As a European, I Was SHOCKED by These Southern Accents!

[@tara.lacy.h]

I find myself smiling throughout your entire videos. I also love the way you discover and appreciate our country. I hope you get to come enjoy it in person! 🧡

[@tara.lacy.h]

Ole Popcorn Sutton. 🥺🥹 He made the best moonshine I've ever had. 🧡

[@ms.branch1207]

He's going to know what everybody is talking about😅

[@fawfulfan]

My wife, born and raised in North Texas, has a Southern accent but it was kind of knocked out of her in language class. The only times it really comes out is when she's emotional or when she's talking to her family, or about things from her childhood.

[@BalloonInTheBalloon]

European here too and I love those southern accents. they've got a warmth to them that I really appreciate.

[@nancyfried7239]

I’m southern & im so happy you enjoy our accents & music instead of making fun😊 I’m born & bred Alabama & understood everyone but the Cajun man & he was singing in French. I don’t know French.

[@beverlyhill6783]

Me too Girl - Born and Bred - Glad he didn’t make fun of us

[@losova7543]

Andre, wrong on Minnesota, that state is north and borders Canada. This video was about the deep south.

[@jamesbulldogmiller]

@@nancyfried7239 I don’t know much French. But, I can understand Cajun folk better than I can understand French folk.

[@ithilnin123]

Born in Alabama and raised just across the state line in Tennessee, so I’m right there with ya on that. 💁🏻‍♀️

[@slinman100]

I’m from Tennessee and have found my accent is getting stronger as I am getting older.

[@jonellamoore960]

I was born in the eastern Kentucky Appalachian foothills and there is indeed strong accent variations throughout the Appalachian and South regions. My family speaks more like the moonshine guy, lol

[@dalemoore8582]

The girl from Alabama is talking about her grandparents. She has a Granddaddy, and a Mammaw , a Granny and a Pawpaw.

[@european-reacts]

Ah makes sense!

[@williammoran4898]

​​@@european-reactshello just wanna say if you like the south watch some on the individual states Alabama is really something different than many think. Best way I can kinda describe it is it's like a big city with huge parks, or its own nation as it doesn't have a huge big city. It has 4 mid size ones each covering a niche sector. Huntsville, tech, aerospace, federal, Birmingham, financial, medical, industrial manufacturing. Highest GDP Montgomery, state Government, auto manufacturing Mobile, port city, aerospace, ship building, All spread out across the state north to south, crossing 70,000 miles of creeks and rivers nicknamed the American Amazon holding the most diverse aquatic life state of all. Fed by 54 inches of rain annually. I'd also recommend looking into Alabama music history. Muscle shoals , Hank Williams, Alabama the band the blues and don't forget the jazz Sun Ra, Ella Fitzgerald, the inventions to like the windshield wiper for example. History abounds from native Americans to settlers and Indians wars to civil war , reconstruction and civil rights to modern Alabama People don't realize how broke the north left the south. Regardless the reason it committed what would be war crimes as it invaded, it's salted fields, it raped the women, it stole the wealth. Destroyed a industry that had built the 4th largest global economy at that time with half the population of the north and half of that was admittedly slaves. I'll also say we were only the third nation to to ban it globally after this war. We're freeing the slave was morally permanent let's not forget it was done more so to prevent Britain from allying with the south.more than 2 years after the war started by a president that some see as tyrannical and the father of the modern global empire. Exploiting moral good for willful war to feed banks money. The opposite of what it was intended to become, it was the birth of the moral crusaders, It set the south back decades as even until after the war till 1951 it paid higher taxes but free if those burdens and the godly air conditioning it's seeing a huge influx of people and cash currently and is changing faster than many realize for the good and bad of it. I gotta say I wrote all this for only one purpose to show how hope is alive here and it's starting to come into its own again. Recent migration trends prove it from Florida to Texas and even Huntsville Alabama which is the 15th most moved to city last two years and voted one of the top ten to live in for a decade. And I didn't even mention it's 2500 plus caves ,over 1000 waterfalls or it's white sand beaches or the deepest canyon east of the Mississippi river. Yeah people just think they know Alabama and they have ignored a special place, but they are catching on fast.

[@sandikorevaar4743]

One set of grandparents for each side of the family. Maternal, and paternal.

[@julielong8714]

Most of the people in the US would likely have a difficult time naming which specific state someone’s accent is from unless we’ve lived there, have relatives that live there, or have spent a fair amount of time there, like in college or on business. Otherwise, most Americans would just generically call it a “southern” accent. Ps. Not that it matters because I’m sure we all understood what you were saying, but Georgia is pronounced JOR-juh. Emphasis on the first syllable (there’s only two 😉) I guessed Tennessee, Kentucky, and Louisiana right, btw 😁

[@Mamma_Kinzie]

I live in the south. In the mountains of north Carolina. It's funny I never noticed we talked differently until you pointed it out. I love the south. We have southern hospitality, the best food, neighbors helping neighbors. The town I live in motto is small town friendly. Yesterday 2 old ladies about 80 stopped at a store I was fixing to get gas and they asked where is there a hotel. Where we were thet would of gotten lost. So I told them let me pump my gas and yall can follow me. When I got to the hotel I reminded them about aarp and aaa discounts. She said they were kinda worried because no one has ever dropped what they were doing to show a stranger where to go. That just how we are in this area.

[@Cyanide_Cat]

I live in nc too just closer to the coast, in plymouth

[@Mamma_Kinzie]

@Cyanide_Cat i kive in Bostic nc. Its a small town of 373 people. 158 households. Its by forest city and 20/30 minutes from shelby and 15 min from lake lure and chimney rock. I love it here.

[@aperke01]

My grandmother had the most beautiful, elegant southern accent. You don’t hear them very much anymore. She would literally “I do declare” lol

[@jalenbarlow1303]

That's what my great-grandmother said. I miss her.

[@lavender_granny]

mine too, along with "over yonder" and "i reckon". still cracks me up.

[@revgurley]

My grandmother from Atlanta had a glorious southern accent. My mom, her daughter, lost most of it after moving out of state with my dad when they married. But when mom comes back to Atlanta for school reunions, I love to listen to them speak. Very "high brow" southern, if that makes sense?

[@MaxUgly]

That would've just tickled my grandma pink

[@audreymai2773]

Mine mema always said "oh Lordy".

[@gk5891]

The Alabama accents are very specific parts of the state. Honestly it's amazing how much accents can change in 60 mi (100 km) in some places.

[@frankenz66]

Same in Arkansas about how accents change rather drastically a few counties south of me.

[@bobbiecrawford3245]

That old man talking about making his moonshine was Popcorn Sutton. He died not long ago. I’m from Knoxville Tennessee and Popcorn was kinda famous around here.

[@Nana-zi9xq]

My family was friends with him as they use to run moonshine with him

[@Brat0064]

And he was from NC

[@bobbiecrawford3245]

Oh cool. He was a character. I enjoyed watching the pieces of news about him. He was an original.

[@bobbiecrawford3245]

@@Nana-zi9xq Cool you’ve got the same kinda family I got! Lol

[@jvanncunningham]

@@bobbiecrawford3245 Yes, he was. He had some good shine but not as good as Eward Wilson from Cocke County, up around Cosby.

[@MsKittenz1]

My grandmother lived one state away from where we live. I had to interpret what my grandmother was saying.... my daughter didnt understand what she was saying. So, just one state away an accent can change....its crazy

[@elainehaynes1168]

The man that you understood that was talking about making liquor was Popcorn Sutton and he was from the mountains of Western North Carolina (Haywood County, to be exact). He is buried in Tennessee but from North Carolina.

[@AislingRea]

These are really fun to watch along with you, Andre!

[@beverlyhill6783]

Born and Bred southern here - Glad he didn’t make fun of us !

[@european-reacts]

I love the south!

[@joelmabrey2569]

Brother , me and my wife absolutely love your videos. Much love from Alabama.

[@jamesbulldogmiller]

@0:17 The man singing in the French language. He is an Acadian (Cajun) in Louisiana. Louisiana was a French colony before it became part of the USA

[@baskervillebee6097]

The man in the red suspenders was the beloved comedian Justin Wilson. He had an early cooking show. He demonstrated marvelous Cajun food while telling funny stories to a tiny audience who got to eat the food at the end. 😋

[@jamesbulldogmiller]

@@baskervillebee6097 I never missed Justin Wilson’s cooking show.

[@baskervillebee6097]

​@@jamesbulldogmiller I loved how he measured. If 4 teaspoons or whatever, he would count 1, 2, 3, and then on the 4th he would dump in the ingredient with BOTH hands. No matter how many times I saw it, I laughed. 😄😄😄

[@jamesbulldogmiller]

@@baskervillebee6097 Yes ! And then sometimes (for the skeptics) he would put some in his hand and then into the measure, and would the exact perfect measure!

[@RevPeterTrabaris]

I love learning accents with you. Your desire to understand is so moving. Of all the "American" accents, my favorites are in the many dialects of the South too. Growing up quite a few of my mother's family still had accents as they were English and Irish descendants and had settled in the Kentucky mountains before migrating to Indiana and Illinois. My mother's accent was much more faint. Sometimes, it still comes through in my speech. But coming from the Chicago area, my accent is a mixture of many sounds. Great reaction, my friend. Peace

[@EduardQualls]

One thing to keep in mind is that the accents don't stop at the state lines. In the Ozarks and Ouachita [pronounce it like it's French] Mountains, there's Appalachian-dialect foundation, with influences from the Mississippi Delta. (As a contiguous area of settlement, the "Delta" goes in a broad swath from New Orleans and south Mississippi State up the River almost to Illinois.)

[@frankenz66]

Ozarks actually have a midwestern influence as well.

[@kimnapier8387]

I'm a California girl,born and raised here 😅. I love your appreciation for my country ❤️. Your videos are so positive and I can't get enough!

[@european-reacts]

oh ty so much

[@lilyfreeman1499]

I'm from Alabama, so yes I understand and most of these are my people 🙂 If I'm ever anywhere out of the the South and go to a drive thru they can't tell wether I'm saying Sprite, diet or fries! I thoroughly enjoy your videos. I usually watch the most current one before I go to aleep. Thank you for loving our country.❤ God Bless You and your family

[@israelbardwell3870]

Remember, many people say that there are many accents within each state. All have similarities and a drawl or twang, but all are different accents and some are even total different dialects. Different dielects especially among African Americans and Cajuns.

[@Mary-x6p1z]

i have lived in 10 states. among them Texas, Louisiana, New Mexico. for the last 9 years we have lived on a small barrier island in Georgia. In each state, I have found the stronger the southern accent, the more into the country I am. Southern accents in the cities are softer and not as strong. I love to hear all the individuality in the many ways people speak. It is like listening to music.

[@cunard61]

From the first one about the weather siren. Only a southerner can make the word "door" a three-syllable word.

[@dougfisher1266]

Im From CA, now in Tennessee, and EVERYONE asks me where I'm from. Apparently, I'm the one with the accent here. I still have trouble understanding a lot of people.

[@kimharding2246]

Dolly made an appearance for Tennessee! Remember? Josh and Ollie visited Dollywood? That’s her, with all her sparkles. 😂 And while I lived in Maryland, I worked closely with Lumbee who worked out of Baltimore. Home was North Carolina, but they lived and worked in Baltimore to make some money for families back home.

[@Cindy-Griffin]

I’m from south Louisiana, and our accents/dialects are so varied like our diverse culture! You’d love visiting here.

[@yukinoloveless2617]

I’m from Texas, I loooove the various accents in Louisiana! So wonderful!

[@tixeright9120]

You don't have to worry about understanding us in the South, hell half the time we don't understand each other, we just work it out. Your English is really good. But when you get down South there's other linqiustic influences on the English. There is Spanish, Creek, Gailic (Appalachian), and French Creole. But if you go up North, you'll get more dutch/german influences, more itallian, more yiddish, or native languages. Go out West, same thing. The ethinic migrations of the USA have influenced the regional dialects, slang, and accents.

[@CelestialKitsune13]

Kentucky! Home sweet home. The state of bourbon, horse racing, baseball bats, and fried chicken. And he wasn't lying about the unpredictable weather. We even have a saying about it. "If you don't like the weather wait five minutes, it'll change." 😂

[@michelledouglas6077]

M I'm 20:23

[@HistoryNerd808]

Don't worry about not understanding the one you used in the preview. I grew up in the South(admittedly Virginia, where I grew up, and Texas, where my roots are, are on the borders of the South, but I have a lot of family in Louisiana too) and I couldn't understand a word either. Cajuns are very hard to understand, even for us Native speakers.

[@aperke01]

I’m from Louisiana and I can’t understand a word lololol

[@HBC423]

That last lady for Tennessee was Dolly Parton.. the Dollywood one

[@ricklanders9951]

I enjoyed this! I am from Alabama so Southern accents are normal to me! I went to your Instagram last night and loved your reviews! My favorite John Denver song is " Poems, Prayers and Promises" I would love to see you react to it!

[@DonalldArmentor]

The Cajun French singing is based on the French as it was spoken 175 years ago when the British expelled the French settlers from Acadia Canada. Modern French evolved, ours is a historically archaic peasant settler language version. In some areas the English we speak is influenced by our history.

[@segovax2852]

My entire family is from rural Tennessee. My grandparents sound exactly like Popcorn Sutton and that old fisherman.

[@higgme1ster]

André, I was born in Alabama, but have spent the bulk of my years in Georgia. All of my life I have been traveling back to Alabama to visit relatives. I also have five generations of ancestors buried in a small church cemetery in rural Alabama. I have to admit that both of my parents families moved for a few years to the Southwest and the Northwest during The Great Depression which, with their influence, helped to dilute my speech patterns and cut the twang and drawl to a large degree. All that to say I perfectly understood the Alabama accent.

[@sandikorevaar4743]

Sometimes, WE DON'T UNDERSTAND, LOL!

[@donnadaire4156]

Hello from Alabama. I am a retired teacher and yes, I talk like that. My grands call me Memaw. Also, I saw the bear drink a coke when I was a kid.

[@mcmillanndu]

With some Golden Flake chips! Wonder how many will get it... "what have the folks at Golden Flake got for us this week, Charlie?"

[@KathyStrickland-nh9vx]

Florida native here, living in the Florida panhandle, called Lower Alabama. Spent years in Louisiana Cajun country and love the people and their dialect. Southern accents are the best to hear and y'all is the best word ever. Love watching you and not knowing what's said. Many laughs. 😂

[@Florida_Man_Actual_850]

We used to have a unique southern accent but it's dying out. I'm in Santa Rosa, btw.

[@KathyStrickland-nh9vx]

@@Florida_Man_Actual_850 Hey, Santa Rosa.

[@Florida_Man_Actual_850]

@@KathyStrickland-nh9vx Howdy!

[@johnniekight1879]

Long Gone Lonesome Blues was the song that made Hank Williams Sr famous.

[@laynem3242]

I don't know why he used that song as an example of West Virginia? Hank was from Alabama and that song is more Blues based.

[@ratlips4363]

In 1969 I went to basic training in San Antonio Texas. From there I went to Columbus Georga. And from there, I went to Biloxi Mississippi. My greatest fear was that I not only was going to start talking like that, but I began to actually understand what was being said! Scary! And it doesn't help with the person you are talking to has no teeph!

[@megt38]

I am binge watching all your videos! You seem to have the best heart 😊 I hope you get to tour the US soon- don't forget to stop by Indiana ❤ lots of love

[@rebeccagriffin8814]

I love this so much. I was born raised still living in North Carolina. I live about 30 minutes away from South Carolina.

[@OkiePeg411]

One of the most interesting languages is the different Native American tribes. I live in Cherokee Nation and there's even a radio station here with Cherokee language spoken. Also, singing in the Cherokee language.

[@Rose-z4h6k]

When I lived on the TN side of the Smokies, I'd go over to Robinsville, NC for 5th Sunday sings. Nothing like that fine Cherokee hymn singing. Andre, the Cherokee did something that few other people have done. Sequoyah invented a written language when he wasn't literate in another language. Within a few decades of the invention of the Cherokee syllabary, they had higher literacy rates than the settlers around them. The use of written language was very important in their fight to preserve their nation in the face of the invasion. Even after the Trail of Tears, they rebuilt and ran their own schools. We have KILI, which has some Lakota language programing. If you go to the Four Corners, there is KNDN -- "All Navajo, all the time."

[@lynfl9814]

As a US citizen, from Florida, I don't understand some of these people, either.😁😄😂 Your English is way more understandable than most of these accents. Oh! And, I got most of the places of these accents wrong, as well.

[@tarable7778]

24:10 your not crazy I absolutely LOVE the old country twang songs. That guy was awesome and I am gonna go look up more of that music now! There are many artists Dwight Yokham is one of my favorites that can twang like that and it’s beautiful. I was raised in a French Canadian family, grandma spoke French and sang many songs to us. I learned the words merde, and crut de Shaw, Je Vous Aime, among others. She had 16 kids and they were poor immigrant farmers bought 100 acres in 1892 in northern Michigan. My dad is the baby of the 16, and my grandma basically raised me when she was 70. We had huge family gatherings for each birthday, my dad played guitar and each aunt and uncle sang their favorite song. History , tradition,and roots are incredible and should not be lost. My dad made me promise to uphold the traditions when he passes and we can live on the property that’s been ours since 1892. Just aww inspiring for me.

[@darickbonebrake6774]

We definitely dont know how to decipher every accent here in the U.S., there are just too many lololololol

[@brettbuck7362]

The guy at 28:17 has some more things going on than just an accent...

[@jamesbulldogmiller]

@3:54 GrandDaddy (grandfather), MawMaw (grandmother), Granny (grandmother) , PawPaw (grandfather)

[@julienielsen3746]

Which state/states do they say MeeMaw for grandma?

[@jamesbulldogmiller]

@@julienielsen3746 it’s not about states. It’s varies family to family. My siblings and I called our maternal grandparents “GrandDaddy” and “GrandMother” And our paternal grandparents by their first names, because that is what our father called them.

[@TeresaGrimes-q3g]

I'm Memaw, husband is Pepaw. Tennessee proud.

[@TeresaGrimes-q3g]

​@@julienielsen3746ohhhh. Please let me know. My husband calls me a flatlander! I chose Memaw. Tennessee proud.

[@alisonflaxman1566]

Minnesota is in the north.

[@jogo1970-w8x]

It's actually north of Toronto, Canada. They have an accent there but it sure isn't southern.

[@lightningbug276]

Virginia and coastal Carolina’s have beautiful soft accents. Toward the mountains, it gets tough to understand. Lol

[@ebmage8793]

I grew up in Elizabeth City (near both the OBX and VA) and whenever I try to talk to people from Western NC Im lost. Its really hard to understand, lol.

[@m.c.1933]

I'm from Mississippi and definitely have a southern accent. Andre next year when you come to America you definitely have to come to the south. I've watched your southern food reactions and can't wait to get your travel video's of you finally trying them. I pray you have a safe trip and I hope you have the time of your life. Enjoy the food and sights . God bless.

[@whs-waterfox7034]

We have words that are actually 3 words. Like "yortta". You say to your sick friend, "Yortta see a doctor." You ought to. "Yortta".

[@lavender_granny]

my favorite are "getonouttaheuh" get on out of here, and "howsyourmomanddem" how's your mom and them

[@bobbiecrawford3245]

Jeet yet

[@lavender_granny]

@@bobbiecrawford3245 i forgot about that one. Excellent! Always reminds me of Jeff Foxworthy.

[@bobbiecrawford3245]

@@lavender_granny Yeah that’s where I heard. Love ole Jeff!

[@Tbone1492]

Did you notice Dollywood in this video. Love her. Legend

[@hollycook5046]

STEEL MAGNOLIAS is a great movie. It stars Dolly Parton. The woman talking about the Hoop de do man is Leann Morgan. She is hilarious. I highly recommend

[@socagurl17]

Hello from South Carolina. Born in West Virginia, grew up in Virginia. Excited for when you can come see our neck of the woods.

[@daracollier-jordan5014]

Louisiana has southern accents + Cajun (a French adaptation of a southern accent).

[@cmeflywva]

I'm originally from southern West Virginia but now live in Virginia. The individuals who were interviewed in the clips for West Virginia were actually from my hometown of Welch, West Virginia. The southern accents can be difficult at times with determining where someone is from since the states have different dialects. Some of these differences can be due to certain populations moving into areas based on many other factors not mentioned in this short video. For example, being from McDowell County in West Virginia, we can tell what parts of the county some people are from due to their accent. This was due to the rough terrain of the mountains, where the different coal companies were located with housing, and how far people live from the main roads. Since I moved to Virginia my accent has changed, but when I go back to West Virginia, the accent reverts back to its original dialect. Of course, I was able to recognize all of the states due to being from the South, but I couldn't recognize all of the dialects. Don't feel bad about not being able to understand some of the people in Louisiana. Most of us in the South have to strain to understand their mix of French/English/Spanish into their own language. I love your channel and your enthusiasm about our country. We would love for you to visit us here in the South. You could try to guess what state we're from and visit all of the Buc-ees. You would love Buc-ees. 😂❤

[@nateclark2731]

I grew up in New York State. My step grandfather is from Charleston, SC. It took me about a year before I could understand him. My grandma is from Georgia, but lived in NY for probably 60 years, but she never lost that Georgia accent.

[@Kdrive23]

Yeah, Minnesota is most definitely not in the South

[@kylebrown7968]

My grandmother has such a distinct accent. She has the vocal cadence of Allen Watts but the accent of Popcorn Sutton. I love her so much.

[@Lancer4323]

I live in Alabama as a transplant and I have a hard time with some folks.. and it's been 10 yrs.😢

[@charlottebrookssprinkles1424]

The last voice in Tennessee was Dolly Parton... Remember DollyWood?❤ I live in SE KY literally on the border of KY, TN, and VA. Where the 3 states meet. We have our own distinct dialect.

[@Steve-hq4fm]

Minnesota is in the midwest, these are Southern accents.

[@cliff5240]

Born in Virginia and although I have lived in Indiana most of my life the south is where I feel I belong, I would love to move there one day. The man at the 1004 mark is Popcorn Sutton, famous Moonshiner from Eastern Tennessee and Western North Carolina.

[@Ltlmscrl]

I think South Carolina has the most classy accent, and the friendliest people. My favorite to listen to is Louisiana Cajun, though. The lovely blonde lady in the Tennessee clip was Dolly Parton, namesake of Dollywood in the video you reacted to recently.

[@elizabethgregg9560]

I have a southern accent but nothing to how southern these are. I am from North Carolina which is in the South. I can understand everybody even though they do sound very southern to me.

[@debrafox5576]

Was born and raised in Memphis, TN near Elvis’s house and married and moved to East TN. The older man in the overalls and hat talking about moonshine was a guy named Popcorn, he made delicious moonshine.

[@staciamcclure7480]

As an American I adore the vast array of Southern Accents! And thank you for not mocking the accents. I think Southern accents are second only to Newfoundland accents in beauty.

[@Jaysun1]

The blond haired woman @ 11:00 is Dolly Parton. You just recently reacted to Jolly going to Dollywood. Not sure if you noticed that.

[@theresanoack6892]

I too love hearing varying accents. I'm from Kentucky and there is a big difference between what you hear around Louisville and the dialect in the farther reaches of the state. Even I have difficulty understanding some people the first time.There is a water tower in Florence, Kentucky that has the phrase "Florence y'all" painted on it. Yes, the weather is unpredictable, but we do have 4 seasons. Love your videos, Andre. ❤️

[@OkiePeg411]

I was born-raised outside of Houston very rural. It was an area settled by Germans. My neighbors and church friends were descendents of those German settlers. Tge men were very stoic and no emotions!!! The women were mostly very sweet and motherly. They'd make any child their own. My neighbor lady was like that. She was like my second mom!!! The German ladies at the church I grew up in were that way too. So sweet and motherly. They were very hard workers too. Farming, dairy, cattle very hard work. Now, for the past 20 years, ive lived in Oklahoma. Itbwas literally like a completely different country. Oklahoma is about 15-20 years behind Texas.

[@williambranch4283]

We don't speak English, we speak proper 'Merican ;-)

[@BrickWallNews-nf4qj]

Me I come from these mountains of NC/Tennessee. They say we sang when we talks. Moonshine is what my grandpa made to make money. I was raised on the North Carolina side of these mountains. Marvin "Popcorn" Sutton (October 5, 1946 - March 16, 2009) was an American Appalachian moonshiner and bootlegger. Born in Maggie Valley, North Carolina, He is the old man with the overhauls on.

[@phoeonixdepress8598]

Just found your channel, and had to watch this. I'm from Georgia and I can tell you there is the Georgia accent and the Atlanta accent. (Atlanta is our capital), then there is the mountain accents lol But its crazy to see how other southern states sound similar to mine, although Louisiana is always easy to spot because its the hardest to understand :)

[@cari4958]

I so love your videos. Don’t worry that you couldn’t guess all the accents. Keep in mind that accents don’t know state lines. It’s really regional rather than by state. I live in the south, have for much of my life. There are actually small sections within certain regions that have their very own quite different accents. It’s a very interesting subject when you look into it. Please keep doing your videos. I enjoy them all.

[@BayouBound]

Howdy man, I enjoy your content and the absolute joy your derive from learning about the States. I'm from Louisiana, currently in New Orleans but I've lived in various Parishes within the area. If you ever make you way here I'd advise you don't come during the summer. It could be a bit overwhelming if you've never dealt with Louisiana heat. But I promise your stomach and taste buds would leave happy as all hell.

[@KatyFaulkner-f6c]

You should look at the Denver Colorado area for an internship! We are a dry climate, snow is mild and most importantly we don’t have humid weather and bugs! It’s awesome!!!!

[@mr.mo0nrock272]

That bonus one i knew.. my best friend is from lumberton, nc area. He is lumbee. Him and his family talk exactly like that.

[@carolynjensen3648]

The old guy that was talking about making liquor is Popcorn Sutton. You need to look up a video about Popcorn. He was an interesting guy.

[@WhodatLucy]

Sugar, “meal” not milk meal is any grain that’s been processed like cornmeal

[@babyfry4775]

Haha I was laughing when you said Minnesota which is a northern state near Canada. I think you meant Mississippi but said Minnesota. I love how you love America.

[@jenniferskorczewski3573]

I live in Minnesota! My grandparents called us kinfolk. Oh the memories! Making rugs out of bottle caps! Like a memory from I was maybe 4! Nailing beer bottle caps to a board to scrape the mud and poo off their boots! 😂

[@MaxPowerCaulfield]

Nebraskan here, but grew up with my stepdad who was from Mississippi. It's definitely its own sound. He wasn't very nice unfortunately, but the accent was pretty cool, and I have an appreciation for it. Having the American 'no accent' accent, it's fun to try to learn how to speak like others, because our 'accent' is so boring.

[@KeithSalkewicz]

I've seen this and I also live in western N.C. The moonshine guy is speaking an Appalachian mountain accent. He was also a famous outlaw here in western N.C. He was known as "Popcorn" Sutton. I even met him once about 3 years before he got busted.

[@2012escapee1]

I could listen to Clay Higgins Southern gentleman accent all day.

[@dennypuckett8434]

I am in Louisiana. Born and raised and proud. Who Dat !

[@Dandee268]

I live in KY and the one I have a hard time understanding Cajun.

[@Scottshodgepodge]

I’m from Minnesota and was amazed to learn that I’m southern. lol. I do live in southern Minnesota though! Our state is way up north.

[@tobylanclos1456]

Bonjour, mon ami. I'm from Lafayette, Louisiana and I enjoy your reactions greatly. Your reaction to our Cajun culture has been one of my favorites but all your videos are entertaining as well. I hope you pass by when you're in Texas ( I know it's your favorite state). Where did you get the Russian accented English? I've been curious.

[@jamesbulldogmiller]

@4:56 It was easy for me to know, I’ve lived in Alabama all my life. But, Georgia was a good guess. I think there are three regions of accents, •north Mississippi, north Alabama , north Georgia •middle Mississippi, middle Alabama , Middle Georgia. •south Mississippi, south Alabama, south Georgia, north Florida

[@brettbuck7362]

Two points - I grew up in Central Kentucky, learned to talk in New Jersey and Kansas, but moved away (to California). When I went back to my brothers wedding, I was talking to a girl I knew in high school, and I very quickly lost track of what she was saying, because I couldn't understand her accent! And she wasn't even from the hills. None of the accents in the video gave me much problem. Item two - the guy taking about "chiggers", you DO NOT WANT to get chiggers, they are almost microscopic bugs that lay eggs in your skin, and they are extremely itchy and if you get one, you get thousands of them. Completely miserable.

[@kathleenhensley5951]

My husband came from the mountains of Virginia, I loved his quiet southern accent... it was so wonderful! The people are the descendants of Roanoke colonists... I didn't know they had traced any of them. Surprise to me. It's nice to think some of them surprised.

[@luxleather2616]

mawmaw (grandmother) pawpaw (grandfather) you have to remember we hear each of these accents more than you so it's kinda easier for us to understand or know which ones they are Mississippi is home of the 'Delta Blues' that woman with big blonde hair was Dolly Parton btw Kentucky Derby is a famous annual horse race it's not cheating cus that's only one part of Appalachia cus there's alot more of it

[@xXxperonaxXx]

3:53 To translate, those are all words referring to our various grandparents. Pretty universal in the south. Once you see the spelling, you'll pick up on the word. Maw Maw and Paw Paw are nick names for your parent' parent'. The Ma of your Ma. Makes more sense to read then hear, and even then you will have to sift through our chicken scratch handwriting.

[@jenewingtxlpc]

I love watching your videos…I’ve only seen 3 because I just found you! I’m from Texas…actually “Deep East Texas” is which is in the Piney Woods! I’m from Dallas, just a few hours Northwest of where I am now, & the accents are way different. Keep up the good work!

[@invisigoth510]

You didn’t understand the older gentleman who was singing because he wasn’t singing in English He was singing in Cajun French The gentleman from West Virginia who was singing was yodeling & his specific genre of country music is blue grass

[@toddsmith1814]

Speaking to the difference between Appalachian and Deep Southern, I would say proper British English would be the best analog with respect to Deep Southern. In fact, there is historical prescient. Now for Appalachian... imagine the dodgy bits of some town in Britain, minus the NHS and a vast myriad of other social services.

[@rulyon7222]

10:25, he said "meal", not "milk". As in cornmeal, corn dried and ground to an almost-powder.

[@MiamiMom63]

Grandparents can be called a lot of different family names. For instance, I had a granddaddy and my other one was GrandCharlie. Some call them pop, grandpa, papa, etc.

[@moe92870]

4:50 I struggle with all the different southern accents too. Even though my grandparents on my dads side were from Arkansas and never lost their thick accent the whole time they lived in Southern California, I still can't tell the difference in regions too well.

[@user-calm_salty]

Me too, I could only tell Louisiana and West Virginia , the others that I got right were because of the clues.

[@gagesmith2966]

Here in louisiana i can think of 4 different dialects depending on what part of the state your in, im sure most states are the same way