the people around us spoke with. One of the coolest things about traveling and meeting new people is the fact that the place/person is just different than what you're used to. It's new and weird in its own ways because that's just how things developed. All kinds of little regional quirks and specialties seem to be fading as things become more globalized.
I think the internet and cable television likely had more to do with this sort of globalized accent starting to form because we all grew up with more than just what the people around us spoke with. One of the coolest things about traveling and meeting new people is the fact that the place/person is just different than what you're used to. It's new and weird in its own ways because that's just how things developed. All kinds of little regional quirks and specialties seem to be fading as things become more globalized.
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Posted on 5/29/20 at 1:45 pm to jlovel7
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I could tell immediately from her accent she was from Chicago
That Great Lakes accent is the absolute worst.
Posted on 5/29/20 at 1:45 pm to jlovel7
Pee can.
Posted on 5/29/20 at 1:46 pm to LordSaintly
Odd thing for being a southern city is that a lot of people born and raised in Baton Rouge don’t have a southern accent
Posted on 5/29/20 at 1:46 pm to jlovel7
I have good news for you, I can confirm the regional accent is alive and well in Iberia Parish.
Posted on 5/29/20 at 1:48 pm to jlovel7
I agree that they are disappearing. I think a lot of younger people see an accent as a sign of lower intelligence for whatever reason.
You can tell my wife is from central/northern Alabama within 10 seconds of meeting her
You can tell my wife is from central/northern Alabama within 10 seconds of meeting her
Posted on 5/29/20 at 1:48 pm to Paul Allen
I’ve always felt like native Baton Rouge folks didn’t have much of an accent of any kind; not southern, Cajun, yatty, anything. But drive 15 minutes to ascension and many have a big time accent.
Posted on 5/29/20 at 1:49 pm to jlovel7
No shortage of accents here in Boston.
Posted on 5/29/20 at 1:50 pm to jlovel7
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Posted on 5/29/20 at 1:50 pm to tigerbandpiccolo
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I’ve always felt like native Baton Rouge folks didn’t have much of an accent of any kind; not southern, Cajun, yatty, anything. But drive 15 minutes to ascension and many have a big time accent.
It's certainly not a strong accent. I grew up in Central, maybe 5-10 miles outside of BR and some of us had a little bit of a Southern accent growing up.
Posted on 5/29/20 at 1:51 pm to LordSaintly
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That Great Lakes accent is the absolute worst.
They deserve to be confused with Canadians.
Posted on 5/29/20 at 1:52 pm to jlovel7
I view the addition of the word “like” at the beginning of each sentence to be a heavy contributor.
Posted on 5/29/20 at 1:55 pm to tigerbandpiccolo
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I’ve always felt like native Baton Rouge folks didn’t have much of an accent of any kind; not southern, Cajun, yatty, anything. But drive 15 minutes to ascension and many have a big time accent.
That's because Baton Rouge is basically where many different cultures sorta meet and their respective accents cancel each other out.
Southern "redneck", Mississippi Delta, River rat (German and creole), and Cajun cultures and accents all meet and bland each other out. Throw in the fact that Exxon refinery historically brought in a lot of out-of-state peeps from Ohio, and you have a recipe for a really hard to pin down, non-distinct, accent.
This post was edited on 5/29/20 at 1:56 pm
Posted on 5/29/20 at 1:58 pm to jlovel7
Westbank is pretty recognizable
Posted on 5/29/20 at 1:59 pm to kingbob
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That's because Baton Rouge is basically where many different cultures sorta meet and their respective accents cancel each other out.
Yep. Combine it being the state capital with housing two universities and you end up with a lot of the edges sanded off.
Growing up in lafayette, the accent is stronger than Baton Rouge, but still not super strong. Get outside of lafayette and it gets rough, quickly
Posted on 5/29/20 at 2:00 pm to kingbob
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Throw in the fact that Exxon refinery historically brought in a lot of out-of-state peeps from Ohio
We weren't originally from Ohio but this is how my dad's side of the family ended up in LA.
Posted on 5/29/20 at 2:07 pm to tigerbandpiccolo
I've always thought Baton Rougeans had sort of a watered down southern accent. Go down the road to rural Livingston or in the Felicianas and it's like you're in Mississippi. Same thing with Lafayette. People in Lafayette have a watered down Cajun accent but if you drive just 10 miles down the road it gets a little more difficult to understand people.
Posted on 5/29/20 at 2:10 pm to tigerbandpiccolo
quote:I promise you to people from up north or out west Baton Rouge people have a distinct southern accent. It simply isn’t as strong as Mississippi because it has blended with the Cajun accent along the way
I’ve always felt like native Baton Rouge folks didn’t have much of an accent of any kind; not southern, Cajun, yatty, anything. But drive 15 minutes to ascension and many have a big time accent.
Posted on 5/29/20 at 2:11 pm to jlovel7
Older ladies (60+) from Tennessee and Georgia have the best accents IMHO.
I grew up around BR and find that we speak rather plainly, not a big Southern accent.
I grew up around BR and find that we speak rather plainly, not a big Southern accent.
Posted on 5/29/20 at 2:14 pm to jlovel7
Go to Erath and listen for a while
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