Southern accents, Eastern accents, Northern accents and Ebonics

[epchick]

Originally Posted by Thetagirl218

I love dialects and differences in speech! I grew up in South/Central Florida and most people here speak in what some consider a Northern accent. Once I moved away to school in the "true" South, I started to get a Southern accent!

This reminds me of the time that I went to Dallas and seriously felt like I had culture shock. I mean I was borned and raised in Texas, but being from El Paso you rarely (like less than 1% of the time) meet anyone w/ a southern accent. So when I was in Dallas, I was just ...according to my dad (who's originally from New Jersey) El Pasoans have more of a "midwestern accent" than anything southern.

[em_adpi]

Originally Posted by epchick

This reminds me of the time that I went to Dallas and seriously felt like I had culture shock. I mean I was borned and raised in Texas, but being from El Paso you rarely (like less than 1% of the time) meet anyone w/ a southern accent. So when I was in Dallas, I was just ...according to my dad (who's originally from New Jersey) El Pasoans have more of a "midwestern accent" than anything southern.

My little sis is from the Longview area and has the DEEPEST southern accent I've ever heard. I love it. I have a slight accent on occasion; apparently it's gotten 'worse' since I moved from San Antonio to Fort Worth. Who knew?

When I lived in Boston, I was teased by my Yankee friends frequently because I didn't drop my R's. I've decided that I speak two languages: Northern and Southern.