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I think the perceptions, the stereotypes are pretty much the same as those of Americans from states north of the Mason-Dixon. A southern accent would evoke images of small town cops a la the Dukes of Hazzard , gentlemen on the verandah, cotton kings, sharecroppers, a guy called Bubba, etc.
I don't think that most southern accents sound British at all, though they may sound in some way familiar (there is an exception, an island - I think off - if I remember rightly, the Carolinas where people talked, at least up until a few years ago, English very similar to the local accent of East Anglia.
Off topic, there's a local New Orleans accent that sounds very much like a N.E./New York accent. Doesn't sound southern at all, I guess maybe it's testimony to the back and forth along the river.
Off topic, there's a local New Orleans accent that sounds very much like a N.E./New York accent. Doesn't sound southern at all, I guess maybe it's testimony to the back and forth along the river.
the New Orleans accent was influenced by Irish catholics, some Italians and others that werent common in other parts of the South.
its called the "yat" accent
but it didnt come from N.Y or anything. Its from original settlers straight from New Orleans.
but people in places like NY are a BLEND of Irish, Italian, Jewish, German etc..
some of these same elements, especially Irish and Italians were known in New Orleans which is why it's vaguely similar to a NY or New Jersey accent when compared to the way people in other parts of the South talk.
it usually formed when native Irish or Gaelic words, or any other language, were Americanized and became pronounced a little different.
All American dialects are mixed from various influences. None of them are an exact copy of anything from overseas.
Just curious what British people in general think about the way people talk in the Southern U.S.?
do they think it's similar to the basic British accent in anyway?
do they like it? or think it sounds stupid? and backwards?
(I especially would like to know what people from the south-west/bristol/somerset think and from the Borders/Northumberland think?)
supposedly the Southern accent was heavily influenced by these areas of England and Lowland Scotland also, in historical times.
the southern united states accent might just be my favourite accent in the entire world
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