The South
I saw Big Fish last night. It annoys me how the producers try to make the characters imitate a Southern accent. Truth is, only the hicks speak like that. Hicks in New York, hicks in Montana. It is a country accent, not a Southern accent. Some people who live in New Orleans speak like they're from New York - only because they have a city accent.
People who speak with this so-called Southern accent actually get made fun of or thought of as uneducated in Southern cities. It is only because small towns are more common in the South that people presume that everyone in the South speaks like that.
The Southern accent is more subtle. Mostly, it is the skipping of syllables.
Edit: common overused words: ma'am, sir, y'all
I didn't know that people actually take offense to ma'am or sir in the North. Scott was telling me about time he was in Washington DC. The waitor was offended that Scott told him, "Thank you, sir." And he proceeded to get huffy about, "I'm not a sir." I guess these are only reserved for old people?
People who speak with this so-called Southern accent actually get made fun of or thought of as uneducated in Southern cities. It is only because small towns are more common in the South that people presume that everyone in the South speaks like that.
The Southern accent is more subtle. Mostly, it is the skipping of syllables.
Edit: common overused words: ma'am, sir, y'all
I didn't know that people actually take offense to ma'am or sir in the North. Scott was telling me about time he was in Washington DC. The waitor was offended that Scott told him, "Thank you, sir." And he proceeded to get huffy about, "I'm not a sir." I guess these are only reserved for old people?
