Who do you lose a Southern accent?
600908
you don't HAVE to move. that is one way. but you can just note the words you say with an accent and make a point to change the way you pronounce them. i come froma VERY country family and i'm not at all. its hard, but it works.
159403
I like the Southern accent, could be that I'm from the South
659913
Sound caucasian to me
768870
He's from Texas it's his accent, every state in the country basically has a different accent.
1119839
Nope, not at all. Everyone likes a little mystery...and an accent is one more "mystery" we seem to be attracted to.\n\nI happen to think the South African accent is the most beautiful in the world...followed by Ukrainian. Why??? Who knows!!
449456
Yes.\n\nThe South losses.
301163
Don't remember it being mentioned anywhere ...\n\nBut his accent seems to be loosely modelled on Cary Grant's (no, seriously - listen to it) ...\n\n... so I'd have to guess Southern England.
382810
southern united states
801759
Clayton from Houston, TX here. We call ourselves Texans. Who calls themselves Southerners nowadays anyway?\n\nThe "South" is a reference to backward thinking in my mind and racism. I would not want to affiliate myself with such a derrogative nomenclature of racist pigs. I am sure there are plenty of 60+ year olds that still refer to themselves as Southerners and Texans.\n\nWe do still have Southern Hospitatlity :)
503644
It came down to Sarah and Danielle. Sarah was eliminated because she was too stiff and they felt she had reached her limit. Danielle was warned to work on her accent more.
349188
I do not think American accents sound good/bad to me. \nI sometimes have difficulty understanding the Southern accent(s), though.\n\nWhat we feel "ugly" could be the attitude that sometimes is so easily associated with the speaker's accent. Be it American or not.
230843
When I lived in England, my friends mocked my American accent all the time.  It was all in good fun.  Now I work with two Brits; they mock our accents occasionally.  My "accent" is a kind of generic east coast one, leaning toward New York; some Brits I know can exactly duplicate it.  There are plenty of Brits who have traveled in the US, and they understand the regional differences.
772627
Yea that's pretty funny.  When she first came out she had the Bronx accent.  Then when she went through her  " cultured" phase it was like a snooty accent, now she's trying to sound like some snooty/british mix.  What's really funny about that is i know people who move from one country to another, live there for years and NEVER pick up the accent.  She's phony.
295273
YeeHaw from the south!
1023502
I live in the south (I am transplant) and find the accent unique and special. And that is how you should feel. The south is 'unique' - has it's own language. Just like people from Maine, NYork, NJ, Puerto Rico, and that wonderfull Louisiana bayou accent.  That is what makes us UNIQUE. Europeans have different languages, we have different accents! even Europeans do. For example, I speak Italian - when I travel to Sicily, they automatically say: You learned your language on the wrong side of our country...it is Italian not Sicilian.  \n\nThere is an island in the Chesapeake that spak Elizabethean (sp?) English amoung themselves..\n\nSo what do I think of the Southern accent? It is great, it is unique it is OURs!  So to those who make fun of you?  Just say to them:  "That wasn't very nice.  I don't make fun of your accent why should you of mine.  I am proud to be a Southern Belle :)!  I expect your respect"\n\nIf the person doesn't apologize, IGNORE them. They are rude, insensitive and if they don't like you for what you are - good riddance!  Always be proud of who you are and your heritage.
950274
It's not yawl, dearheart, it's y'all. If you're gonna try and be southern, at least get the dialect right. And as for Gay Folk...We're Fabulous!!!!!!!
822378
I hate it when people put on a fake American accent. it sound like they trying too hard, or trying to be American. I can understand if they have lived there for a while, & start talking that way, but faking it, Oh no!!