Where does the South start? I find some folk with what I'd guess was a but Southern ish not to far in from Canada.
My wife has relatives from both northern and southern Kentucky. Those in northern Ky talk like Yankees, those in the southern part sound like southerners.Where does the South start? I find some folk with what I'd guess was a but Southern ish not to far in from Canada.
Yep. The little girl in "Gods and Generals". She was cute, but that accent makes me want to punch kittens.
Where does the South start? I find some folk with what I'd guess was a but Southern ish not to far in from Canada.
Yep. The little girl in "Gods and Generals". She was cute, but that accent makes me want to punch kittens.
What? No kitty pictures, Rob?
Where does the South start? I find some folk with what I'd guess was a but Southern ish not to far in from Canada.
You want to hear accents that really hurt your ears? Try being Australian and watching Hollywood actors play Aussies. "A dingo stole my baybee!"
As mentioned it is nearly impossible to define what a "southern" accent is because there are so many regional variations. Add to that the blending from increased mass media, movement of populations, and the effect of education and you'd be hard pressed to find even an extremely blurry line.
Hell, even what constitutes the "south" is a matter of contention. Is it the states that seceded and joined the confederacy? Slave states as of the civil war? Areas south of the historic Mason-Dixon line and or the Missouri Compromise line? Or is it more cultural than geographic?
The Southern states reach as far north as Virginia and Kentucky and as far west as Texas and Oklahoma. There are some people in the border states like Maryland, Missouri and West Virginia that identify culturally with the South, but you'd be hard pressed to call those states "Southern".
Talk about fake accents that really hurt your ears, try listening to an Aussie trying to play a West Virginian as in the movie "A Beautiful Mind."
Edit: Any move I've seen referencing West Virginia has never got even close to any West Virgina Accent (and there are many, I can tell which part of the state any West Virginian I talk to is from just by their accent), including but not limited to: We Are Marshall, the whole Silence of the Lambs series, The Mothman Prophecies, the Wrong Turn movies, and October Sky.
His Italian accent was spot on though.
Quite liked Val Kilmer in Tombstone. "Ah have not yet begun to defile mahself"
You want to hear accents that really hurt your ears? Try being Australian and watching Hollywood actors play Aussies. "A dingo stole my baybee!"
+1 ... And in addition to this, I can't speak for the other states, but the folks of West Virginia, though some of the folks may identify culturally with the South and maybe some with the North, I believe the majority identify with the lifestyle/region/history of Appalachia. Appalachia, to me, is it's own world.
Does he? I can't hack it. After growing up with Hugh and his beautiful work in Blackadder, the American accent grates.I have to give Hugh Laurie credits, he can do an American accent well!
If you are referring to Russell Crowe, he's from NZ. A bit different!
Not really. I'm not a master of dialect or anything but I think it's pretty easy to figure out what part of the country someone is from based on the way they speak (in most cases). I've lived all over the world, but I still sound like I'm from North Carolina.
The Southern states reach as far north as Virginia and Kentucky and as far west as Texas and Oklahoma. There are some people in the border states like Maryland, Missouri and West Virginia that identify culturally with the South, but you'd be hard pressed to call those states "Southern".
No sir, there are many!
I don't know why Hollywood cannot get any Southern accent right. But they cannot even come close.
Quite liked Val Kilmer in Tombstone. "Ah have not yet begun to defile mahself"
You want to hear accents that really hurt your ears? Try being Australian and watching Hollywood actors play Aussies. "A dingo stole my baybee!"
Talk about fake accents that really hurt your ears, try listening to a New Zealander trying to play a West Virginian as in the movie "A Beautiful Mind."
Edit: Any move I've seen referencing West Virginia has never got even close to any West Virgina Accent (and there are many, I can tell which part of the state any West Virginian I talk to is from just by their accent), including but not limited to: We Are Marshall, the whole Silence of the Lambs series, The Mothman Prophecies, the Wrong Turn movies, and October Sky.
Edit 2: For accuracy.
Not really. I'm not a master of dialect or anything but I think it's pretty easy to figure out what part of the country someone is from based on the way they speak (in most cases). I've lived all over the world, but I still sound like I'm from North Carolina.
The Southern states reach as far north as Virginia and Kentucky and as far west as Texas and Oklahoma. There are some people in the border states like Maryland, Missouri and West Virginia that identify culturally with the South, but you'd be hard pressed to call those states "Southern".
because they never get out of town. case in point, the creators of HeeHaw was actually in Hollywood, but the joke writers could not capture the flair of a good country joke. They called Nashville and found out that a retired comedian would be the man to contact. They did and he sold him his joke file for a reported one million bucks. that was in the 60's, so it was a bit of money.
The many came from DeSoto MO...just about twenty minuters from where i am sitting.
But hollywood is about money, not historical accurate films. That is done on accident. somebody from maine or idaho doesn;t know how a southerner sounds anyway....
I didn't now an Native American knew how to speak english when I was a kid, I thought they just said "Ug and How!" Now they say "Welcome to our Casino...we hope you enjoy yourselves."
Kyra Sedgwick in "The Closer".....terrible, although finding a Southern accent these days in Atlanta where her character's from is getting harder and harder.
I thought he sounded pretty funny.Brad Pitt in Inglourios Basterds