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bucolic_frolic

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10. Well

Reply to Buckeye_Democrat (Original post)

Wed Oct 19, 2022, 06:35 PM

Oct 2022

Glenn Kirschner, New Jersey born, says "y'all" and so does a guy I know from Chicago, but it sounds real strange when he says "Whater, y'all?" (Whater is Chicago for water.)

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Is "Southernification" of rural America happening? [View all] Buckeye_Democrat Oct 2022 OP

Are you talking about an accent, or what they're saying, or what? WhiskeyGrinder Oct 2022 #1

Accents. nt Buckeye_Democrat Oct 2022 #2

My relatives are from southeastern Ohio.. luvs2sing Oct 2022 #3

Maybe I just didn't notice accents from those... Buckeye_Democrat Oct 2022 #4

Very possible, I think. luvs2sing Oct 2022 #5

Well in my suburb outside of DC, in Montgomery County MD, the "snowbirds" have decided to stay here Samrob Oct 2022 #6

If you listen to radio in rural areas, it's ALL country and western music.... albacore Oct 2022 #7

That was a hypothesis mentioned in the article... Buckeye_Democrat Oct 2022 #9

perfect Celerity Oct 2022 #28

I was born and raised in a rural town in NE Ohio. llmart Oct 2022 #8

I live a few miles north of Dayton. Buckeye_Democrat Oct 2022 #13

Well bucolic_frolic Oct 2022 #10

I've noticed that too. It's weird, IMO. Sky Jewels Oct 2022 #11

I live in Southwest New Mexico. Elessar Zappa Oct 2022 #12

I can't speak to the accents Genki Hikari Oct 2022 #14

I think that I'm not just now perceiving... Buckeye_Democrat Oct 2022 #22

Southern White Vernacular English and Rural White Southern English have been moving WhiskeyGrinder Oct 2022 #15

I wonder why? Buckeye_Democrat Oct 2022 #21

I grew up in Cincy proper. maxsolomon Oct 2022 #16

I heard more of a "Southern" accent near Cincy... Buckeye_Democrat Oct 2022 #18

Some years ago, NC got influx from Ohio unc70 Oct 2022 #17

Ohio has become MUCH more red... Buckeye_Democrat Oct 2022 #19

I moved from NE Ohio... llmart Oct 2022 #20

I live in a county in eastern Ohio. I-70 passes through the middle of Ohio doc03 Oct 2022 #23

You're talking about white people's accents? Effete Snob Oct 2022 #24

Yes. Buckeye_Democrat Oct 2022 #25

It's been like that for my entire life Sympthsical Oct 2022 #26

I think that's it! Buckeye_Democrat Oct 2022 #27

Gay culture is another way to really observe how it works Sympthsical Oct 2022 #29

I'm sure that's what they're doing. Buckeye_Democrat Oct 2022 #33

It's called "code-switching" Sympthsical Oct 2022 #36

Accents are funny things in how they creep in without being obvious at first. Jedi Guy Oct 2022 #30

I was born in NE Ohio and lived there until I was 14 years old -- 60 years ago my family moved to CA Scottie Mom Oct 2022 #31

It's been happening Deep State Witch Oct 2022 #32

Someone on DU once wrote that Ohio was... Buckeye_Democrat Oct 2022 #35

I've read that after the conservative Southern Democrats Hortensis Oct 2022 #34