If you lived where there was a strong divergence of accents like I do you would realize a degree of income and education affiliation
We simply don’t think much about class period except in old robber baron environs....Newport..... Brewster
Down here...you speak like a hick....you will be judged as one
I saw upper class manhattanites treat bensonhurst and bay ridge and other bridge and tunnel folks the same way
I love how for you only southerners have crappy white accents
You’re such a snob Shermie.....and oblivious to your own bigotry
Also, I didn’t say I assign class/status connotations to southern backwoods accents. I said Americans do.
Do you disagree?
New York City area, which includes where I grew up Bergen County NJ, has 4 distinct accents. The upper crust like you describe has their’s. The other three divided along ethnic lines. There are Irish NY, Italian NY, and Jewish NY. Examples being Peter King (Irish NY), Paul Sorvino (Italian NY), and Michael Savage (Jewish NY). Interestingly, thou neither is Irish, Rudy Guiliani and Charlie Rangel both speak with an Irish NY accent.