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Old 05-06-2003, 10:17 PM
KillarneyRose KillarneyRose is offline
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Originally posted by Eirene_DGP
Yeah, I agree with Browneyedgirl since I am from Greenville. I absolutely hate it when actors over do the southern accent. In South Carolina, there are three different dialects. You have the mountain appalachia accent (Thats me!!), mid-lands (which tends to sound more like georgia), and Charlestonian accent which tends to be the strongest in the African American community and it is a mixture of English and Gullah (the language of the early slaves).
I have a friend from Lancaster, SC. Is that near you? She once said something about a "spodder" and it took me the longest time to figure out that she meant "spider"! She sounds absolutely adorable though! (is it insulting to refer to a 35 year old mother of two as adorable???)
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