I suspect what’s going on partly is that Southern and Southwestern dialects are diverging from each other, a lot of it due to migrations from the North (the way migrations outward have been ridding Manhattan of the non-rhotic accent).
When I was in Southwestern Oklahoma about 8 years ago, I didn’t meet many young people, but who I did meet sounded like my father's sister but more so, and hard to understand.
If you listen to old recordings, people all over the country sounded similar to each other. It’s funny how people talked more like each other in this country when they were less interconnected.
But what I am thinking about right now is that a lot of people, African-Americans particularly, are starting to feel enfranchised. That ought to make GOTV easier. (Might also make it easier to primary out Steny Hoyer ... hmmm, suddenly I have a desire to eat a big, juicy steak.)
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Date: 2008-11-05 07:14 am (UTC)When I was in Southwestern Oklahoma about 8 years ago, I didn’t meet many young people, but who I did meet sounded like my father's sister but more so, and hard to understand.
If you listen to old recordings, people all over the country sounded similar to each other. It’s funny how people talked more like each other in this country when they were less interconnected.
But what I am thinking about right now is that a lot of people, African-Americans particularly, are starting to feel enfranchised. That ought to make GOTV easier. (Might also make it easier to primary out Steny Hoyer ... hmmm, suddenly I have a desire to eat a big, juicy steak.)