Why Do Some Southerners Have No Southern Accent At All?

[Darth Nubian]

Lived in the South all my life and don't have an accent. Probably because my mom doesn't have one and my dad progressively lost his Charleston accent.

Your pops needs to come home and re-up on that geechie.

 

[MoneyTron]

Your pops needs to come home and re-up on that geechie.

He lives there now. In matter of fact, I need to drive down there and see him before the summer is up.

The accent never gets old. My best friend from college is from Moncks Corner and he hasn't lost his yet.

 

[thelonious21]

Moved from NY when i was 11... nikkaz STILL say i sound like im from up top

 

[Ronnie Lott]

The less educated you are, the thicker the accent.

not tru bruh

 

[newworldafro]

Southeasterner/MidAtlantician........have been told I have no southern accent....never fakes the funk......................unless, I'm in a professional setting, I watch my ebonics.....

 

[Darth Nubian]

He lives there now. In matter of fact, I need to drive down there and see him before the summer is up.

The accent never gets old. My best friend from college is from Moncks Corner and he hasn't lost his yet.

I'm from the midlands but have been in the low country for a decade. Dem boi got me sayin I E No!

 

[SecretLover]

chicks actually dig that shyt were you from?

new york/up north chicks would be like

negative ilove my country ass boyfriends accent sounding like a N.O. nikka and im from New York nikka.

.ilove southern accents what i dont like is southern nikkas that TRY & sound like they're from up top <<<<

 

[TheHonorableOmarSharif]

I think some of it depends on if you lived in a region for a period of time. Case in point, I was born in the lowcountry and spent most of my elementary years there, but moved to GA for middle school, and the gulf coast for high school. Chicks in Atlanta used to swear that I sounded like I was from Macon, but now that I'm back in the chuck, cats still swear that I'm geechee.

Glad to see Charleston is represented on the boards though...

HOLGang

 

[CashmereThoughts]

I didn't think Souther folk thought they had an "accent" . Gawd damn tho some of y'all Jawn be Thick AF, I be like nikka what!?!?

 

[Atlrocafella]

I've been told my accent comes out from time to time even though I was born and raised here in the A...I've learned how to turn it on and off though for When I'm around my people and when I'm in the work world.

 

[BillBanneker]

negative ilove my country ass boyfriends accent sounding like a N.O. nikka and im from New York nikka.

.ilove southern accents what i dont like is southern nikkas that TRY & sound like they're from up top <<<<

 

[AgentGrey]

I didn't think Souther folk thought they had an "accent" . Gawd damn tho some of y'all Jawn be Thick AF, I be like nikka what!?!?

this. I always gotta ask nikkas to repeat themselves down here,

and if I say jawn or drawlin down here these Georgia people lookin at me like
"what dat iz"

 

[⠀⠀⠀]

it depends who your friends are and stuff

my folks talk like the typical older blacks from the south. my dad sound typical older black man in the south.


i grew up hanging out with nothing but whites. so i sound white.

 

[you're NOT "n!ggas"]

the south aint no different from any other region. i'm sure you can find people on the east or west coast, etc. i grew up thinkin i aint have a country but i been told i am i can hear it now too

negative ilove my country ass boyfriends accent sounding like a N.O. nikka and im from New York nikka.

.ilove southern accents what i dont like is southern nikkas that TRY & sound like they're from up top <<<<

the n.o. accent is as close to ny as it gets

 

[T-K-G]

I dont have a heavy accent aside from a few words being pronounced a lil different.

but usually the more tired/annoyed i get the heavier the accent gets.

but bytches like the Chucktown accent anyway