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Originally posted by BrownEyedGirl
Movie imitations of Southern accents drive me absolutely nuts, though! I think The Green Mile was the worst for me - sometimes these actors talk like they're mentally challenged, not Southern.
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This part is SO true!!!
I had a linguists professor who could not only tell what city & state you were from by your accent, but whether it was the north-south-east-west of the city and your socio-economic class! Of course, he was getting paid to make a study of it.
I had another professor - from New York - who just assumed that anyone from the South who didn't work on losing their accent was dumb, lazy, or both. It took a lot to charm him and make him see the error of his ways!
Killarney Rose, check out the accents on "Fried Green Tomatoes", especially the rythym of the sentence structure. That's where you catch most imitators off guard.