> > Want to hear a funny one? My wife has lived her entire life in Tennessee, unless you count a few months or weeks outside the state from time to time, but on a recent cruise, she was twice assumed to be from England! The first time my chin dropped to the floor, but the second time it only went to my knees.
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> I'm a Southerner (VA and NC), and I once had someone mistakenly think my accent was English, too. I've also heard a Brit offer the opinion that the American accent closest to the British one is that of Southerners. I don't detect the similarities, myself. *shrug*
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> Iss "why can't the English teach their children how to drawl?" achar


I don't see any similarity between an English accent and a Southern accent either.
Howard