Our version of ebonics

[Holdimhook]

pbs essay I hope this link works. Don't lose your southern accent. "Fixin to", "hosepipe" and "Ya'll" are here to stay. Welcome aboard, yankees!

 

[heycods]

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whaca point

 

[CN Spots]

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Resistance is futile.<br /><br />Y'all will be assimilated.<br /><br /><br />spots

 

[tommays]

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i aint quite got a holt to it yet<br /><br /><br />I still get made fun of for saying that as a kid when i moved north at 12 <br /><br /><br />tommays

 

[BoatBuoy]

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Dolly Parton is only entertainer that comes to mind that doesn't sound to me like she has an accent.

 

[f_inscreenname]

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Originally posted by CN Spots:<br /> Resistance is futile.<br /><br />Y'all will be assimilated.<br /><br /><br />spots

LMf_inAO

 

[technostingray]

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The Oxford Graduate:<br />I used to laff to see the caff run down the Path to take its bath. <br />But now I loff to see the coff run down the pawth to take its bawth.

 

[treedancer]

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Resistance is futile.<br /><br />Y'all will be assimilated<br />

Well just in case im taken a Spanish class at the local community college.

 

[rodbolt]

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ha<br /> fake suterner<br /> shood reed, yall be simmlated <br /> accent on the L.<br />and igree them nawtheners shore sounds funy

 

[Chief101]

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They won't let girls from my state compete in the "Ebonic beauty contest"...go figure.