I have been at FAMU two years, and even though I used to to come to Florida every year or two growing up, I didn't see much of what I have seen since I have been here. It seems like people take pride in bein extremely country. What I mean, is those who have horrible dredlocks and sometimes gold teeth, and just talk ignorant as hell as if it is tite. I don't have any problem with a country accent, but there are some people who completely over-do it, and who never talk proper, as if it is the thing to do. I was watchin grandaddy souf on TV, and he was talkin about "down here, we don't pronounce the th at the end of words. We don't say south, we say souf. We don't say north, we say norf" and I was lookin like man this guy's a idiot. I could see if a kid was raised to say souf and that's all he knew, but for somebody who knows how to say it right but chooses to say it wrong just sounds stupid as hell to me.
Now have things always been like this? Is it just a Florida thing? I definitely realize that all people down south are not like this, so I am not generalizing anyone at all. But for these select people who take pride in bein ignorant and never lookin presentable, is it somethin that they think is good? I don't get it...
lol..I think for the most part it's a south thing. I know when I first got to Florida I had the hardest time understanding what people were saying cause they're southern accents were soooo thick
Thank you for calling the accents "southern" instead of country. The midwesterners have as much country areas than much of the south, but you never hear their accents called country.
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Actuallly........I hear many people call Midwest accents country, if they are. I tell some of my homeboys from Chicago that they sound country. And especially St. Louis, everybody says they sound country. So that's why we say country instead of just a "southern" accent.
But in my experiences....there is a difference between having a southern accent, and then having a country accent. Like I have friends who just have southern accents, but then there are those that sound straight up KUNTREE and I cant understand a damn word they say...
Yeah, people say I have a southern accent but I am not country(even thought I am referred to that sometimes).
It's about dialect to. A lot of times I say "souf" or "norf" or all say "flo(floor), doe(door), naw(no) and I know that ain't the right way to say it but sometimes you really can't help it. Just like some east coasters say muva instead of mother.
Yeah, people say I have a southern accent but I am not country(even thought I am referred to that sometimes).
It's about dialect to. A lot of times I say "souf" or "norf" or all say "flo(floor), doe(door), naw(no) and I know that ain't the right way to say it but sometimes you really can't help it. Just like some east coasters say muva instead of mother.
LOL. I do notice that at FAMU, everybody tries to over-do their accent. It's people from Seattle who claim to be from L.A. but they will try to talk like it too, sayin "core" for car and then sayin they have a west coast accent. BS to me.
that is true.... but when I first came to Hampton, the dudes from the east coast thought i was inferior because I had golds and talked with a heavy accent. Its a two way street, and both parties need not prejudge
You have golds?? Oh My God-NESS
I've been in flawda for 4 years and that's all i see..JESUS CHRIST help me...I dont know if i can ever get use to stuff like that..
Im Starting to like the country accents though( Jeremiah has the cutest lil accent :twisted: ) not the heavy ones, cause i'll just have to tell that person to sllllllloooowwww down..but yeah. And every person i've met that was Kountree, gets mad when i ask them to repeat themselves and go into this whole "NEW YORK" thing :roll: SON give me a break..im not country or from the south so i wont understand the way you speak Even my "friend"...dude is from Mississippi (i would've never thought I would date a dude from MS) and his accent is WHOA..gotta tell him to slow it down,im not used to that accent :lol: :lol: :lol:
lol..I think for the most part it's a south thing. I know when I first got to Florida I had the hardest time understanding what people were saying cause they're southern accents were soooo thick
Thank you for calling the accents "southern" instead of country. The midwesterners have as much country areas than much of the south, but you never hear their accents called country.
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Im from Chicago (the midwest) and when I go other places people ALWAYS say I sound country... I dont even think Im country, but hey thas what people say...
All ma cousins from California make fun of me and say I sound like Im from down south... And I dont hear it at all. I dont get offended or nothin, that ish just blows me!!
But believe me, when I need to sound professional... I can most definitely get ma "white girl" on!
I know when I go to L.A. I have a hard time understanding the people there----moreso than understanding the people in VA or GA. I guess its a thing about where you were raised and not necesarily them sounding ignorant.
lol..I think for the most part it's a south thing. I know when I first got to Florida I had the hardest time understanding what people were saying cause they're southern accents were soooo thick
Thank you for calling the accents "southern" instead of country. The midwesterners have as much country areas than much of the south, but you never hear their accents called country.
:roll:
Im from Chicago (the midwest) and when I go other places people ALWAYS say I sound country... I dont even think Im country, but hey thas what people say...
All ma cousins from California make fun of me and say I sound like Im from down south... And I dont hear it at all. I dont get offended or nothin, that ish just blows me!!
But believe me, when I need to sound professional... I can most definitely get ma "white girl" on!
People from Chicago do sound real country...and it is the oddest thing to me. How did a group of people from the midwest end up with a deep southern accent? :? It still continues to puzzle me to this day.
Even my "friend"...dude is from Mississippi (i would've never thought I would date a dude from MS) and his accent is WHOA..gotta tell him to slow it down,im not used to that accent :lol: :lol: :lol:
