Drawlingaway Wrote:
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> linguistix Wrote:
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> > True The Vote ! Wrote:
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> > > Nice shot Truth, How about George and Thomas?
> > Lets
> > > not forget George Mason. They must be turning
> > over
> > > in their graves.
> >
> > Virginians in the late 1700's did not have
> > "southern" accents. They most likely spoke in
> > "restoration english" accents, the kind that
> now
> > only exist in remote places like Tangier Island.
>
> > Fast forward about 45 seconds in:
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> >
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIZgw09CG9E
> >
> > They typical southern drawl accents didn't form
> > until a few generations later, in the 1800s.
>
>
> Actually, the Plantation Speech drawl typified
> Aristocratic Virginians, and Carolinians, through
> Georgia. It came from Upper Crust 18th Century
> London Speech. The drawl can be heard amongst the
> Royal Family, although the reason it is different
> is that speech here was heavily influenced by the
> Negroes. The Tangier Island speech is something
> different having settlers unique that that region
> from Cornwall England. Southern Appalachia gets it
> speech from Soctch-Irish settlers.
Although that is interesting, you do realize that this original post is just troll bait?