And, you'd be right. I was born in Alabama, and lived there for 4 years, then we moved to Georgia and lived there 8 years. I spent a lousy 2.5 years in Kansas (no offense to any Kansans...The midwest was just not this Southern gal's cup of tea. LOL).
Then we moved to WV when I was 15. I don't hear any accent when I hear myself talk, but I'm sure it's a combination of Southern and Appalachian - and they are very distinctly different accents.
I mean, I can tell when someone has been born and raised in WV. I can also tell if someone lives further South (because I don't really consider WV to be a Southern state and it's not a Northern state either. It's kind of in between and is pretty much cut in half by the Mason-Dixon line).
So, yes, I say ya'll and I drag my vowels out a bit.
But, I still don't hear it when I listen to my own voice!
:) We never really hear it in our own voice do we? But you do and it's very southern and cute!
ReplyDeleteWish Kansan's had one..(yea, I be one of THOSE people!LOL)
Then again, few people can hear their own accent. My brother and his roommate call each other out on developing the southern drawl..being good NY boys it's their obligation. But neither can hear it themselves.
ReplyDeleteI live in Kansas. I've lived in 7 states with my bride and kids. We like Arizona the best. We wanna go back. Although, I will say that this has been the most pleasant and wonderful summer of our lives (weather). Right now, in the Heart of America, it's 67 degrees. (11:00 CDT--Tuesday morning) Incredibly delightful weather here through July and August.
ReplyDeleteOur Asst Pastor is from WV. He's keeps us aware of it, too. And he has the accent.
I don't care where you got it from, thats SWEET!!!, right there : )
ReplyDeleteWhenever I've lived away from WV, I can spot the people from close to home because they don't sound like they have an accent to me, but everyone else sure does.
ReplyDeleteI can still remember this chick in Toledo who used to go on and on about the many reasons why I needed to lose my accent so I could sound normal like them. She had the worst goose-like nasal honking rounded "a" sounds (as in farm becoming fhahrm). She thought she sounded like Tom Brokaw. LMAO
To me, you don't have so much of an accent as some words are accented slightly different from the way I grew up hearing them. Then again, I grew up with people who thought the "e" in Frigidaire was not silent and pronounced it Frigidairy. True story.
I've been told my Philly accent is thick, although I don't hear it either :)
ReplyDeleteI've been told my Philly accent is thick, although I don't hear it either :)
ReplyDeleteOk that was me that just posted twice under Anon ??????? Who knows.
ReplyDeleteMy old neighbors were from Kansas. I did not think they had an accent either. She did use some funny phrases that were probably related to living in Kansas though.
ReplyDeleteThings are so boring here...no accent, no lingo particular to our region. Dang!
I don't have too much of an accent at all - I was raised in TX by two New Yorkers...LOL...
ReplyDeleteI was born and raised in Dayton, OH. I moved to KY when I was a Sr in HS. Everyone in KY made fun of MY accent from Ohio when all the while I kept thinking... you all are the ones with the accent!!! It wasn't long before I had the same "talk." My first trip back to OH I was met with... You talk funny now....
ReplyDeleteWhen I lived in Maryland (yes ... we were actually neighbors at one time) as was always AMAZED at the southern accent in WV, and some parts of the state were more pronounced than others.
ReplyDeleteIt wasn't until I heard that drawl that I realized WV really was a southern state.
My southern accents wains in and out with my Jersey accent and my midwestern draw. Then theres the obstinate German, Chinese and Russian that comes blurting out from nowhere. Obviously a result of watching to many Josh Whedon movies. Couple that with some 70's slang and I think you have my voice pegged.
ReplyDeleteAll about others' perspective eh? I seem to pick up more of the drawl when I get back home to FL - just like Mr. E gets his back when he's in TN!! lol...
ReplyDeletequick question... why didn't you use a wall paper steamer? you would've been done in a day....
ReplyDeleteI love your accent, missy!
ReplyDeleteI always get that I have an accent, although I don't hear it either. I love southern accents. Mine is some weird mix between maryland and the nw
ReplyDeleteHAHA. I'm a southern girl, too. & I moved a few hours away in 7th grade, & all the kids laughed at me for my southern twang that I never even knew I had. It was kind of cool, to be honest.
ReplyDeleteYou have a lovely accent and it reminds me of when I used to visit family in Williamson. Now of course I don't have any accent at all ;-)
ReplyDeleteSince I have lived all over the country I tend to pick up whatever accent I am around. Since the 'rents are here I definitely here the Texas in my voice! ;)
ReplyDeleteI never hear my own accent, either. Until I hear my voice on tape! OY VEY. :-)
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