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Post by puffy on Aug 8, 2018 10:16:45 GMT -5
When I was a very young lad living in the foothills of the mountains in farm country here in Carolina.There was no mass communication with the outside world like today.About the only thing going was radio.Those old farmers were isolated and developed their own way of talking.For example they shortened words smoking became smokin. Tobacco became baccer. Tomato was mater,and potato was tater..These days all of that is gone. Lately a good many folks from the Northeast have moved into the town where I live. when you hear some of them talk you can tell where the're from..I know that it's getting harder to detect that southern drawl as it was called here in Carolina.Today's young folks just don't have it. .I suspect that in the future regional dialects in this country will succumb to all of this mass communication and fade away.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 8, 2018 10:22:28 GMT -5
When I hear stories from the South in the Media, it seems it is now the exception to hear the person speak with a Southern accent.
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Post by Legend Lover on Aug 8, 2018 10:25:52 GMT -5
Quite possibly, but I wonder will it move from spoken dialect to written dialect. Young people's text messages are often indecipherable to me.
I still use full punctuation in my messages. I can't write one without it.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 8, 2018 10:44:05 GMT -5
I’ve been living down “ heir “ in NC just over 4 years, I still hear many southern folks speaking with a southern twang. Also hear tater and baccy used once in a while. It’s the older generation though.
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Post by william on Aug 8, 2018 13:08:30 GMT -5
Maybe "some polish" is to be attained by the loss of regional accents?
"The Ruined Maid"
Thomas Hardy, 1840 - 1928
“O ‘Melia, my dear, this does everything crown!
Who could have supposed I should meet you in Town?
And whence such fair garments, such prosperi-ty?”--
“O didn’t you know I’d been ruined?” said she.
--“You left us in tatters, without shoes or socks,
Tired of digging potatoes, and spudding up docks;
And now you’ve gay bracelets and bright feathers three!”--
“Yes: that’s how we dress when we’re ruined," said she.
--“At home in the barton you said ‘thee’ and ‘thou,'
And ‘thik oon,' and ‘theäs oon,' and ‘t’other’; but now
Your talking quite fits ‘ee for high compa-ny!”--
“Some polish is gained with one’s ruin," said she.
--“Your hands were like paws then, your face blue and bleak
But now I’m bewitched by your delicate cheek,
And your little gloves fit as on any la-dy!”--
“We never do work when we’re ruined," said she.
--“You used to call home-life a hag-ridden dream,
And you’d sigh, and you’d sock; but at present you seem
To know not of megrims or melancho-ly!”--
“True. One’s pretty lively when ruined," said she.
"--I wish I had feathers, a fine sweeping gown,
And a delicate face, and could strut about Town!”--
“My dear--a raw country girl, such as you be,
Cannot quite expect that. You ain’t ruined," said she.
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Post by william on Aug 8, 2018 13:35:03 GMT -5
I cannot find a "tongue in cheek" icon, but I assume you can all see my tongue firmly planted in my cheek in the above post.  |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 8, 2018 13:38:04 GMT -5
I’ve been living down “ heir “ in NC just over 4 years, I still hear many southern folks speaking with a southern twang. Also hear tater and baccy used once in a while. It’s the older generation though. The southern accent, including its multiple regional dialects, is pretty much a goner. It's no longer a consistent speech pattern; however, the "twang" in certain singular word pronunciations still exists. |
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