VIDEO: They Don't Sound Like Fritz Hollings Anymore

Rumble ^ | March 11, 2025 | DUmmie FUnnies

[PJ-Comix]

VIDEO

It's a distinctive accent unique to Charleston, South Carolina. And the late Senator Fritz Hollings was the best known of its speakers. His passing marked perhaps the last of those who spoke Charlestonian. You most likely will never hear it again except in recordings and videos such as this of Hollings speaking.

[PJ-Comix]

I had Charleston on my mind because I have been reading a TERRIFIC Audible book, "The Demon of Unrest," in which that city plays an important part.

[PJ-Comix]

PING!

[alstewartfan]

Ah say, there’s “too much consooomin’ goin’ on.”

[Jolla]

I had a great uncle like that, born 1899 he was a teacher and had a very distinguished speaking voice like he was always making an important speech. He sounded a little British, which was odd for growing up in Texas.

[PJ-Comix]

Ah say, there’s “too much consooomin’ goin’ on.”

Rush Limbaugh used to do an imitation of that a lot.

[Southside_Chicago_Republican]

Bookmark

[rlmorel]

Hahahahahaha...reminds me of “Foghorn Leghorn”!

[gundog]

I had a boss in the Air Force that was from England. He couldn’t wait to retire to Waco. Anytime someone asked about his accent, and where he was from, he’d say “Waco, Texas, mate.” in a heavy English accent.

[Flavious_Maximus]

Another senator with a distinct southern accent was John Warner of Virginia. Also Richard Shelby of Alabama had a huge southern drawl.

[PJ-Comix]

Another senator with a distinct southern accent was John Warner of Virginia.

I think he had a Tidewater accent, another accent fading into non-existence. BTW, I believe the early Founders of the Republic from Virginia such as Washington, Jefferson, Madison, etc. all spoke with a Tidewater accent.

[FLT-bird]

Tommy Tuberville from Alabama has a pretty distinct drawl as is.

[Wallace T.]

I remember Rush Limbaugh doing a parody of Fritz Hollings in a Foghorn Leghorn type voice, saying, “I say, there's too much consumin’ going on here.”

[Ditto]

Tommy Tuberville from Alabama has a pretty distinct drawl

Ya, but I can understand every word he says. The first time I ever traveled to the Deep South back in the 60s, there were people whose drawl was so thick, I couldn't understand a word they said.

Regional accents are indeed disappearing.

[Albion Wilde]

Music to my ears, and authentic— “foah fouwdy yeeahhs.”

I was just thinking about Southern accents after watching "Matlock" recently. I love the actress Kathy Bates, a fantastic actress now starring in a tv legal show as a former native of Georgia, but she's got the accent more on the Alabama side of the Chattahoochee than the Georgia side, IMO. Her character relies on corny idoms ike Dan Rather (that's the writers' fault), with a sharp-edged, crackling sound. The Georgia accent I recall, at least among the civilian natives of Georgia around Fort Benning, was soft and lilting, with a gentle upturn at the end of sentences.

[chuckee]

Another crap Democrat. I like Foghorn Leghorn but not when he’s a Democrat

[Albion Wilde]

corny idoms ike = corny idioms like

[jmcenanly]

Foghorn Leghorn took his name and his accent from the fictional Senator Beauregard Claghorn, played by Kenny Delmar on the Fred Allen radio show.
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