United States - Southern Culture, History, Economy: By far the largest of the three original Anglo-American culture areas, the South is also the most idiosyncratic with respect to national norms—or slowest to accept them. The South was once so distinct from the non-South in almost every observable or quantifiable feature and so fiercely proud of its peculiarities that for some years the ...
AOL: These Are The Movies And TV Shows That Get Southern Accents Right
The list isn’t long, but our readers generally came to a consensus on the movies and TV shows that found success with the Southern accent: It’s hardly surprising that the born-and-raised Southern ...
These Are The Movies And TV Shows That Get Southern Accents Right
If you thought Reese Witherspoon’s Tennessee accent was spot-on as June Carter Cash in “Walk the Line,” you were right – she grew up in Nashville. Actors often work hard to lose Southern accents – ...
Of all the accents in the world, none are as special as a Southern accent. A good Southern accent has an unmistakably delightful melody that’s as true to our region as the sound of cicadas calling on ...
Yahoo: Is the Southern accent fixin’ to disappear in parts of the US South?
Is the Southern accent fixin’ to disappear in parts of the US South?
al.com: Southern accents are the ‘friendliest’ in the nation, new study says
Americans consider the Southern accent to be the friendliest in the country, according to a new study. More than one in three people find the Southern twang — found in Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, ...