Do you speak any local language or dialect?

[CertifiedCracker]

Oh? I rather doubt that a "lot" sound "southern". Not to be rude/mean. But there's about thirty accents of English in England alone [not including the varieties found in Scotland, Ireland or even Wales] and not all of them follow the same linguistic rules never mind the way words are pronounced or the regional slang.

A variety of English settled in the South, mostly from the southwest but also a hefty amount were from northern England. There were also the poor Londoners that settled all over. Then there were the Ulster Scots. Its pretty easy to understand Scots if I read it out loud.

Sure, English accents evolved, but a lot of the words and phrases used are stereotypically Southern, minus a lot that didnt enter our vocabulary because we’re linguistically stuck in the 1700s. Id try to find clips of older Southerners, especially former aristocrats. Change a few things in their speech and they’ll sound like they’re speaking RP.

Now, I might be able to relate more because Ive had speech training and a majority of that was Mid-Atlantic and the material I was taught with was all written by Brits. So, Ive had a lot of exposure to British accents compared to your average Southerner.

[SvartVarg]

A variety of English settled in the South, mostly from the southwest but also a hefty amount were from northern England. There were also the poor Londoners that settled all over. Then there were the Ulster Scots. Its pretty easy to understand Scots if I read it out loud.

Sure, English accents evolved, but a lot of the words and phrases used are stereotypically Southern, minus a lot that didnt enter our vocabulary because we’re linguistically stuck in the 1700s. Id try to find clips of older Southerners, especially former aristocrats. Change a few things in their speech and they’ll sound like they’re speaking RP.

I believe most of the people who settled in Southern US were Scottish & Ulster Irish.

The English, I believe, settled mostly in the New England states which is likely why the New England states have retained the vast majority of non-rhotic linguistic rules. The oldest English dialect after all, one that Anglo-Saxon poems are translated into easier than Modern English, is non-rhotic.

And yes speaking renounced pronunciation; it's such a regional-less accent.


But then like Canadians who think I am from the Maritimes due to linguistic similarities my dialect has with Scottish or Canadian/American who think I'm Scottish/Irish as I said back a page.... actual Brits wouldn't so readily make that mistake.

[paprika]

general american, with slight boston slang thrown in, for example - i use "wicked" meaning very, and also "mad" which also means very

[Linebacker]

I don't speak with a dialect.

I speak clear literature Bulgarian.

[Crimean]

Moscow accent, which is the basis of the Russian literary language.

[Black Panther]

I have a Brazilian accent whether I am speaking English or Swedish. In Brazil, my accent/dialect is the typical Paulistano (from São Paulo), although I have some Bahian influences from having contact with my maternal side of the family who are mostly from Bahia.

[Jana]

I don't have a dialect. My city speaks standard Croatian nowadays.

[Kelmendasi]

I speak the dialect of English which is spoken in NE London among the youth which is slangish. When it comes to Albanian I speak the NW Gheg Albanian dialect

[Senpai]

I believe most of the people who settled in Southern US were Scottish & Ulster Irish. Not English.

Over half of my ancestors were English that settled in the South. And the Appalachians at that, so that's just not true.

[Annie999]

Rioplatense Spanish

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rioplatense_Spanish