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When you’re from the south but watch this video to have twice the accent so you can have godlike powers

As a resident Georgian. Born and raised southern. I’m literally crying laughing at how accurate this is. I didn’t even realize I did this.

My son went to the military and is stationed in California. We are southern and every time I talk to him he sounds more and more what we call "proper". I say "boy, I ain't raised you like dat." He just gets so tickled and tore up about it.

Practice tip from an actual southerner who phased out her accent for job purposes: practice this accent while smiling. The biggest focus for accents is adjusting how your mouth moves. In Southern regions the mouth goes wide instead of long like in northern regions and sits barely in head voice. Regional accents and dialects will shift in terms of mouth shape and phrasing but this exercise will help you create a natural south-east twang that is actually more common than the overemphasized one he’s presenting here. You have to get very rural before you start hearing cay-uhk. Also a lot of rural southerners talk rapid fire fast with very staccato speech patterns. If you are using an upper-class south-east accent you’ll add more drawl and curl the middle of your tongue a bit more.

Some southerners speak slow, some southerners speak doublespeed.

One thing I would add is that the "i" sounds are also different. Some examples: "my" is "ma" "Michael" is "Makkle" "try" is "tra" "Guy" is "Ga" "light" is "lat" etc. etc

Actors rarely get southern accents right unless they’re from the south. I’m from Memphis and our accent is different somewhat from other southern areas. Actors draw it out too much. However in the movie, The Blind Side, Sandra Bullock pretty much got it right. Actors generally do the south Alabama or Mississippi Delta accent when portraying southerners. That’s not how we speak in Memphis.

As a Georgia 🍑, born and raised, I can tell exactly where someone is from in the South. If you want to sound like someone from SOUTH Georgia/Alabama/Mississippi, this video may be for you. If you want an authentic accent from a specific region of Georgia or any of the southern states, you need to follow people FROM those regions/states. This is very general and almost nobody speaks this way anymore.

Southerners can tell where other southern people are from mostly.

I’ve got a southern accent and I wanna learn a normal American accent but it’s very hard haha

me watching as someone from tennessee: him: cUaYke me: alright

As a southerner, I genuinely appreciate characters doing a good southern accent in movies.

I've lived in texas my whole life and never developed a southern accent, nor do I know how to do one Edit: nvm I have one

Though I'm not American, I've always loved the southern accent!

as a person from the south, this irked me deeply hahaha I was so so confused

I clicked on this video to see Matthew McConaughey -

People from the South can definitely tell what state you’re from specifically

I came to see Matthew McConaughey when I saw the thumbnail, but there is no Matthew , you ruined my day

“Specially the southern region Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee” Me a Mississippian...

I m from India and always wondered the difference between Northern and Southern American accent, but he made it clear in a very beautiful n simple way , one of the best🙏

The most brilliant southern accent acting was Andrew Lincoln (European) doing Rick Grimes. It wasn't just a normal southern accent either, it was really subtle. Brilliant and realistic

Only in the most remote of regions do people talk like this. I’ve lived in Alabama my whole life, and not a single person talks with this much accent. Tone it down a lot to become more accurate. Cool video though

Being from Alabama, he’s right on some of those things. If I didn’t know him, I would know he was faking it if he was speaking like that around me. Northern and Southern Alabamians speak different. It’s also a cultural difference. The farther south you go it gets more hilarious, even for me! I’m as far south as you can get!

“Doing” is pronounced “Fixin to”... seriously tho, there are very distinct differences between a Texas accent, a Alabama accent , a Tennessee accent and a Mississippi accent. Haven’t even mentioned Louisiana, which is whole separate dialect.

I think the thing that people mess up most about our southern accents is that we actually don’t talk slowly at all. We slow down certain syllables, but then cut out letters like “doin” so it ends up being the same speed. Common misconception and if you can understand that then your accent is going to be a whole lot more accurate.

I'm from Texas so it's a natural thing, more so when I'm angry or excited

I’m a Texan and always thought I never had an accent at all until I went to Philadelphia on business and EVERYONE I encountered asked immediately upon hearing me open my mouth, “Oh you’re from Texas?!” 😂

thanks dude im stuck being southern now i forgot how to english accent

I notice that southerners tend to say “vehicle” as “vee-hickle”

Not bad, maybe a little too much of a “swing” on the a/e sounds. That’s good if you wanna play the part of an old school southern like Robert E Lee

There is no “Southern” accent. They’re regional. I’m from the foothills of SW Virginia, was raised in half-suburban-half-country North Carolina, and speak differently than someone from a holler in West Virginia or a pecan farmer in Georgia

This guy is brilliant. I have an audition with a southern accent and this was just what I needed.

I’m black but I recently moved up north and people here think my southern accent is fake so I’ve been trying to talk without it but it’s difficult

There's actually multiple southern accents. You have the historical plantation accent which was non-rhotic and very genteel almost British sounding in some ways. There's the more modern non-rhotic southern accents of the greater New Orleans area, the Cajun accents and the Virginia tidewater dialect. Also, there's the fully rhotic accents of West Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky, and other mountainous and hilly areas. That's the standard hillbilly type accent, etc. Plus, there's the semi-rhotic accents which dominate most of the American south these days, and several others!

I was on an international cruise to the Caribbean. Once we were out days into the Atlantic, I started listening closer to all the accents. And then I heard it. A GEORGIA ACCENT. I'm from Georgia. Yet I still got so excited and was squealing when I met some fellow Georgians. For god's sake I still in Georgia and did then, too. But something about finding people from home while far away from home.

I give this man credit, I am southern and this does sound pretty accurate of how southern people sound. There are people who have more of a southern accent then others. We also like to take out 'g' in words like Huntin' , Goin', Fishin'. Its actually kinda funny to talk to someone who isn't southern lol. People find our accents funny and I do to lol

We don’t to CAAAOKES we go “You GON’ finish THA CAEKE bOEY?”

Now ion talk like that 🤣 I’m from Mississippi & literally nobody pronounce words that way 🤣

I had a really fun accent mix when I was a kid and got bullied for it and learned an American accent from there. I had a light southern and Australian accent mix due to being raised by ppl with American accents, close family friends being Australian, and stepdads cousin was southern. Trying to get that back because it was a very unique thing I think is cool.

I'm bored in quarantine so why not learn southern accent 😂

No one has in the south talks like this

I’ve always have a country accent but when I got a book that said, “he said in his normal southern accent”, but I never realized I had a southern accent lol 😂

I'm from the Heart of Dixie and the heart of Alabama. The only southerner I've heard like you was sounding was my english teacher and she was from Texas. But I loved her Texas accent.

Most southerners can tell one another apart from region and specific dialect but the "hay-uh-ve" thing in the beginning was definitely more New Orleans which is a super specific southern accent that is easily distinguished

I absolutely love learning accents with you :-) I am southern and I have you say you are definitely hitting it spot on :-)

I've always found it interesting how easy it is to do a Southern us accent if you are from the North of England like I am there's a lot of similarities

All these actors thing it’s the 1800’s. Hardly anyone in the south talks like that. It’s just over exaggerated

as a southerner, his accent sounds drunk lmao

Southern accent’s are gorgeous. Whether from Kentucky or West Texas.

Nice touches: 1. Speak in synonyms 2. Add a little H sound to words like "What" and "White" 3. Say "Bwoah" a lot 4. Don't yee unless you're ready to haw 5. Bless everyone's hearts 6. Use double negative words (ain't got no, don't have none, etc.)

Me not hearing my southern accent like “I sound like that” 👁👄👁

What the hell is happening here? I’m from Texas, relatives in Tennessee, and I live in North Carolina. Unless you’re going for a part in gone with the wind, we don’t sound like this. If you want this accent down, focus on phrases and slang, not this.

I can’t be the only one playing in a western dnd campaign and wants to fit in

Wow! Thanks i really needed this! Very useful!! 😁🙏🤞👍

I'm from South Carolina and I don't really have an accent until I start talking fast

There's actually many southern accents. We have the hillbilly type accents which can be so thick you need a chainsaw to cut them, the non-rhotic accents of the tidewater region of Virginia, the New Orleans accents most which are non-rhotic and like a cross between the traditional southern accents and NYC ones, the general southern accents which tend to be rhotic or semi-rhotic, etc.

when you said “talk slow” i was laughing cause that’s so accurate

why tf am I learning southern accent in 9 AM while in online class

I am italian and I love the southern american accent..

The southern drawl takes so much more effort to pronounce words, yet when I hear it its smooth as honey... how?!

One of the first changes for me after moving and living in NC is going from oil To Ol'e. And this applies to bowl, boil, foil. Have a blessed day y'all.

Thank you so much for that. I am English and have just been offered the role of 'Big Daddy' in CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF. You short hints have already made my job so much easier. Thanks.

I’m from kentucky and I’ve been to Georgia and Tennessee many times and this sounds nothing like how they talk😂

Swede here, fluent in English due to school and Hollywood movies. But I find Southern accents and Australian accents by far the hardest to replicate, which sucks because they are by far my favorite accents :D They are pretty much the opposite of Swedish, which creates such a struggle. I can with ease replicate several British accents convincingly, but American and Aussie are so tough :E Oh, I so wish I could! Love me some Southern accents :D

This was better than I expected. FYI -- in North Carolina, other state, and some metro areas, speed is much faster. One of the hardest thing, for me as a southerner is to pronouce Rs in some instances. Instead of Charlotte. I say Cha-lotte. I drop the R. It sucks, particuarly on the phone.

This is an example of exactly how we can pick out a fake a million miles away. We talk fast and don’t TRY to sound southern. It happens organically.

You got it pretty good but your over playing your drawl. That would be a more accurate old south (gone with the wind annoying accent). We shorten words.

I haven't laughed so hard in a long time! I,ve got tears! Bless your heart! I didn't know how I talk was so complicated. That is so funny.

Is it just me but as soon as I hear someone in a movie or IRL with a southern or British accent I can't stop trying to be with that accent for the rest of the day.

I am Texan. When we went to England years ago, we had a free weekend and went to Scotland. The bus that picked us up at the train station was a double decker, so I asked the group, "Do y'all want to ride on the top or bottom." The tour guide on the bus said, "Oh, you're from Texas!" I wondered how she knew. We spent the weekend in Scotland, and when the bus picked us up to get back to the station, we had the same guide. Since we told them we were running late on catching the train to London, they drove the bus right up on the platform, and the tour guide said on her microphone, "Bye, y'all." It was sweet.

I agree with this ,but don’t draw it out so much. I’m from Alabama, and most of this is on point, but people don’t let it go that long. 🤣

“Hello preacher you got time for a sinner”

U r amazingly talented. My first time 👀 u videos. Started with southern accent. Awesome. .. .. Can't wait to c mo

You’re great man I’m definitely subscribin’

I'm from England, and I really wanna have one-up on my Drama Class

this is like the coolest accent ever...

Thanks bro. This just brought the fond memory i had in TN. Love from Japan.

I grew up in southeastern Texas and I don’t have a noticeable accent but I can impersonate various regional southern accents, although I ain’t an expert on the specific patterns and where they originate from.

I have been born and raised down here in the boondocks of Alabama 🤠

This channel has helped me so much, just a couple weeks ago I was doing Matilda the musical and without this channel I wouldn’t have been able to get a British accent now I’m doing Steel Magnolias and since I’m from Texas I already have a light accent but this video helped so much!!

I love this!!!

As someone born and raised in Alabama I’m watching this and at first I’m like nooo we don’t do that then I said it in my head and was like well dang maybe I do.🤣 this boy is going to mix up how I’m talking if I think about it to much!

"have you seen me make those cakes" me: nonono it's "have you seen me make THEM cakes"

Another sound change relevant to doing some southern accents the non-rhotic R, which is where the r sound isn't pronounced much if there's no vowel sounds after. For example, you'd say ' car ' as '' cah' ' clearly ' as ' cleyuhly \ cleahly ' ' their\ they're ' as ' theuh\ theyuh ' or ' deuh \dayuh ' ' more ' as ' moouh ' or ' moe ' ' Carter ' as ' cahtuh ' etc. In other words, the r sound is practically non-existant unless a vowel sound directly follows, or it's in a word like ' nurse ' ' work, ' and ' girl '. The accents of the tidewater region of Virginia, as well as most of Louisiana tend to be non-rhotic.

I may not be southern, but both my grandparents are on my dads side, and i even do some of these. Southern accent really sticks haha

Already southern mid Tennessean. Pretty good vid.👍

All my family got a southern accent and I don't so I wanna have one smfh

I'm running a DnD campaign and one of the NPC's has a southern accent, 20 minutes in I realized it couldn't do it

Seeing this video shows me that I don’t have much of a southern accent and I was born and raised in Alabama but some things I do sound southern when saying

When I was 18 I was in a bar one night. Somebody I was talking to in the bar had a southern accent. After 3 hours, I started taling with a accent😊.

I'm from West Texas and I never thought I had an accent till I moved to SoCal and people asked me where I'm from cause I clearly didn't sound like I was from SoCal haha

Nice video! As someone from the south living in NYC, the one thing people still call me out on is changing the "e" sounds in words to "i" sounds. For example, saying words like pen, ten, Ben, etc. With a southern accent, those words could sound like pin, tin, and bin. I never had much of an accent to begin with. I speak "proper" haha but I used to work in the fashion district, and my coworkers would always get confused whenever I asked for a pen. They always thought I was asking for a safety pin :D

I'm from Southwestern Virginia, some of this resonates! I'm told I have an accident but this is thicker than mine. I notice instead of saying "drink" it comes out "drank". So if I'm asking my husband to give me a 2 liter of Dr pepper it comes out "Hey sweetie, can you give me my drank?" Lol

Thanks for these videos man. I'm tryna up my prank calling game.

I've always said that a Southern Drawl is slow and melodic, curly even, putting stress on certain syllables in words with more than one. The most important thing I can think of to add to this is that sometimes, particularly if a word doesn't put too much stress on the "T" or "L" in the middle of it, you can skip it. Compare and Contrast: "I've [awe]ways [say]-ed that uh Southern Drawl is slow and melodic, curl[eyh] even, pudin stress on cer-[en] syllables in words with more than one. The most impor[ant] thing I ca[uh]n think of to add to this is that sometimes, parTicularly if a word don't put too much stress on the "L" or "T" in the middle of it, you ca[uh]n skip it.

I was stationed in the south for a few years and I picked it up easily and it's strange how very quickly we start speaking like those around us. However, only up in the hill regions to people speak that strong of an accent. So, done exaggerate it so much. I play around with new people I meet and it's fun with the ladies. I still use the d's instead of the Ts......like little becoming liddle. Even up here in Oregon we tend to have a slight southern accent.

lol. I'm from Kentucky and this feller really had me tickled. I'd say he's pretty spot on.

Today, at Taco Bell, a man picked up an order for Billy-Bob. He was talking on his phone a mile a minute with the thickest Boomhauer southern accent I had ever heard from the moment he walked in to when he sat down. I made eye contact with him and it was then that I knew I needed that power as well.

Luckily i've got a really empty life so i have time to learn to speak like a cowboy