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‘Welcome from Columbia, SC’
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Native speaker
Accent: South Carolina Upcountry
Author: Farley
Date: 7/20/2006
Description of what is on the sound file:
This just sums up the difference between an Upcountry and Lowcountry accent. The differences are much richer, but for brevity�s sake I did not go into all the different types of accents and dialects such as Gullah or Charlestonian. After listening to my own voice a couple of times, I was surprised not by the way I say, �log� but by way I twang my �I�s. Hopefully it will make a nice contrast to Steve�s Philly accent.
Transcript of sound file:
Welcome, my name is John Farley from Columbia, SC, born in Virginia, raised in the Carolinas. I speak with a bit of a Carolinian accent, lighter than some stronger than others.
In general, we speak of two types of accents in South Carolina, an Upcountry and a Lowcountry accent. The Upcountry accent is found closer to the Appalachian Mountains, a descendant of the old Scotch-Irish accent. The Lowcountry accent is found closer to the Atlantic, a descendant of the old Tidewater English spoken by English settlers.
My accent is more of an Upcountry accent, as noted by the way I say, �dog�, �fog� or �log�, or perhaps the way I put an �R� in a word like �Washington�.
The Lowcountry tends to soften their Rs, such as the way a friend once proudly told me, �My family were Tory�s during the War�. [British loyalists during the American Revolution]
In Virginia the Tidewater accent differs somewhat in the way they say �about� for example, �There�s a mouse in the house, get him out!�
And that about sums up an Upcountry and Lowcountry accent.
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