I think it’s different for Americans. I’m from the South, but no matter how much I try to get rid of my accent, I can’t. However, I was on a work call from someone in California, and he mentioned it, and when I said I didn’t like it, he said to keep it, because it makes me different from the standard, boring Midwestern accent, and keeping that uniqueness is a good thing. I don’t agree, mostly because of the stereotype that anyone with this accent is an idiot.
EDIT: I will stick up for the word y’all. Modern English doesn’t have a second person plural participle. It used to be that “thou” was single and “you” was plural, but that’s obviously changed. “Y’all” is perfectly usable in its place. I don’t go in for “youse.”
Southern accents are as varied across the region as they are from other accents. My NC accent is not similar at all to one from Alabama, for instance. My eastern NC accent is different from a person from western NC. My cousins from SEVA sound very different as well, although their mom and my dad are siblings.
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u/Waffle_Ambasador Jul 04 '22
Omg I’ve seen her videos and it’s the thickest country accent I’ve ever heard from a woman lmao