GreenMind Guides from USA on December 25, 2016: Great idea for a hub -- my southern-bred folks use these sayings all the time. The most famous Southern expression is y'all, which is an abbreviation for you all. "sayd"..has become "told"..."I dun told you", "Skole"?? Have you lost your marbles? Varmint includes rats, cockroaches, flies, etc. ?..only if yer dippin' (skoal). We seem to avoid final and middle "r" sounds, so the name of our city is pronounced Chaahs-tun. I'll comment more if I find anythang interestin'. Southern accents over time have developed their own vocabulary. Very helpful. The twang, which is more common as you head further north and west, is more faster and sharper to the ear. Keep in mind that beauty is only skin deep. She called from the store and asked if we needed LIMA beans..
I’ve made flapjacks on the griddle for breakfast. Most the time my folks will pernounce the "i" in "like" as a long I sound instead of using what they call a dipthong where the i sorta turns halfway through into an e. I also heard, and this may be wrong, that the word "tump" is something unique to Arkansas. I might ask them to repeat what they are saying when I don't understand them. I like mah southern accent now. can take anywhere. “I have no idea what you mean!”. In bigger cities like Charleston and Atlanta, you may not consistently hear the accent, because so many people from other places live there now. I've had several friends, in their failed attempt to sound a little more intelligent than the person they're gossiping about, say things such as, "They don't know no better. The older Southern American accent, which became less prominent following the Civil War, had stronger similarities to the British accents of Northern England.
"ovah"..this one is mixed.
If I could only count the times I've been made fun of for my accent or things I say... And because so many people ask, I am here to give you a list of common Southern phrases and words with the meaning behind them. This is definitely describing a south Carolinian accent because in Georgia we don't say "dress" with two syllables, nor do we say "river" as "riv-ah"...it's riv-er. Southerners don't say I or eye the way you do. The spittin’ (spitting) image of means that someone looks exactly like someone else. Southern accents have died down a lot. I grew up in the North,but was exposed to people from Missouri quite often as I grew up. I grew up in Oklahoma just north of the Texas state line and this is the way most people speak on both sides of the border, although there are some slight differences and variations. Even this particular accent has variation. Although you will come across some that do pronounce it that way. Don’t forget Oklahoma.. I’ve been doing a lot of research and the 5 tribes that made up the Indian territory at the time of civil war signed with the confederate side. Oil is pronounced like ole or ol. This is a fantastic way to understand English in all the different ways that native speakers use it. Southerners adopted this phrase wholeheartedly from its early usages in 1700s England and Scotland (where it meant “common sense”). Your son is out there raisin’ Cain again. That's all I've ever heard from my family, and I live in California.
The 100 Most Interesting Words in English, A prefix added to the present participle to make it purtier, e.g. I am accustomed to y'all, git, fixin-to and aaaa-ite (awlright or alright), but I aint never said "be-fo-wah".... "Swate"..naw hunny, it's still sweet...sometimes "shweet".
SClemmons from the Carolina Coast on March 20, 2018: I was born and raised here in North Carolina, and we don't talk like that here. You probably understand that ma’am (short for madam) and sir are polite ways to address other adults. I tried real hard to train myself not to say ya'll or ain't but they sneak out sometimes. Living in South Carolina my entire life, I have always been surrounded by the Southern accent and the slow Southern drawl. FluentU is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com. I am from the Deep South, Alabama, and I and my family have the Deep South accent. Keep reading to learn what the South is, hear examples of Southern American English and find out what phrases like “you can catch more flies with honey than vinegar” actually mean! He wants those new shoes somethin’ awful. Bless your heart is one of the most frequently used Southern phrases.
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