I actually love southern accents. I don't know if any of you know the singer/actress Reba but I loveee hearing her talk. Very unique imo

Stereotypes. They think we ride horses everywhere and are poor. In fact the most southern people I know have a lot of money ? you wouldn't know because they are so humble and live out on county roads. You don't have to have a degree to be intelligent. I have an accent to my Florida friends and they always make jokes or if I speak Spanglish I'm such a Mexican. Like ok because I'm going to change how I talk to make you happy.

I just watched a video of shekinah on the real upset because ppl always put her down and label her uneducated because of her southern accent which I've never thought/heard/seen myself. I am Canadian so there isn't many ppl with southern accents here so it's never really a topic so I was totally blind to this until today. I love southern accents I've thought down on ppl with them or thought they were unintelligent, to me they sound so friendly and loving.

Here in Texas we get called Yankees because we have a NY accent.

Stereotypes will always exist. I always try to speak proper English because of the judgement that comes with accents and race. (I know this is not about race)

But yes I do know a few people who assume people with certain accents are uneducated.

Yaya hillbillies are very educated. On manure and hay that is... ?

I'm sure the Beverly Hillbillies didn't help. But I wonder if it goes back farther than that? It almost seems so deep rooted that it's not even questioned. People don't understand why they feel that way about it, they just do. Obviously it's an untrue stereotype. There are just as many intelligent people in the south as there are anywhere else. But it must have come from somewhere.

Omg, Victoria! I know exactly what you mean. My cousin, who is also from Tennessee, went to the Boston Conservatory and studied music, got her degree, and joined an orchestra that traveled the world. While she was in Denmark(? I'm pretty sure it was Denmark, but I could be wrong) after a show they were signing autographs and someone approached her and asked "Do you people wear shoes where you're from?"! This person had assumed from watching The Beverly Hillbillies that people from the south didn't wear shoes, much less own them. I thought it was funny, but I can also see why it would be offensive.

Y'all. We wear shoes in the south. Especially when dollar general has a clearance sale and you can get them fancy ones 2/$1. ????

I blame the Beverly hillbillies for that prejudice, and every other show or movie that portray southerners as backwoods hicks. I don't have the accent, but I will admit that I worked hard to change my accent so it wasn't obvious where I'm from.

I have no idea where this stereotype came from. But to add to the discussion, I think it seems like only certain southern accents are portrayed this way. Like the really thick southern drawls. I think some of the "lighter" accents are portrayed more as friendly and welcoming. Like a little southern grandma serving sweet tea or something. Thoughts?

I embrace my southern drawl. There are stereotypes about northern accents as well.

I have a distinguished southern drawl. I have a BS in English and a BS in education, so my use of "yall" isn't because a lack of education.

My dd is 4 and hearing her cute little drawl is precious. She elongates her double name and it is too cute.

I also don't think ethnicity plays a role in a southern drawl. My dh is half arabic and he has a southern accent. It is adorable to me lol.

I saw that comment and thought the same thing. Excuse me for talkin different doesn't make me inbred.

I've lived in a lot of different places and it does seem that for some people the general consensus is that southern accents equal uneducated. I don't personally understand how people connect someone's accent with how educated they are. Dh is from NC and has a southern accent. He also has 4 degrees, and is a head engineer at his work. Definitely no correlation there. But he has said that some people who don't know him have thought he wasn't as intelligent because of how he talks. I think people who think that are the dumb ones ??‍♀️

Lol you did! I love Southern accents. That is all.

I'm from Tennessee and I'm consistently asked about my southern accent. I don't think anybody has ever questioned my intelligence because of it though and that may be because grammar is one of my strong suits. The media has *almost* always portrayed people with southern accents as unintelligible hicks and I think that has a lot to do with it. I will forever say "y'all", will always call any type of carbonated beverage a coke, and shout one of many southern euphemisms at my children when they act like they've lost their minds. ?

I could sit and listen to someone with a southern accent talk all day long. I love it and I live nowhere near the South.

I remember a user saying that she automatically assumes people who use "ya'll" are uneducated. ? It's a contraction. If you say "you all" in my hometown, you will be asked, "where are you from?" I was called a Yankee when I moved back home from Arkansas and Florida. ?

Sames..when i moved up to michigan..people(kids..i was in grade school)made fun of me

For saying soda and ya'll all the time...

One thing i did learn about it was that soumthern hospitality is a real thing!

Accent definitely has nothing to do with education.

I don't have a strong southern accent but, I'm definitely southern. I didn't realize it until I moved away from Texas to live with my mom for a year in high school. They would always call me cowgirl and they would constantly laugh when I said y'all.? It was just friendly joking around. I don't really care what other people think. It's ignorant to judge someone off of their accent. Everyone has a different accent it has nothing to do with education.

Sorry Smooth! I glitched you! ☹️