Is the Southern Accent Disappearing?
Is the Southern Accent Disappearing?
Linguists studying the Southern American Dialect reckon that it ain't what it used to be, y'all. I do declayuh!
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Alright, we can drop the accent, but y'all gotta compromise and accept the word y'all.
9The video mentions how "y'all" has become a more nationwide word due to its usefulness.
6I think Black English has been a major contributor towards towards mainstreaming "y'all" outside of the South. The rise of black stories being told on television and through film, plus the rise of hip hop/rap as a mainstream genre of music, has helped normalize certain phrases that used to only be associated with either the South or with black vernacular.
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Every other language has a version of you all
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Thank goodness!
8I think you meant Darn tootin'!
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The South could use another good Shermaning to finish it off
1No thanks.
3Lotta great people down here politics is just gerrymandered
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