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Title: 22 maps that show American accents.
Post by: Yuri Bezmenov on October 05, 2016, 12:45:00 PM
Did you know that South Floridians talk more like Northerners than Southerners??


http://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/smart-living/22-fascinating-maps-that-show-how-americans-speak-english-differently-across-the-us/ss-BBwQtUG?ocid=spartandhp#image=1
Title: Re: 22 maps that show American accents.
Post by: Queen Victoria on October 05, 2016, 03:22:06 PM
I'm pretty much New Orleans according to the slide show.

But we call them crawdads rather than crawfish most of the time.
Title: Re: 22 maps that show American accents.
Post by: Icequeen on October 05, 2016, 03:22:57 PM
I had a friend who spent a lot of time in Florida, he said it was nothing but Northerners who were sick of the snow.  :LOL:

He rented a trailer down there, found out after he signed the lease he went to school with 2 of his neighbors, and used to drink with a 3rd back home.

Pittsburgh has a language all it's own too.
Title: Re: 22 maps that show American accents.
Post by: Yuri Bezmenov on October 05, 2016, 03:38:16 PM
I'm pretty much New Orleans according to the slide show.

But we call them crawdads rather than crawfish most of the time.

I always called them crawdads too.

My accent seems to be mixed, I guess this is what you get when you're a military brat and move to a different part of the country every 4-5 years. I'm missing much of the Southern accent though.
Title: Re: 22 maps that show American accents.
Post by: Jack on October 05, 2016, 06:15:21 PM
Have the voice of a nice soft spoken southern lady; it's my only saving grace.
Title: Re: 22 maps that show American accents.
Post by: Icequeen on October 05, 2016, 07:24:22 PM
Have the voice of a nice soft spoken southern lady; it's my only saving grace.

I wouldn't mind that.  :LOL:

I'm between West Virginia and Pittsburgh...so you can only image.
Title: Re: 22 maps that show American accents.
Post by: "couldbecousin" on October 06, 2016, 11:20:38 AM
  I am fairly loud, with a slightly nasal sound and a piercing "edge" to my voice.  I don't
   have the Boston-influenced accent common to my area.  I almost never drop an "r."  :M
Title: Re: 22 maps that show American accents.
Post by: Phallacy on October 07, 2016, 01:31:02 AM
Hmm, kinda interesting. But I've never heard of a "drive-thru liquor store" before. :P
Title: Re: 22 maps that show American accents.
Post by: renaeden on October 07, 2016, 01:40:50 AM
^They used to have them here in Australia. Not for many years though.
Title: Re: 22 maps that show American accents.
Post by: Queen Victoria on October 07, 2016, 07:25:34 AM
Hmm, kinda interesting. But I've never heard of a "drive-thru liquor store" before. :P

Quite common in New Orleans.  In fact there's one about 10 blocks from the Palace.  Medium Daquiris are $5 on Mondays and Tuesdays.  Another one less than a mile , a third one less than 2 miles from here.
Title: Re: 22 maps that show American accents.
Post by: Jack on October 07, 2016, 12:27:12 PM
Hmm, kinda interesting. But I've never heard of a "drive-thru liquor store" before. :P

Quite common in New Orleans.  In fact there's one about 10 blocks from the Palace.  Medium Daquiris are $5 on Mondays and Tuesdays.  Another one less than a mile , a third one less than 2 miles from here.
Drive through daiquiri shops; really miss those. :laugh:
Title: Re: 22 maps that show American accents.
Post by: Queen Victoria on October 07, 2016, 01:07:16 PM
When we lived in Houston Tx in the 50's and 60's I always felt slightly uncomfortable going with Mom and Dad to the liquor store.  Although I left New Orleans at 3 1/2 years old, it seemed odd that you couldn't buy liquor in a grocery or drug store. 

And Blue Laws?  Heaven forbid!  On a visit to Houston as an adult I couldn't buy some orange marmalade for my FIL on Sunday because it was flavoured with Scotch!
Title: Re: 22 maps that show American accents.
Post by: Jack on October 07, 2016, 01:16:20 PM
When we lived in Houston Tx in the 50's and 60's I always felt slightly uncomfortable going with Mom and Dad to the liquor store.  Although I left New Orleans at 3 1/2 years old, it seemed odd that you couldn't buy liquor in a grocery or drug store. 

And Blue Laws?  Heaven forbid!  On a visit to Houston as an adult I couldn't buy some orange marmalade for my FIL on Sunday because it was flavoured with Scotch!
Have lived in other places which had liquor stores with drive-thru windows even with blue law, but New Orleans daiquiri shops were truly unique for the drive through experience of open container booze in a cup with a lid and straw. There was even a bar near our house which had a drive though window. :laugh: