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posted by [identity profile] asatomuraki.livejournal.com at 12:16am on 22/12/2008
Well, I can tell the difference between a Philly accent and a Brooklyn accent, too. But the movies seem to treat Southern accents like they are all the same, yet if a movie had everyone in New York sounding like they came from Philly, people would get upset about it because most entertainment industry folks are familiar with those accents as separate entities. Entertainment folk familiar with the South almost always get it right (the Bloodsworth Thompsons had all of the Designing Women sound plausibly Atlantan, for example, and Billy Bob Thornton's entire cast of The Gift was flawlessly Louisianan) because they know the difference.
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posted by [identity profile] archaeologist-d.livejournal.com at 12:33am on 22/12/2008
I wouldn't be able to tell a Philly accent from a NYC one - although tv 'Brooklyn' seems to be distinct. On the other hand, I go to Brooklyn quite a bit and most of the people there that I've talked to don't have a tv 'Brooklyn' accent. Of course, most NJ people don't have a tv 'Jersey' accent either; in fact, I don't think I've ever heard that Jersey accent outside the movies/tv. Very odd.

I can certainly see why it might be a sore point, though.

Perhaps I just don't have a good ear for it.

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posted by [identity profile] asatomuraki.livejournal.com at 01:14am on 22/12/2008
Oh, I trained with an Italian guy from Brooklyn and a black fellow from near there. I thought it was funny how the one guy sounded like all the TV Brooklyn accents but the other guy didn't at all, and they both grew up there.

I suppose a lot of the people in New York are not from there, same here in Atlanta. Plus, you know, TV and radio have taken the edge off regional accents.

I was an Army Brat, so I am familiar with a lot of different accents. I also have a subconscious tendency to imitate accents I am around a lot, which is funny and sometimes disturbing. I don't know why.
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