I've noticed this for a while but she speaks with a southern accent, when she is from Virginia. Why? I think a few rappers speak that way too, when they are not from the south. Is this some new kind of "cool" hip hop trend? They sound silly to me.

Been watchin On The Road To Stardom or suh'ehn?

dancerella said:

Strange that a person from the South would speak with a Southern accent. I heard people in Brooklyn speak Brooklynese, too.

I remember when she came out as a solo artist not back in the days with Sista she was on some other shit her flow her her lingo...I guess it's cool to be from the sticks now...

North Carolinuhhhhh
KMON N RAIISE UP

CinisterCee said:

When I was growing up - in NC - I'd commonly hear it pronounced "norf cuhrlynuh."

RipHer2Shreds said:

LMMFAO @ this thread.

Yes, people from that Southern state you mentioned often speak with a Southern accent.

RipHer2Shreds said:

ok, wait a second. i hear what you're saying but to me she sounds like she's from Atlanta. i don't think people from virginia generally sound like that. an i wrong? correct me if i am, please.

CinisterCee said:

yes, i have. i've known people from virginia and i don't recall any of them sonding like that. where is it coming from?

dancerella said:

I know a bunch of people from both Virginia and West Virginia. Nearly all of them speak with a Southern accent. Lingo too, as in "Y'all are kin to Nay-Nay, ain'tcha?" (direct quote).

isn't pharell also from virgina? he doesn't sound like that when he speaks. i guess what i meant to say is that to me she sounds like she's from Atlanta.

The receptionist caught me laughin' at this thread, and we had a good lil' talk about the States because she has alot of relatives in the US.

I want to travel!

CinisterCee said:

where are you from?

sorry if this thread is confusing. maybe i should've of said that she sounds like she's from Atlanta, which is what i meant, to be more specific. by the way, i'm a brit!

Calgary

RipHer2Shreds said:

nawf kackalacka lol

seriously, is virginia the first place you think of when you think of the south?

whether people from that state speak like that or not...her shit is over perpetuated and she is on some trendy shit...IMO.

boriquateddy said:

that's what i mean, it sounds very exxagerated to me. she might speak with a southern drawl but i don't think anyone speaks that way. i don't understand what she's saying half the time.

TheRealFiness said:

That, too!

dancerella said:

Maybe not the first, but it's the South. Virginians would be all kinds of confused if you told them they weren't Southerners. And the Atlanta accent isn't all that different from the Virginia accent. But even within the same state, accents can vary. I've heard Missy speak, and she doesn't seem to be faking her accent at all. I do know this - depending on where you are, your accent can vary. I lost my accent years ago, but just about as soon as I step foot in the South again, it comes back full tilt.

dancerella said:

She sounds absolutely NOTHING like an ATLien. You can tell she's from VA 'cause, even though they're in the south, they still have a somewhat northern accent.

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TheRealFiness said:

thanks for clearing this up for me. i guess i don't know my southern accents well enough to distinguish one region from the other. i know what you mean by picking up accents when you go back home too. i tend to sound like a brit when i'm in the uk and a yank when i'm in the states. though i lived in ny for years and never picked up that accent.

okaypimpn said:

sorry, i guess i just don't know my southern accents well enough. why does she said the word "everybody", like "errrybody"?

dancerella said:

That's just being silly. It's a trend these days.

dancerella said:

Now with that particular word, I know people in Memphis talk like that. Nelly, J-Kwon and the rest of those St. Louis cats claim to talk like that, but "errytime" I've ran into people from Missouri, they say that's a total front.

dancerella said:

I was born and raised in NYC but I never sounded like Joe Pesci.



Just one of those things the parental units didn't stand for.
I can go into it at the drop of a hat though.

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theAudience said:

How about Woody Allen?