Hey y’all, what’s wrong with a drawl?

Posted by richrobinson 11 years, 9 months ago to The Gulch: General
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A Southern Accent Reduction class???

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  • Posted by gwilhelm56 11 years, 9 months ago
    I've known actor friends of mine .. go the other way and PAY for classes to LEARN how to speak ... Southern!
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  • Posted by freedomforall 11 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    That has been ongoing since 1866.
    40 years ago "Dixie" was played at every baseball, football, and basketball game in the south.
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  • Posted by LibertasAutLetum 11 years, 9 months ago
    "I’m beginning to wonder if this attack on Southern diction is part of a much larger crusade to eradicate our way of life – our traditions."
    That is precisely what it is.
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  • Posted by fivedollargold 11 years, 9 months ago
    $5Au was taught that "You" was used in London, which, of course, came to dominate English the way Parisian dialect became standard French. "Thou" was common to another English city, probably York. Never checked to see if this is accurate. Perhaps someone can enlighten us.
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  • Posted by $ sjatkins 11 years, 9 months ago
    Why, not a thang, darling. I grew up in NC and though I have been on the left coast for near to 40 years I still miss that soft mush mouth talk. I wasn't too partial to folks thinking anything not about church, kids, work or hunting and fishing was too controversial. So I ran away when I turned 18.
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  • Posted by fivedollargold 11 years, 9 months ago
    $5Au is surprised no one has commented on how much the Feds are paying for this class. It would be charming if they hire an instructor who is a Yooper (northern peninsula of Michigan) and everyone ends up sounding like a Canadian, eh.
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  • Posted by Hiraghm 11 years, 9 months ago
    "Y'all" is, in fact, Southerners' attempt to speak properly.

    "You" is, in fact, the plural form of "thou". I believe that the habit of saying, "y'all" came about way back when, when southerners were dropping the singular form, but still felt a subconscious need to differentiate between singular and plural.

    Just a personal theory.
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  • Posted by eddieh 11 years, 9 months ago
    Hey I love talking to people with accents but the problem is I start inadvertently start talking the way they do and I think I offend them sometimes.
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  • Posted by edweaver 11 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    As long as he gets a laugh, that's all that matters. My attempt at humor. May not be good but at least I can laugh at my own jokes
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  • Posted by edweaver 11 years, 9 months ago
    I'm from da nort & us nortern hillbillies tink the gobernment should leave you southerners alone.
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  • Posted by $ jbrenner 11 years, 9 months ago
    I spoke slowly with a Southern drawl when I moved from Texas to NJ when I was nine. When I went to the ear/nose/throat specialist, my doctor asked my mother whether I had a speech impediment. I politely said, "No, sir." without such a drawl. My mom promptly slapped the doctor.
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