How To Do A Southern Accent FAST

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[@aryakeepsafe4142]

Youre really good . Great video

[@RobotBoyTRB]

How do you say H

[@SteezyRedStars]

A New York yankee accent sounds quite wavy while a southern accent sounds very roundish. That's the best way I can differentiate them

[@kiaramcghee5501]

Too bad I don't have to practice comes mine come naturally because I'm from the south

[@ajaxslamgoody9736]

BUT there are about 3 sub types..Topor beginning South.1).KY TN WV-HillBilly type...like I gotta warsh some clothes and you'ins going to church 1) Mid south- equals deep drawls with Pronunciation short cuts...ya'll gotta get ova heer...3) Lower southern states lake parts of Florida and Texas...Focus on long 'I's...like It's riite here or wait till toniite ...using a long I.

[@toricharrier3671]

When you’re from the south but watch this video to have twice the accent so you can have godlike powers

[@emilybyers3290]

I have an accent but it’s going a way so I’m trying to get it back

[@sophiabozeman357]

I was born in the Carolinas but my parents weren’t. I have a southern twang but not the accent. I really want to fit in at school and get. Thicker accent

[@Chaossquid567]

HOW DID YOU KNOW THAT?!?!?! *looks around franticlly

[@baker329]

I'm from Kentucky so I got a little accent enough to make me spell words wrong, and i realize that it's actually pretty thick.

[@gregrourke4182]

@@emilybyers3290 Bless you!

[@thepermman]

Some southerners speak slow, some southerners speak doublespeed.

[@chibi171]

Im double speed. I often have to repeat myself. 😂

[@game-enjoyer13]

True. One person will say “Hao arrry’all dewin? Y’alll wan’any beeuskits?” Another will say “Hay’all doin wan’anybeuskits?”

[@jacobbelcher3512]

I don't speak all that fast, but I'll throw words together and a ton of contractions. I'mma use an example already given: How're y'all doin? Y'annabiscuit? I'd've imagined y'ant to.

[@Lily-dv3qf]

Southern mama's

[@ScotchIrishHoundsman]

Jacob Belcher 35 Same af 🙏🏻

[@naturalamerican9238]

Southerners can tell where other southern people are from mostly.

[@JamesMartinelli-jr9mh]

I met a guy and after 3 words I knew that he was a Bama boy. My uncle and aunt were from Georgia - there is a difference.

[@naturalamerican9238]

@@JamesMartinelli-jr9mh that's what I was thinking man.

[@DStest643]

@@JamesMartinelli-jr9mh bullshit

[@---pz2yh]

@@DStest643 I'm from South Florida, recently moved to Knoxville. Southerners can ABSOLUTELY distinguish southern accents and pinpoint them. If you can't it's probably because you aren't one of us. Bless your heart.

[@darklands14]

@@---pz2yh From Tennessee and was in Scotland a couple years ago, in a museum in a remote part of the country, and heard some other tourists talking; the sound of their voices just clicked--I knew they were from Tennessee right away. And sure enough, they were.

[@lucybeverly6440]

As a resident Georgian. Born and raised southern. I’m literally crying laughing at how accurate this is. I didn’t even realize I did this.

[@lucybeverly6440]

His accent is a bit televised, but the gist is there

[@distorted4378]

Didn’t know u lived in🇬🇪

[@KazmirRunik]

dont know which georgia you grown up in, but if i hear this gentleman come up n give me that line at 4:45, i'll be cryin laughin at how fake it is 🙏 god bless this man's heart, he's tryin

[@kristanbutler3283]

It sounded accurate but that last line sounded forced

[@taxationistheft1789]

🤣🤣🤣me too

[@claressa98]

My son went to the military and is stationed in California. We are southern and every time I talk to him he sounds more and more what we call "proper". I say "boy, I ain't raised you like dat." He just gets so tickled and tore up about it.

[@johnroedbacting6620]

hahaha i laughed in the part of I aint raise u like that 😅😅

[@Milkncookies222]

@@johnroedbacting6620 frrr

[@mEtalec]

😂

[@HybridConstructs]

I’ve got a southern accent and I wanna learn a normal American accent but it’s very hard haha

[@twitchypaper1391]

Don't! Your accent is unique and you should never be ashamed of it, in fact, you should be proud of it!

[@HybridConstructs]

Twitchy Paper thanks bro!

[@deepsouth3319]

@@twitchypaper1391 I completely agree, I try my best to tell my daughter that. Young people across the South are rapidly losing their accents because of stupid peer pressure.

[@zoelames3150]

Twitchy Paper They are unique, but a lot of people in the US stereotype someone with it. They might think you’re a country bumpkin with no education, and just treat you like you’re an idiot. Removing that accent gets rid of that problem.

[@deepsouth3319]

@@zoelames3150 That is an incredibly ignorant statement. Ask yourself this question, "When did that stereotype begin?" Did it begin when Europeans first settled the South? Or maybe the Southern native Americans had an accent also and the rest of the tribes made fun of them as well. I think you need to study your history a little more before making such an asinine statement. Also, where does the Southern Accent come from? Obviously the Southern accent comes from a few places and it has been around for some time just as someone from Ireland has an accent, someone from New Zealand has an accent, someone from Australia has an accent. Such a moronic thing to post.

[@ehjo904]

I came to see Matthew McConaughey when I saw the thumbnail, but there is no Matthew , you ruined my day

[@butterflysinclair7885]

😂

[@47waiting4u]

MUD

[@metalheadblues]

You got click baited

[@shookbitch123]

E HJO same omfg

[@CaptRecap]

I just tried reading this in a southern accent...

[@fasmal27]

One thing I would add is that the "i" sounds are also different. Some examples: "my" is "ma" "Michael" is "Makkle" "try" is "tra" "Guy" is "Ga" "light" is "lat" etc. etc

[@game-enjoyer13]

fasmal27 this is very important i’m suprised he didn’t mention it. Like this is a huge chunk of the accent

[@jacobbelcher3512]

@@game-enjoyer13 yeah it's almost more important than what the video pointed out. I don't say have the way he said it. He was close, but it wasn't quite there.

[@Whoinvitedemilee]

fasmal27 ok but no one say makes tho

[@ShadowReborn03]

And "boy" is "BOAH"

[@kenzieh5333]

fasmal27 and w doesn’t exist😂 For example, Towel = tal

[@Lee-pt7xw]

Practice tip from an actual southerner who phased out her accent for job purposes: practice this accent while smiling. The biggest focus for accents is adjusting how your mouth moves. In Southern regions the mouth goes wide instead of long like in northern regions and sits barely in head voice. Regional accents and dialects will shift in terms of mouth shape and phrasing but this exercise will help you create a natural south-east twang that is actually more common than the overemphasized one he’s presenting here. You have to get very rural before you start hearing cay-uhk. Also a lot of rural southerners talk rapid fire fast with very staccato speech patterns. If you are using an upper-class south-east accent you’ll add more drawl and curl the middle of your tongue a bit more.

[@geoffmac6097]

Great tip!! Thank you so much!

[@bostonsandatot4948]

I came here to leave the smiling mouth position comment as well. Im from Houston, not the same as a "southern accent" yet theres overlap and the pace is a bit slower. We also say L'IL not liddle. 😅

[@bostonsandatot4948]

I'd say its "LI'L" not "liddle".

[@VK-tl5dp]

Thank you, this is very helpful. 👌

[@rainbowsforbreakfast7155]

Oh my god this was so helpful thank you

[@riddleboxx]

I clicked on this video to see Matthew McConaughey -

[@terratheterribl]

I've lived in texas my whole life and never developed a southern accent, nor do I know how to do one Edit: nvm I have one

[@ameenahsf]

😂

[@alia.1041]

lol the edit

[@glitchyart2120]

Bruh, the realization, lmaooo

[@perple9534]

lol I use to live in GA for my entire life, recently moved to WI the way they say Wisconsin is just creepy. I didn't get the accent either

[@hawyee9090]

THE EDIT LMAO me when i made friends online and realized i didn't do as good of a job of dropping my alabama accent as i thought i had

[@j.b.s6251]

Though I'm not American, I've always loved the southern accent!

[@hijodelaisla275]

Anybody can love it - no residency requirement.

[@musenw8834]

I like it too

[@norazulkifli2517]

Ellis l4d2 fans can relate ;)

[@larrybarrera8886]

@@hijodelaisla275 damn… thats a no no for my southern pride ma’am

[@hijodelaisla275]

@@larrybarrera8886 Where do you require people to live before they can love a southern accent?

[@emmalaughlin2028]

People from the South can definitely tell what state you’re from specifically

[@amybarry1676]

Born and raised in TN I can tell where people are from. I can even tell what part of TN they're from.

[@desareee__]

yep

[@sandypusineri1459]

ikr im from texas btw 😂

[@snakey934Snakeybakey]

I grew South Carolina, and I can usually tell whether someone is from the low country (along the coast) or high country (further inland)

[@tacticalanimates2339]

@@snakey934Snakeybakey I live in Southern Indiana and when i get out of highschool I'm moving to North Carolina

[@HannahNorcott]

0:50 Start from here

[@fer6904]

as a person from the south, this irked me deeply hahaha I was so so confused

[@the-bruh.cum5]

@@chefboyarb I wanna do a sterotypical accent just for giggles is it okay to do this also I'm from texas so yeah I dont always talk like this

[@stricknine8623]

Its really an exaggeration of the wrong accent to accurately represent the Southern United States. People from Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, the Carolinas, ect.,..many of us speak with quite the drawl but its significantly different than what he is doing in the video. Not that he's entirely in left field. Listen to Sam Elliott in Roadhouse and Tommy Lee Jones (Capt. Woodrow Call, Lonesome Dove) THAT is the best example of a Southern accent. It's a movie accent.

[@MonicaRuiz-nl3gw]

​@devonoknabo2582 me too!

[@seahawkgal4]

Not bad, maybe a little too much of a “swing” on the a/e sounds. That’s good if you wanna play the part of an old school southern like Robert E Lee

[@hannahhayes4989]

John3:16 KJV tbh

[@Addy-xk2jc]

I thought this too, and I'm not even from the south. I think it is exaggerated to get the point across.

[@UndopeMusician]

@@hannahhayes4989 Austin 3:16

[@ronaldsanfran]

I find when trying accents tho it's good to "exaggerate" at first to train your mouth so that when you're not thinking about it it's natural.

[@thomaswalter6230]

Yea this is more old south kinda stuff

[@sethmartin7084]

Only in the most remote of regions do people talk like this. I’ve lived in Alabama my whole life, and not a single person talks with this much accent. Tone it down a lot to become more accurate. Cool video though

[@goose4342]

That's because you grew up with it you don't recognize it, to a outsider it's obvious though. I have a strong southern accent (Appalachia) but I can recognize a Georgia accent versus a Alabama vs a Texas accent. Likewise everyone from my area sounds "normal" not southern to me.

[@sethmartin7084]

People around here do sound pretty "normal" to me in the sense that they sound like most everyone else around this area (not normal in the sense of no accent) so I can detect when this KZbinr doesn't sound like the people I live around. Again, yes, there are some verrrryy country people that do talk like this, but it's rare and increasingly so.

[@JoyyTech1]

He sounds like he’s trying too hard soo you can tell it’s a fake accent

[@nasugbubatangas]

That's the first step. You have to over-emphasise the new sounds until you feel you can do it. When you know you can do it, that is when you "tone down". Also, when you are new to the accent, the teacher has to make sure that you hear the difference. For example, Japanese people could not tell the difference between "year" and "ear". To them, they sound the same. Or many Westerners could not hear a final glottal stop. So, these sound have to be emphasised for the learners to hear them.

[@ericstamps4717]

I agree, this is a stereotypical aristocratic southern accent. I've only heard it from rich, old hicks who still call black people 'colored'.

[@isaachaynes1832]

as a southerner, his accent sounds drunk lmao

[@gracehopkins3713]

Agreed

[@mdrewry04]

“Doing” is pronounced “Fixin to”... seriously tho, there are very distinct differences between a Texas accent, a Alabama accent , a Tennessee accent and a Mississippi accent. Haven’t even mentioned Louisiana, which is whole separate dialect.

[@jackesioto]

''About to'' is also ''fixin to''

[@blazinsaddles19]

There is no “Southern” accent. They’re regional. I’m from the foothills of SW Virginia, was raised in half-suburban-half-country North Carolina, and speak differently than someone from a holler in West Virginia or a pecan farmer in Georgia

[@OfficialChrisW]

I notice that southerners tend to say “vehicle” as “vee-hickle”

[@owenquinn9488]

Chris Weyer how else are you spose to say it?

[@mingolife4ever192]

What do you mean? They are the same word?

[@EliZabeth-pf6ev]

Mostly older people

[@pick414]

Vee-cull

[@macabre_mess]

Vee-ickle

[@omglexx]

We don’t to CAAAOKES we go “You GON’ finish THA CAEKE bOEY?”

[@Sean-xi6zz]

P A I S L E Y haha 😂

[@shookbitch123]

ii_ItzLexie lampoon

[@cadeandrews247]

Bro when he said that I stg I said that in my head 😂

[@silkroad1201]

The most brilliant southern accent acting was Andrew Lincoln (European) doing Rick Grimes. It wasn't just a normal southern accent either, it was really subtle. Brilliant and realistic

[@jubkggh]

ahh two years late here but it really blew me away when i learned that his real accent was english. i watched the show believing it was his natural accent all along.

[@johnirby8847]

Yeah we all say coral for Carl...😂

[@southernladyish]

Definitely agree. He literally sounded like he was from Georgia. When you do it too thick, it’s just annoying. Like Reese Witherspoon (a real southerner acting southern 🙄) in “Sweet Home Alabama”. Lord her accent in that movie is almost blasphemous.

[@Hehehehhehehehehehehehhe78]

His accent was alright

[@zeeochance]

I'm pretty much as far South as you can get before you get to Florida and my accent isn't nearly that thick, unless I exaggerate it. It's more common in older people, like my grandparents.

[@emilywatts9818]

As a Georgia 🍑, born and raised, I can tell exactly where someone is from in the South. If you want to sound like someone from SOUTH Georgia/Alabama/Mississippi, this video may be for you. If you want an authentic accent from a specific region of Georgia or any of the southern states, you need to follow people FROM those regions/states. This is very general and almost nobody speaks this way anymore.

[@marthasmadman]

Well looks like the Georgia peaches are really pretty 😊

[@3_KNIVES]

Being from Alabama, he’s right on some of those things. If I didn’t know him, I would know he was faking it if he was speaking like that around me. Northern and Southern Alabamians speak different. It’s also a cultural difference. The farther south you go it gets more hilarious, even for me! I’m as far south as you can get!

[@GreyHunter108]

I’m in Alabama too

[@THEBIGFISH_55]

What kills me is someone supposed to be from Alabama or Mississippi and don't pronounce R's. Like, working class folks from here are hard on the r. I.e pronouncing chair as "chayuh" instead of "chur". Only plantation owners and Virginia's, and a few older, usually white collar females speak any form of that dialect.

[@SS64DD]

for some reason once you get to north Florida the accent just goes away and is replaced by a standered amarican accent with a slight southern twang to it

[@thejectorproject]

I would know he is faking it as welll. This Gone with the Wind crap annoys me

[@3_KNIVES]

@@SS64DD Oh yeah. I'm right on the northern Florida line, but you'd be surprised what 50 miles south people sound like from the line. It just changes. To be honest I don't give a shit. It's just funny hearing people talk from all states and I've even been made fun of when I was in Indiana.

[@CailinnNoT]

I'm from Texas so it's a natural thing, more so when I'm angry or excited

[@lisdmon6538]

TheWayOf Cailinn for me its when im sleepy/tired when it comes out ahahha (from texas also!)

[@Jessica-ne5pr]

feel like the TX accent is a little different though-- kind of harsher than the stereotypical Georgian drawl

[@dynieshag3498]

I wish . I kit you not I’m from Tennessee and I sound like got damn bubba from forest gump at all times and I’m very loud with it . Lol I kit you not we talk like we can’t hear when we hear perfectly fine 😂😂😂.

[@elissavlogs2683]

hey, I need help with it for a play. "Billy's wife, ASA, was a Catholic, you know. She was born a Catholic and she died as one, although she wasn't much of anything in between. They say she made a confession to the priest before she died. That's one I'd like to have heard. I bet that priest blushed listening to that confession." are my lines. Can u please write it with how u would say it in a southern accent?

[@jwb52z9]

Unless you know IPA, the international phonetic alphabet", it's hard to describe how to pronounce lots of words together like that.

[@masonreeves4775]

No one has in the south talks like this

[@KellsterExpress]

That's what I was thinkin

[@brookewenning9631]

ikr 😂

[@samhinkle2356]

I do declare! Sounds more like frog horn leg horn

[@sendmeyourlocation1145]

@@samhinkle2356 bro is it real that southerners sleeping with their own sisters 🙄

[@stevenhayhurst7804]

Seriously. I’ve got a mix between Georgia and Appalachia, and I’ve never heard this type of speaking. Our dialect is best explained as a lazy tongue and it’s very warm.

[@msharma5069]

I m from India and always wondered the difference between Northern and Southern American accent, but he made it clear in a very beautiful n simple way , one of the best🙏

[@RoyceNobles]

As a southerner, I genuinely appreciate characters doing a good southern accent in movies.

[@TheActorsAcademy]

👍🏼👍🏼

[@thisguy7392]

What the hell is happening here? I’m from Texas, relatives in Tennessee, and I live in North Carolina. Unless you’re going for a part in gone with the wind, we don’t sound like this. If you want this accent down, focus on phrases and slang, not this.

[@Tok07]

4444444е We don’t.

[@imgoingberserk5918]

@4444444е No, we don't. This is a planar class accent that died out over 100 years ago.

[@kayray8502]

Here in Florida is the same way. Well... Florida is broken into sections. You have the south Florida Hispanic style. Central Florida is a bunch of damn Yankees who have zero southern accent. And then you have north Florida. Where Jacksonville, Gainesville, and Tallahassee mingle into a Georgia sounding accent. Im in the panhandle. So over here in PCB, Pensacola, Madison area... we mingle with the Alabama accent. As soon as he said “Hay-uv some cay-uck.” I was like, this dude has no clue what he’s talking about. You can EASILY spot someone who is faking the accent.

[@Tok07]

Kay Ray Spotting fake accents hurts my soul

[@kayray8502]

Just No nothing worse than having a conversation with someone and start changing their accent to sound like you. Like... no, stop that. You’re from Ohio. Cut it out.

[@rengrimsley8387]

I think the thing that people mess up most about our southern accents is that we actually don’t talk slowly at all. We slow down certain syllables, but then cut out letters like “doin” so it ends up being the same speed. Common misconception and if you can understand that then your accent is going to be a whole lot more accurate.

[@loganwallace5854]

This is 100% accurate. And if I get excited and really start talking fast people have to stop me because I become unintelligible. I start dropping whole syllables without realizing it so that my words keep track with my brain lol My siblings won't even be able to understand me then.

[@JDAL1334]

All these actors thing it’s the 1800’s. Hardly anyone in the south talks like that. It’s just over exaggerated

[@luciusbest7891]

JOEY you’re wrong lol

[@JDAL1334]

Lucius Best I was born and raised in Alabama and spent plenty of time in the south east. He does a horrible job

[@platinumempire8834]

Born and raised in Hoover, he definately needs to study up

[@cantocant2346]

@@JDAL1334 Older people in the Mississippi Delta talk just like this.

[@cant-explain]

well what if I came here to sound like Arthur Morgan (1899)

[@drvinson8947]

This is an example of exactly how we can pick out a fake a million miles away. We talk fast and don’t TRY to sound southern. It happens organically.

[@frostychew1913]

Me watching this even tho I been in the south my whole life

[@marciamitchell1384]

Actors rarely get southern accents right unless they’re from the south. I’m from Memphis and our accent is different somewhat from other southern areas. Actors draw it out too much. However in the movie, The Blind Side, Sandra Bullock pretty much got it right. Actors generally do the south Alabama or Mississippi Delta accent when portraying southerners. That’s not how we speak in Memphis.

[@willp.8120]

Yep, Reece Witherspoon, Matthew McConnaughey, Dixie Carter, etc.

[@southernladyish]

Definitely agree with you! She did excellent in that movie! A lot of them try way too hard though. Im from Alabama.. I have noticed they do try to go for our type of accent more than the Carolina’s or Georgia. Though Andrew Lincoln who played Rick Grimes nailed a Georgian accent perfectly. I saw someone else commented this and it’s a perfect example. Usually real southerners can spot the fake southern accents when we hear them because they’re just too much… but his.. I didn’t know he was English until after watching the show for a couple of seasons and looking it up.

[@southernladyish]

Definitely agree with you! She did excellent in that movie! A lot of them try way too hard though. Im from Alabama.. I have noticed they do try to go for our type of accent more than the Carolina’s or Georgia. But most of them don’t even come close to our accents either. Though Andrew Lincoln who played Rick Grimes nailed a Georgian accent perfectly. I saw someone else commented this and it’s a perfect example. Usually real southerners can spot the fake southern accents when we hear them because they’re just too much… but his.. I didn’t know he was English until after watching the show for a couple of seasons and looking it up.

[@terrimills8609]

I lived in Mississippi for years and I was raised by southerners. Your accent is not typical “southern”. You sound like you are a New Yorker trying to speak like Rhett Butler. You want to speak southern, move there with a tape recorder. Just sayin’. 😊

[@davericodosugi4902]

Rue McClanahan did very well

[@historiculgeomocule5569]

There's actually multiple southern accents. You have the historical plantation accent which was non-rhotic and very genteel almost British sounding in some ways. There's the more modern non-rhotic southern accents of the greater New Orleans area, the Cajun accents and the Virginia tidewater dialect. Also, there's the fully rhotic accents of West Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky, and other mountainous and hilly areas. That's the standard hillbilly type accent, etc. Plus, there's the semi-rhotic accents which dominate most of the American south these days, and several others!

[@turtlesautoadventures6922]

Does Texas count cause I know it's pronounced you all but we say yall

[@timefortruth7084]

Thank you very stereotypical .

[@connorpusey5912]

Try the Delmarva [peninsula] southern accent. Lol it would be very difficult for someone not from there, or somewhere else in the south, to learn properly.

[@vermonkestermalit801]

What is plantation accent hahahah

[@connorpusey5912]

Vermon Kester Malit Dropping if the R’s and such. It sounds like a mixture between british and southern. See Gone with the Wind as an example.

[@w0nnieeden]

me watching as someone from tennessee: him: cUaYke me: alright

[@rinxi_1656]

Exactly what I said, he’s almost doing an exaggerated hillbilly accent 😂

[@Hannah-ds2bl]

@@rinxi_1656 ngl I'm from Tennessee and have traveled to Georgia, Texas, etc. and I've never heard a single person with that kinda accent Still fun to talk like that though 😂

[@rinxi_1656]

@@Hannah-ds2bl I agree, I talk like that when I travel sometimes. When I went to Vegas I talked in the most hick accent I could and the look on peoples faces were priceless.

[@perple9534]

I lived in GA my entire life, never once heard someone with this accent

[@deel2621]

Southern accents vary throughout the South. Someone from Appalachian will not sound the same as someone from the Delta. Hence Dolly Parton and Elvis Presley.

[@andrewjohnson6716]

Saying “Southern Accent” is like saying “European Accent” the southern states of the USA encompass hundreds of regionalities and dialects.

[@qartz2211]

why tf am I learning southern accent in 9 AM while in online class

[@AnaMartinez-ed1uw]

lmao

[@YankeeDoodle_08]

I'm bored in quarantine so why not learn southern accent 😂

[@CrazyForAnimeDevin]

I’m black but I recently moved up north and people here think my southern accent is fake so I’ve been trying to talk without it but it’s difficult

[@cantocant2346]

Don't be ashamed of where you came from!

[@mujakina6809]

Be proud of who you are, not what others want to force you to be.

[@13_cmi]

Keep it dude. You should keep the accent you've got. I don't got a southern accent at all but I'm keeping it that way. I've got a closer to midwest or californian thing going on or something like that. I'm not gonna try to change it ever. If it naturally changes well that's what I'm gonna get.

[@alexisjones5509]

Wtf does your race have to do with anything?

[@trevinmerrill8656]

You got it pretty good but your over playing your drawl. That would be a more accurate old south (gone with the wind annoying accent). We shorten words.

[@10MinutestoRouletteFortune]

we even shorten things a bit up here in Oregon and we also tend to say the ds instead of saying T or just drop the t as in thad but without really saying d. Also, saying becomes sayin. However maybe it's just me as I was stationed in the south for 4 years and still sort of have it some say.

[@hsmacaraig]

I say a lot of Southern slang and pronounce most of this Southern-ish but without the drawl. yay..

[@elizabethcameron6045]

I agree!

[@ariel2562]

Wow. As a southerner, that was painful.

[@asiachestnut4210]

💯😂

[@kiamackenzee]

Now ion talk like that 🤣 I’m from Mississippi & literally nobody pronounce words that way 🤣

[@kenadie_lovepeachy6914]

Me not hearing my southern accent like “I sound like that” 👁👄👁

[@princessjasmin4218]

🤣🤣😂Same

[@kenadie_lovepeachy6914]

@@princessjasmin4218 lol

[@cc7465]

Rightt

[@teamvalor8097]

I am the same boat XD

[@snicksabea]

Yup.

[@kalebpinkston3495]

“Specially the southern region Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee” Me a Mississippian...

[@user-jp2hh1jy6b]

me as a Kentuckian:

[@Fadedmoon538]

Dose Texas count

[@reacher22.and.ryan23]

@@Fadedmoon538 no

[@Fadedmoon538]

@@reacher22.and.ryan23 well I mean we literally south and we do have southern accents

[@deel2621]

@@Fadedmoon538 I am from Tennessee and when I am outside the South, Vegas or Cali., I am ask if I am from Texas. Second guess is always Georgia. I dont think non southerners can hear how varied our accents really are.

[@wintlvrmmd]

All my family got a southern accent and I don't so I wanna have one smfh

[@myes344]

Do u look or sound like one of your uncle or mail man from long time ago?

[@wintlvrmmd]

@@myes344 wtfffffffffffff

[@FoxyChariot]

I intentionally choose to not speak that way but I can exaggerate it if I choose to.

[@actionmonkey8938]

My family has a southern accent but I don’t becauSe I don’t want one 😂

[@jacobbelcher3512]

@@actionmonkey8938 why don't you want the best accent to have? It's a unique thing and while it has some drawbacks, it's something that lets you go a real small town and fit in. I grew up in a small town in NC and I stopped to get gas when I was coming back from vacation this summer. I was gonna just pass through, but I decided I'd fill up since there was a station on the main road. Seeing as how I already have the accent, I understood the cashier and she understood me just fine. What gave away the fact that I wasn't from there was that I had a time figuring out how to operate the pump.

[@marcusperdue5862]

I’m a Texan and always thought I never had an accent at all until I went to Philadelphia on business and EVERYONE I encountered asked immediately upon hearing me open my mouth, “Oh you’re from Texas?!” 😂

[@Tharun786]

This guy is brilliant. I have an audition with a southern accent and this was just what I needed.

[@---pz2yh]

This guy sounds like Colonel Sanders. Southerners don't have that accent. That's more of a Hollywood version of what Californians think is southern. Bless your heart.

[@ronvannucci623]

You know what's weird in from new Jersey so I'm northern but I have a mix of southern accent it's not always there only certain words. Like when I say my dad it comes out southern idk where I got the lil accent from I do talk slow draw thing out

[@cantocant2346]

The older generation in the Mississippi Delta sound just like this.

[@kyndallscottwright9438]

Most southerners can tell one another apart from region and specific dialect but the "hay-uh-ve" thing in the beginning was definitely more New Orleans which is a super specific southern accent that is easily distinguished

[@ltbragwell]

I agree with this ,but don’t draw it out so much. I’m from Alabama, and most of this is on point, but people don’t let it go that long. 🤣

[@pissandcornflakes9119]

Did you know you wrote this comment 2 times?

[@ltbragwell]

No, but thank you? 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@user-pf3hd3db6l]

Is it true in Alabama one can legally marry their cousins.. Sorry m not American but I hv seen too many memes

[@chloenoelle94]

Sangita Das Yes, but so can 20 other states, including California and New York

[@user-pf3hd3db6l]

@@chloenoelle94 😬

[@RainStarr1119]

I had a really fun accent mix when I was a kid and got bullied for it and learned an American accent from there. I had a light southern and Australian accent mix due to being raised by ppl with American accents, close family friends being Australian, and stepdads cousin was southern. Trying to get that back because it was a very unique thing I think is cool.

[@bamanett]

Im from Alabama but this is kinda close but we’re getting to the part where we barely use the accent but we still use it sometimes

[@woofie2093]

this is like the coolest accent ever...

[@themotormechanic3097]

Damn skippy🤠

[@anha9360]

it’s fake as fuck if you want to learn how to really do one i suggest watching documentaries where people in the south converse in their natural dialect. Much better source (primary), you get a nice understanding of the different words they use. Videos like this are basically a copy of a copy of a copy and the quality degrades with each step until you get this, which is completely different from any southern accent I’ve ever heard and sounds totally hammy and fake.

[@jonah1721]

as a native, yes

[@justvibin1215]

@@anha9360 Have any references, then?

[@wisdomax2891]

Luckily i've got a really empty life so i have time to learn to speak like a cowboy

[@pawskiepanzerfox8394]

Good for you I learned a new german accent.

[@amberredmond8257]

I absolutely love learning accents with you :-) I am southern and I have you say you are definitely hitting it spot on :-)

[@TheActorsAcademy]

Thanks Amber for the kind words! I love accents too!! 😁

[@frosteegamingYT]

No offense but this is terrible. I have lived in the south my entire life. I have NEVER heard anyone talk like this. This is the typical fake accent that people on TV give. If you go to the south speaking like this, you will get laughed at or talked about. Please use someone else's southern accent acting video😂😂😂

[@GameBoy-mn2sj]

I'm from England, and I really wanna have one-up on my Drama Class

[@geekinutopia5899]

Well, there's many to choose from. There's the almost extinct plantation type accent ( the stereotypical non-rhotic southern accent ), the accents of the greater New Orleans area (which are more realistic and current non-rhotic ), Cajun accents (often non-rhotic and fairly " black " sounding ), several Apalachian accents (your standard rhotic "hillbilly " talk ), Texan accents, etc.

[@kellyoleary4156]

Geek In utopia oh I need to google this plantation accent now. I’m English too and absolutely love southern accents! Wish I had one.

[@cantocant2346]

@@kellyoleary4156 If you listen to older people in the Mississippi Delta, this is how they sound. I think it's beautiful but it is dying out with the new generation.

[@teesha3221]

As a southerner plz don't listen to the guy in this video. I'm from East Tennessee and this guy is teaching ppl a generic Hollywood southern accent. No one in Tennessee Georgia or Alabama speaks as this guy claimed. Every state has it's on accent and we can tell them apart. Unlike what this guy said we would be able to tell you was faking it if you took direction from him.

[@haileybeebee97]

Kelly O'Leary you don’t want the cousin lover jokes that come with it

[@Slowmodem1]

I haven't laughed so hard in a long time! I,ve got tears! Bless your heart! I didn't know how I talk was so complicated. That is so funny.

[@thisguy7392]

Slowmodem1 Checks our. Bless your heart. From the south for sure this one. Haha

[@echoesofcrows]

@@thisguy7392 The people I hear that say it the most are middle aged women or grandmas lol

[@jxshua1573]

I’m from kentucky and I’ve been to Georgia and Tennessee many times and this sounds nothing like how they talk😂

[@mattynigma]

Yeah this is bad.

[@garrett3948]

I came here for a stereotypical accent and I got exactly what I wanted. As a Texan can confirm I enjoyed the vid

[@lucyk2371]

It's funny....I'm from Tennessee and I don't think that I have much of an accent. However, when I went to New York they kept asking where I was from in the south. I would love to hear someone do a modern southern accent. Very few of us use the po' dunk country accent most movies try to do. No offense it can sound a little Forrest Gump. Most just sound wrong to me. I finally watched a dialect video that made me understand why. He said most actors try to do an upper class southern accent that hasn't existed since the turn of the century. Lol

[@lennon6471]

Wow! Thanks i really needed this! Very useful!! 😁🙏🤞👍

[@steph1096]

Hi andr

[@lennon6471]

@@steph1096 ?

[@steph1096]

@@lennon6471 hi

[@chexhcatialo3889]

There's actually many southern accents. We have the hillbilly type accents which can be so thick you need a chainsaw to cut them, the non-rhotic accents of the tidewater region of Virginia, the New Orleans accents most which are non-rhotic and like a cross between the traditional southern accents and NYC ones, the general southern accents which tend to be rhotic or semi-rhotic, etc.

[@dmanium]

Im from the mountains in Virginia, so I have an Appalachian-Southern mix

[@pistachiosandpopcorn7146]

I will be the first to admit (GA Born and Raised) that I can't tell the freakin difference in southern accents. My boyfriend claims he can..but i've caught him slipping. He's told me before "Oh yeah that's a TN accent" and I'm like "Nope...this person is from NC".

[@pistachiosandpopcorn7146]

My fav southern accent is how Britney Spears USED to sound (cause she sounds different now. Why? I dunno...but she does). And I used to think that is how someone from Louisiana talked. Then I discovered the Cajun accent and was like whoa...this isn't what I thought a Louisiana accent was..they sound weird. No offense..just what i thought at the time.

[@enrica5978]

I am italian and I love the southern american accent..

[@gabrielleford2090]

I'm from South Carolina and I don't really have an accent until I start talking fast

[@Its_just_zell]

Same here

[@mirimeerkat2087]

Same here but also when I’m mad or upset

[@Annak773]

me too

[@kalieshavargas1698]

Me too or get mad lol or I think we just dont hear it.

[@Annak773]

Kaliesha Vargas yea we probs jus don’t notice it.

[@1Loftwing1]

I've always found it interesting how easy it is to do a Southern us accent if you are from the North of England like I am there's a lot of similarities

[@TwiztidCrypt]

thanks dude im stuck being southern now i forgot how to english accent

[@hylianchriss]

Swede here, fluent in English due to school and Hollywood movies. But I find Southern accents and Australian accents by far the hardest to replicate, which sucks because they are by far my favorite accents :D They are pretty much the opposite of Swedish, which creates such a struggle. I can with ease replicate several British accents convincingly, but American and Aussie are so tough :E Oh, I so wish I could! Love me some Southern accents :D

[@ChiccaEnterprises]

Any American accent is much easier than the British to foreign people like myself

[@jacobbelcher3512]

You can do it! As a southerner, all respect to you because swedish is tough and doesn't make sense to me. What I mean by that is y'all don't pronounce things the way they're spelled. Just like how the French ignore the last 4 letters of some words and then pronounce them on others. Anyway, I don't recommend this video as a modern representation of the majority of the southern accent. I'd listen to actual Southerners to get the accent right. Accents from North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Georgia, and Alabama can give you the best idea of how to pronounce things if you wanna replicate it really well.

[@dmanium]

The funny thing is, im a Southerner trying to learn Swedish and I cant peg yalls accent for nothing

[@madlooneytoon9656]

I have been born and raised down here in the boondocks of Alabama 🤠

[@cadeandrews247]

251

[@Yuri-ly2to]

"have you seen me make those cakes" me: nonono it's "have you seen me make THEM cakes"

[@davidlapiz9869]

Genius!

[@echt114]

That's just bad grammar, not accent.

[@Yuri-ly2to]

@@echt114 not an accent*

[@echt114]

@@Yuri-ly2to I'll give you one of THEM upvotes for that.

[@Yuri-ly2to]

@@echt114 this isnt reddit, sugar.

[@whipflxbl]

Also with words like “ride” “glide” “abide” “side” and etc. You can turn them into like “rad” “glad” “abad” “sad” Example: Howdy ya’ll I’m gonna teach you how to rad (ride) a cowboy. How do we get to the other sad (side)?

[@whipflxbl]

Ride a cowboy 😏 😂

[@sara_polverini]

Guys, trust me: the best way to learn a Southern accent is watching "The Sound and the Fury" (the one with James Franco) or listening to Dolly Parton's interviews 😂

[@BrunosSquirrel]

The southern drawl takes so much more effort to pronounce words, yet when I hear it its smooth as honey... how?!

[@atomiclena128]

If you grew up in a household with southern parents it’d probably be easy as hell for you too.

[@sleepless9994]

“Hello preacher you got time for a sinner”

[@scottishlanguage.]

'Scuse me preacher, you got time sinner? I UNDERSTOOD UR REFERENCE

[@geekinutopia5899]

Another sound change relevant to doing some southern accents the non-rhotic R, which is where the r sound isn't pronounced much if there's no vowel sounds after. For example, you'd say ' car ' as '' cah' ' clearly ' as ' cleyuhly \ cleahly ' ' their\ they're ' as ' theuh\ theyuh ' or ' deuh \dayuh ' ' more ' as ' moouh ' or ' moe ' ' Carter ' as ' cahtuh ' etc. In other words, the r sound is practically non-existant unless a vowel sound directly follows, or it's in a word like ' nurse ' ' work, ' and ' girl '. The accents of the tidewater region of Virginia, as well as most of Louisiana tend to be non-rhotic.

[@historiculgeomocule5569]

Non-rhotic southern accents ah chahmin!

[@Anona_Meows]

Great, I love how actors portray everyone in the south with an exaggerated Francis Underwood or Scarlett O'hara accent. Hardly anyone talks like that irl. The more modern/common southern accent imo sounds like the characters in My Name is Earl. It's spot on. They are regular people, not 1800's plantation owners. Also, not everyone has a strong drawl/accent. I'm from SC, born and raised. After graduating college, I moved to GA. A lot of people like myself might say a few words or phrases that sound southern like y'all, but otherwise it's not very discernible from modern standard American pronunciation. However pretty much all movies/shows/plays love to have everyone in the south sitting on their porch, drinking sweet tea while partaking in some after church gossip. "Bleeess her heaaaaaart." It's so annoyingly overdone.

[@peterpeeter5604]

You hit the nail on the head. We don’t talk like that plantation stuff they portray in Hollywood. Like someone shot the whole south from space with a slow-mo ray.

[@Anona_Meows]

@@peterpeeter5604 😂 Right lol.

[@AR-vd4wo]

Southern accent’s are gorgeous. Whether from Kentucky or West Texas.

[@MrFarhan185]

I'm gonna practice this and apply it on my Red Dead Redemption Online roleplay later 😂

[@jacobbelcher3512]

Ooh. Try to get "have" to have 2 syllables, but leave "cake" with 1 syllable. Don't draw them out too much. "Have" should take just about as much time to say with 2 syllables as it does with 1 syllable.

[@EMAZINGERIK]

I've been binge watching Vertiigo Gaming and his RP in Red Dead Online and I haven't laughed like that in a long time and now I'm here trying to learn a southern accent lmao

[@elsavic]

As someone that isn't a native English speaker, I'm fascinated to the southern accents. I've mastered the generalized accent, and cannot be distinguished from a native speaker, still I find that the southern accent is to hard to pull off. Any suggestions or tips on how to sound more "southern"?

[@anniepritchett8683]

Владимир Савић I don’t know what is with the whole super drawn out thing, now a-days (at least in Atlanta/Georgia) it’s decently fast. Also it’s almost all about word choice, use a bunch of idioms. And the word y’all is always good. The accent itself is more British or Irish depending on the area than any other American accent and it has many of the same word structures the biggest difference is the colloquiums.

[@amonbeck]

Honestly study actual speakers of the language. If you want a good example, Mathew McConaughey has one of the most beautiful Texas accents I’ve ever heard. He has a lot of speeches and interviews and he speaks with an authentic accent. Instantly recognizable as a Texan. Otherwise my suggestion is to look up famous country singers. All their accents are authentic and there is many interviews. Just remember Southern accents are regional so it’d be better to choose a specific state and learn those artists and actors versus picking a bunch of different Southerners. Pick a famous Country singer and learn their accent through their songs and speeches. They have very, very pronounced accents. Emphasize that accent, then relax it. When learning an accent it’s important to realize people don’t emphasize their speech patterns when talking naturally. My last suggestion is to know what your vocal range is and choose a mentor who has a similar range. Figure out if your voice naturally leans more towards a drawl or a twang and choose someone similar.

[@13_cmi]

I don't think it's a good idea to try and change your accent. I don't got a southern accent and won't try to fake it. I'll keep what I got.

[@samanthawiessing6348]

Listen to country music..... lol.

[@hollymcclain5196]

My comment gives a good start 😊

[@Hunter-ui1rj]

I’m slick mad that this sounds more southern than me and I’m from mississippi🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️

[@cesarvelazquez2760]

Hunter Some of us just have stronger accents , I’m from Texas , I dont sound that southern, but people from LA tell me they can hear it

[@jackatomin]

Because it’s bullsh it and not how people in the south speak!!!

[@hsmacaraig]

Cesar Velazquez What he’s doing is teaching us the basics. Once we know this, we can get more relaxed, faster or whatever.

[@campbellaviation7357]

Hah, us in Tennessee have a better accent than y’all in Mississippi. Also this video is just Hollywood stars teaching how to act like a Canadian hill billy making fun of the usa

[@astridvvv9662]

I was on an international cruise to the Caribbean. Once we were out days into the Atlantic, I started listening closer to all the accents. And then I heard it. A GEORGIA ACCENT. I'm from Georgia. Yet I still got so excited and was squealing when I met some fellow Georgians. For god's sake I still in Georgia and did then, too. But something about finding people from home while far away from home.

[@thebackwoodsboysgarage9144]

I been in Alabama all my life so I already got the accent

[@luz4466]

I'm running a DnD campaign and one of the NPC's has a southern accent, 20 minutes in I realized it couldn't do it

[@GD-jc3wx]

It's beautiful! Really, Southerners! Don't pay attention to Yanks, you have a beautiful sexy accent.

[@ChrisChronos]

I'm from London, England, and I'm my hardest to do this kind of accent so I can sing some country songs with that American twang, but I'm finding it really difficult! Anyone got any tips or links to vids that you reckon can help me out? Cheers!

[@brookenjonas]

Chris Chronos I always find that singing make doing accents easier. I don’t know why though.

[@ArthurMorgan-jg3cj]

I got a southern accent after playing red dead redemption 2 for 10 hours

[@shades6768]

I can’t be the only one playing in a western dnd campaign and wants to fit in

[@crunchieriest]

that's why I'm here lol! prep for a western campaign :)

[@shades6768]

@@crunchieriest aye I’m not alone

[@Fidozo15]

K where's the part when my name changes to Billy Bob

[@curlytalks25]

I'm from West Texas and I never thought I had an accent till I moved to SoCal and people asked me where I'm from cause I clearly didn't sound like I was from SoCal haha

[@RJ-mt1ku]

I find this .01% offensive

[@platinumempire8834]

Cauake

[@yusufothman6135]

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[@twistedtrailerparktales2126]

I'm also a stage actor and doing my first southern character. I've had way easier times to be honest mastering Irish amd French accents than this. Too much it's slap sticky too subtle its not noticeable. One thing I like that you brought up is the speed while I listen to native Texan Mark Rippetoe every week I noticed his words all lean into each other. They're deliberate but there's no break in the words. Rewatching Inglorious Bastards Aldo speaks quickly a lot of the time but again it's one long winded word. 'Naziaintgotnohumanity. They'rethefootsoldierofajewhate'nmassmurdsringmaniacandtheyneedtobedestroyed.'

[@maggiem6209]

I never had much of an accent growing up in Alabama. I was very self-conscious around accent-havers because I sounded like I wasn't local, and I felt out of place around out-of-towners because I obviously was from the region and was made fun of. Now that I'm extremely good at using an obscure vocabulary, and don't give a shit about other people's opinions, I wanted to play up my accent. Let's charm some out-of-towners and fuck with some heads!

[@_Ravani]

Oh, mah. This purse is so big and heayvy.

[@historiculgeomocule5569]

Also. Hayulp! Hayulp! Ah ya heah to reyuscue little old may?

[@campbellaviation7357]

Yeah the cringe is so bad there’s no way to describe it here. This is not how southerners talk.

[@_Ravani]

@@campbellaviation7357 chill. It's s spongebob reference

[@felixrivera895]

I've always said that a Southern Drawl is slow and melodic, curly even, putting stress on certain syllables in words with more than one. The most important thing I can think of to add to this is that sometimes, particularly if a word doesn't put too much stress on the "T" or "L" in the middle of it, you can skip it. Compare and Contrast: "I've [awe]ways [say]-ed that uh Southern Drawl is slow and melodic, curl[eyh] even, pudin stress on cer-[en] syllables in words with more than one. The most impor[ant] thing I ca[uh]n think of to add to this is that sometimes, parTicularly if a word don't put too much stress on the "L" or "T" in the middle of it, you ca[uh]n skip it.

[@elizabethl581]

Georgia Alabama Tennesee AND THE CAROLINASSS!!! Mostly in SC but also NC some

[@thepermman]

that wasn't an accident.

[@dmanium]

Virginia?

[@sickedhero]

I live in small town in Malaysia. We speak english as second language. Im learning this accent to confuse people. Imagine somewhere in asia bumfuck of nowhere you can hear southern accent.

[@EdvinPalmer]

It's a great video, but I feel you could have added the "i" sound. Fine is pronounced "fahn". The way you say "but" and "about" is also different.

[@chibi171]

Im from Alabama and this version is more like a old Southern accent vs now. I get the plantation owner vibe when he's speaking. We have a drawl and way of saying things but no one sounds like that here outside of the movies/tv shows.