[Kelcoleman]

I’m also a Southerner. I think I lot of speech depends on how you hold your mouth when you talk. My husband (from Ohio) can give a pretty good Southern accent if he follows my admonition to “smile when you talk.”

This isn’t just true for Southern accents. You have to purse your lips to get a French accent. If I speak French without thinking about doing that I’m told I have a French Canadian accent. The Appalachian accent is definitely influenced by Elizabethan English, which is the time period when many of those settlers immigrated to America. One theory is that they were so isolated the speech didn’t evolve as quickly.

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Name : Kelcoleman, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Christian, Age : 39, City : Boulder, State : CO, Country : United States, Occupation : Engineer, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, 

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