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She was a nice lady but was hard to understand sometimes.we actually spent time in class talking about it when she mentioned it.I guess it turned into a history/English lesson when we wasn’t in history/English class.I may have had that very conversation with some damn Yankees when I was at Carolina.
@jedi_mike A Charleston accent is a very real thing. Mine comes out when I'm mad, or drunk, or both.
Lord Ashley Cooper's Dictionary of Charlestonese is a real thing too. I have it.She was a nice lady but was hard to understand sometimes.we actually spent time in class talking about it when she mentioned it.I guess it turned into a history/English lesson when we wasn’t in history/English class.
I moved from Columbia to New Jersey and I consciously tried to lose my accent as soon as possible.
Around 1986 I went on a trip (business) to a small city in Ontario. I may have been the first true Southerner (that didn't hide his accent) most had ever heard. And, the young ladies loved it, I mean really loved it. I kind of felt like I discovered a new civilization, then after 3 days I had to undiscover it and come home.
Pretty close to how I say itHere in Sakerlina.
You could throw them off by referring to the electric bill as the "hydro" and by pronouncing the last letter of the alphabet as "zed" rather than "zee". Personally, I like "zed" better since so many letters sound too much alike.Around 1986 I went on a trip (business) to a small city in Ontario. I may have been the first true Southerner (that didn't hide his accent) most had ever heard. And, the young ladies loved it, I mean really loved it. I kind of felt like I discovered a new civilization, then after 3 days I had to undiscover it and come home.
HahaWhat hilarious is I’m as country as it gets and my wife and her entire family are from south Boston . My father in law was a Southy project kid . Needless to say my daughter has the most jacked up accent known to man . It’s like Bill Burr meets Charlie Daniels . Freaking hilarious. “Hey y’all wanna go sit in the Ca “
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What hilarious is I’m as country as it gets and my wife and her entire family are from south Boston . My father in law was a Southy project kid . Needless to say my daughter has the most jacked up accent known to man . It’s like Bill Burr meets Charlie Daniels . Freaking hilarious. “Hey y’all wanna go sit in the Ca “
Those are cool accents. One of our local government officials is originally from Boston and for the most part sounds like a regular transplant --- kind of no accent at all. But sometimes that Boston stuff comes out with something like "wicked pissah."
My cousins up around Seneca all sound like Ginger Billy on youtube. Even the women and children.
Lord Ashley Cooper's Dictionary of Charlestonese is a real thing too. I have it.
I grew up in Summerville, so I have a pretty good accent I’ve been told (when I let it come through). My first Summer home from college I work in landscaping. One of the regular guys was this huge dude that spoke Gullah, really nice guy though. It took me about three weeks to understand what he was saying. He’d just sit there telling stories, laughing and I’d just laugh along with him (had no clue what he was saying, but if he was laughing, I was laughing)Anyone ever listened to the "Gullah" album by Dick Reeves? It came out in 1963. I remember listening to it with the family gathered around the record player. I was only 11 years old but found it to be quite funny. Talk about an accent!!!
I've wondered if this is a legit Texas accent:While in England, spent a week in Bath at an attached apartment to the owner's home. They were baffled by my accent. It was sorta "Texan" to them, but not. We were able to communicate without trouble.
My sister in law was accused of being Texan while in Maui. She's been asked to "talk some more!"