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prodigitalson

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4. I'm from East Texas and here the subdialect is Mississippi/Gulf Coast of the Southern (MGCS) dialect of US English

Reply to Lunabell (Reply #1)

Thu Mar 21, 2024, 07:39 PM

Mar 2024

At least that's how it was once classified. Famous speakers would be Bill Clinton, Elvis, Reese Witherspoon.

Different from your less rhotic Scarlet O' Harra, Jimmy Carter Southern accent.

West Texas has it's own drawl but east of the Trinity River it's MGCS

edited to say - pretty much same as Tennesse I would think

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The Differences Between Regional Southern Accents, According To A Linguist [View all] Behind the Aegis Mar 2024 OP

This southerner totally agrees!! Lunabell Mar 2024 #1

To my non-expert ear, there are some similarities between a southern U.S. and some British accents. unblock Mar 2024 #2

I'm from East Texas and here the subdialect is Mississippi/Gulf Coast of the Southern (MGCS) dialect of US English prodigitalson Mar 2024 #4

Tennessee is more country. Lunabell Mar 2024 #5

I talk a dialect from Sand Mountain near Albertville, Alabama. House of Roberts Mar 2024 #3