Do regional accents exist in people born after '89? (island, Hispanics)
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Neutral You`re not Northern, Southern, or Western, you`re just plain -American-. Your national identity is more important than your local identity, because you don`t really have a local identity. You might be from the region in that map, which is defined by this kind of accent, but you could easily not be. Or maybe you just moved around a lot growing up.
Me too...I grew up in north-central West Virginia and southwestern Pennsylvania. I spent a couple of years in Florida.
Neutral You`re not Northern, Southern, or Western, you`re just plain -American-. Your national identity is more important than your local identity, because you don`t really have a local identity. You might be from the region in that map, which is defined by this kind of accent, but you could easily not be. Or maybe you just moved around a lot growing up.
One thing about those quizes, is that your perception of how you speak is affected by seeing the words for people without strong accents (but where the accent exists). However, if someone asked you, "What's a synonym for 'Dad' that begins with an 'F,'" and recorded your answer and then continued to ask questions in this manner, you may end up with different results. One example, was that a few years ago, I would have thought that I pronounced "can" (as in tin can) and "can" (as in able) the same. However, it was eventually pointed out to me (using the question-asking method) that in normal speech (i.e. without thinking about it), I actually pronounce them differently. (Further thinking about it reminded me that I used to sing a commercial for Shop-Rite as "ken you do the cann cann?").
On a tangent, I recently learned that one of the traits of the Philadelphia accent (and I think Baltimore too), a particular pronunciation of vowels like o, is also known as the Southern Vowel Shift and that Philadelphia is the farthest north this goes. I don't think I'd ever have noticed it, except that I met a guy from Alabama who I'm sure thought he had no regional accent (he pronounced all his Rs, didn't have a twang, etc.). But when he pronounced "phone" and "home," I thought he was either from Philadelphia or somehow picked up a exaggerated Philadelphia accent (his version sounded too extreme).
I don't think the "everyone wants one" thing is really true. Maybe among younger folks but in my experience it's still looked down upon outside of the south.
I don't think the "everyone wants one" thing is really true. Maybe among younger folks but in my experience it's still looked down upon outside of the south.
Yeah it is. It sounds incredibly uneducated. Some people who have really thick Southern accents are undecipherable.
On a tangent, I recently learned that one of the traits of the Philadelphia accent (and I think Baltimore too), a particular pronunciation of vowels like o, is also known as the Southern Vowel Shift and that Philadelphia is the farthest north this goes. I don't think I'd ever have noticed it, except that I met a guy from Alabama who I'm sure thought he had no regional accent (he pronounced all his Rs, didn't have a twang, etc.). But when he pronounced "phone" and "home," I thought he was either from Philadelphia or somehow picked up a exaggerated Philadelphia accent (his version sounded too extreme).
Yeah it is. It sounds incredibly uneducated. Some people who have really thick Southern accents are undecipherable.
You dont like southern accents, that is fine. I dont think its fair when people say it sounds uneducated, that unfortuneatly is an accepted stereotype of the south. Personally I dont like northeast accents, that Jersey-New York accent drives me nuts. I dont think people there are any more educated than those of the south. I highly doubt those Jersey shore characters with the thick accents we all have seen on tv are educated either. Oh Im not from the south either, im from the upper midwest.
You dont like southern accents, that is fine. I dont think its fair when people say it sounds uneducated, that unfortuneatly is an accepted stereotype of the south. Personally I dont like northeast accents, that Jersey-New York accent drives me nuts. I dont think people there are any more educated than those of the south. I highly doubt those Jersey shore characters with the thick accents we all have seen on tv are educated either. Oh Im not from the south either, im from the upper midwest.
Lol if Jersey Shore is all you know about the northeast, then your opinion is invalid.
No offense.
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