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that is not what I said random thoughts Send a noteboard - 29/07/2015 02:14:49 PM

I said the modern southern accent was close to Victorian English, probably much closer than what is poke in England today. But yes it does all come down to how you subdivide the accents and I went with what linguist say but you go with whatever makes you happy. Just treat it the same way you do politics and religion.

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Y'all, you guys, yous guys, or hey you all? - 25/07/2015 05:38:44 PM 1035 Views
Y'all may be the American South's greatest gift to the English language. - 27/07/2015 12:14:47 AM 667 Views
*whistles innocently* - 27/07/2015 04:17:43 AM 805 Views
"Hey, you guys!" is only correct if you are Rita Moreno - 27/07/2015 04:15:07 AM 638 Views
Perhaps, but you're also wrong. - 27/07/2015 04:45:48 AM 873 Views
Both spellings are "correct" to the extent EITHER are. - 27/07/2015 05:04:43 AM 861 Views
Funny.... - 29/07/2015 12:13:35 AM 736 Views
It is also correct if you are Sloth... on a pirate ship... *NM* - 29/07/2015 07:09:56 PM 543 Views
I will defer to you and Jeordam on that one - 29/07/2015 07:45:31 PM 710 Views
well since language is a democracy and the souther dialetic is the largest Y'all wins - 27/07/2015 02:07:22 PM 792 Views
The Southern dialect is the largest by what metric? - 27/07/2015 06:26:20 PM 780 Views
It also the accent most similar to what Victorian brits would have spoken - 27/07/2015 07:45:09 PM 709 Views
Whoa, now: The PIEDMONT accent may be closest to Received Pronunciation, but is not the whole South - 28/07/2015 12:37:56 AM 788 Views
I don't make the catagories but all the southern accents tend to be close *NM* - 28/07/2015 02:12:15 PM 495 Views
Except, as you noted, Virginias accent is closer to Englands (and New Englands, and South Africas) - 28/07/2015 11:00:46 PM 753 Views
that is not what I said - 29/07/2015 02:14:49 PM 766 Views
Sorry, I credited you w/knowing the Deep South, Appalachia and TX sound nothing like any UK accents - 29/07/2015 07:42:21 PM 711 Views
read slower and then read again until you understand what I said - 29/07/2015 08:14:19 PM 985 Views
"The people in the American South were Victorian Brits"?! I must have read that too fast - 29/07/2015 10:39:08 PM 720 Views
Erm. Not really sure what you're saying here... - 29/07/2015 11:35:26 PM 675 Views
Would "UK English" have been better? - 30/07/2015 10:47:53 PM 719 Views
Not really. - 31/07/2015 07:30:41 AM 675 Views
David Crystal estimates proficient non-natives outnumber native English speakers 3:1 - 10/08/2015 02:45:58 AM 653 Views
Interesting stuff. - 10/08/2015 07:12:26 PM 752 Views
Who says "yous guys"? Seriously? - 27/07/2015 07:56:28 PM 703 Views
B-movie mobsters - 28/07/2015 12:40:04 AM 877 Views
They said it when I lived in Chicago - 28/07/2015 02:10:27 PM 691 Views
Scots. - 28/07/2015 02:42:28 PM 733 Views
I have heard it a couple of times. - 28/07/2015 03:13:20 PM 686 Views
Isn't fake culture almos the defintion of hipster? *NM* - 28/07/2015 05:18:53 PM 363 Views
Depends, are trying to sound cool, like a douche, or Joe Pesci? *NM* - 29/07/2015 07:12:28 PM 554 Views
The distinction between the first two is negligible - 29/07/2015 07:52:50 PM 727 Views

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