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01-19-2011, 09:56 PM
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Still Figuring It Out.
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Where Accents Come From.
Wouldn't it be neat to know where accents come from? Many of the different accents came from people who have ancestry from the same places. But as they were separated by time & space different accents emerged.
Some very distinct accents I can think of are...
Southern
Ausie
English (British)
Joysey (Jersey)
etc.
I would love to know where these accents got their beginning and how they became so entrenched in a geographical area.
I wonder sometimes if an accent might eventually boil down to the influence of one person way back when.
These are just some of the odd things I think about from time to time.
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01-19-2011, 10:01 PM
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Re: Where Accents Come From.
Ya der hey!
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01-19-2011, 10:15 PM
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Re: Where Accents Come From.
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Originally Posted by Digging4Truth
Wouldn't it be neat to know where accents come from? Many of the different accents came from people who have ancestry from the same places. But as they were separated by time & space different accents emerged.
Some very distinct accents I can think of are...
Southern
Ausie
English (British)
Joysey (Jersey)
etc.
I would love to know where these accents got their beginning and how they became so entrenched in a geographical area.
I wonder sometimes if an accent might eventually boil down to the influence of one person way back when.
These are just some of the odd things I think about from time to time.
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It gets better-Missouri bootheel southern is distinct from Virginian southern, and both vary from Louisianan southern. There are also several very distinct British accents. In northern Missouri there is an accent that's distinct from southern or central Missouri. I never did figure out where that one came from.
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01-19-2011, 10:17 PM
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Re: Where Accents Come From.
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It gets better-Missouri bootheel southern is distinct from Virginian southern, and both vary from Louisianan southern. There are also several very distinct British accents. In northern Missouri there is an accent that's distinct from southern or central Missouri. I never did figure out where that one came from.
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Yep... there are tons of them. I used to be a part of a forum that was frequented by a Brit. I asked her why Brits don't pronounce their T's. As it turns out that is distinct to certain areas and she had never noticed that before and found it interesting once I pointed it out.
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01-19-2011, 10:22 PM
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Re: Where Accents Come From.
The only accent I absolutely cannot stand is the East coast Boston one, for which Ted Kennedy is best known for. It grates on me like fingers on a chalk board.
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01-19-2011, 10:28 PM
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Re: Where Accents Come From.
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The only accent I absolutely cannot stand is the East coast Boston one, for which Ted Kennedy is best known for. It grates on me like fingers on a chalk board.
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LOL! I know what you mean. Headed out there (Hartford) in a couple weeks.
I guess we will give them a pass, seeing it's unintentional...
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01-19-2011, 10:54 PM
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Re: Where Accents Come From.
I don't think I have a Texas accent, but some Yankees tell me I do.
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01-20-2011, 06:01 AM
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Re: Where Accents Come From.
At the salon I frequent, there is a lady who was raised in England, but lived in Texas most of her adult life. So she has a British accent with a Texas twang. It is so funny! I love to hear her talk!
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01-20-2011, 06:33 AM
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Re: Where Accents Come From.
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I don't think I have a Texas accent, but some Yankees tell me I do.
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Pfft...
What do they know. 
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01-20-2011, 07:32 AM
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Re: Where Accents Come From.
I was born and raised in Dallas, but I've been told I sound like I'm from Georgia or the Carolinas. Though I can see where people get that, I can definitely say I don't sound nearly as Tar Heel as some of my cousins who live there. When they say "no," it sounds like "nay." Most of my kin folk live in the south (i.e. MS, GA, FL, N/SC). So, it must be in the blood. Who'd have thought accents were genetic??? Hahaha! I know they aren't; just sayin...
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