[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Thicknesse: Question on Pronunciation - All and Oil in Texas
Alex Hogan
predigirl1 at yahoo.com
Sun Sep 16 04:19:22 UTC 2007
The lovely Southern speech patterns of Julia from "Desiging Women"...now That is how a classy Southern Belle should sound.
I was born in West Texas and have lived in Texas most of my life. It boggles the mind how many different types of "twang" one can hear just in Odessa! And the difference between West Texas and East Texas is amazing!
Alex Hogan
potioncat <willsonkmom at msn.com> wrote:
Alex wrote:
He is fine with everything that I do as long as " they don't sound
like Yankees"! How funny is that? I was raised in West Texas and I
refuse to sound like a hick.
Potioncat:
You aren't a born Southerner are you? ;-) To a Southerner, the
Yankee accent sounds harsh and even rude.
Although, as Barbara pointed out in another post, there are many
different Southern accents and I think the refined Southern accent is
lovely. I can't stand the twangy one. Although I'm sure I must have
spoken it myself at one time. (So I do agree with teaching children
to speak more properly.)
Alex:
> I truly don't understand embracing a pattern of speech that
automaticly brands you as unintelligent! Right or wrong, that is what
people think of the Southern accent. Well, not the accent itself, but
it is usually associated with terrible grammar, therefore, people
think "hick", "white trailer trash", "Jerry Springer rejects", etc...
> It is sad when people perpetuate the stereotype.
Potioncat:
So, is it wrong to hold to the accent or wrong to judge it? I think
many people, whatever their regional dialect/accent cling to it out
of pride. Just as many people in the US speak a different language at
home.
My husband is from NJ and I am from SC. Both of us have relatives who
have very strong regional accents. I once heard one of my children
say "yoose guys" and "ya'll" in the same conversation.
But of course, I would never!
Ya'll come back now. Heah?
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