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Originally Posted by vanblah
As for the Southern accent, I am a transplanted Columbian (Missouri) ... which is in Boone County. I'm now in Memphis. I can hear numerous Southern accents. The "regular", the redneck, the high-society, the lazy, the cajun and more. They all have a distinct intonation. Even different cities have different accents. There's the Memphis accent as compared to the Knoxville accent. Nashville doesn't count because of all the NY and LA transplants there."
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You are correct, sir! I can tell, with fairly efficient accuracy, which major Southern city someone grew up near when I hear them speak. Guessing which state they came from isn't even a challenge anymore. Of course, this is much easier with Caucasians than African Americans, although there are some very identifiable Southern African American dialects out there.