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To: FLT-bird

I think all of the Southern states have their own version of the Southern accent. They are similar enough that most people that don’t live here would not notice but I can tell them apart. Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi all have a slight difference but Tennessee and Texas sound similar to me.


79 posted on 05/15/2019 6:43:31 AM PDT by Tennessee Conservative
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To: Tennessee Conservative

I’m from North Florida aka the heart of Dixie. I’ve lived in Georgia, Arkansas and North Carolina. Yes, there are some differences - for example Tidewater Virginia sounds different from Appalachian which is different from Cajun and all of those are a bit different from what I’d simply call a standard Southern accent. That said......differences between Georgia and South Carolina or Alabama and Mississippi? Not really.

Similar deal in the Midwest. I can hear rural Minnesota and maybe slightly Wisconsin. But Iowa from Illinois or Ohio from Indiana? Not really.


90 posted on 05/15/2019 7:09:41 AM PDT by FLT-bird
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