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Thread #143374 Message #3309692
Posted By: GUEST,Sharon Hall Guest
16-Feb-12 - 03:51 PM
Thread Name: Singing and regional American accents
Subject: RE: Singing and regional American accents
I'm from North Ga and my grandma said wrench for rinse and warsh for wash "I reckon".I still call the trunk of the car a boot, does anybody else hear it called a boot?. I understand thats what they call it in UK. When traveling in England a guide told us that the closest you can come to Old English is in Appalacha ( South because they didnt get out that much being in the MTS.) You only have to travel about 30 miles South of my home town, Cleveland and you'll hear no " hick" accent I find this fascinating. I know I can tell where a person is from their accent. If you go past Atlanta 1 hour then those people have a deep southern accent. Go to Florida, the native FLs sound like North Georgians but most are Northern transplants so they have a Northern Accent. New Jersey has a very distinct accent, very different from NY. I could go on .