“She seemed to be able to turn the accent on and off. She tended to turn it on for comforting people, and for threatening to kill them.” PeopleEmpathySouthern Accent Book:Parable of the Sower Source: Parable of the Sower
“Louise Clark's southern accent was as thick as hominy grits. No one else in the Philadelphia branch of her family had such an accent. Her mother and father had dropped theirs as soon as they crossed the Pennsylvania state line.” Southern Accent Book:Oreo Source: Oreo
“She loved people's accents here---she always had. The way everybody managed to say the word y'all in the middle of pronouncing Charleston. Slow as the pace of the river but refined as British tea.” Southern AccentY All Book:Paint and Nectar Source: Paint and Nectar
“I used to say that whenever people heard my Southern accent, they always wanted to deduct 100 IQ points.” PeopleWantedUsedComedyHeardSouthernAccentsSouthern Accent Author:Jeff Foxworthy
“I learned how to get rid of the Southern accent when I was, like, 11 years old and living in New York for the summer doing modeling and commercials and auditioning for Broadway. The mother I lived with for the summer taught me how to drop my Southern accent.” YearsMotherNew YorkTaughtSummerSouthernAccentsBroadwayModelingSouthern Accent Author:Nikki DeLoach
“I love London because of the history. The times I've been there have been some of the best memories in my life. Singing there, seeing great theater - and the people like a Southern accent.” PeopleHas BeensMemoriesSeeingSingingTheaterLondonSouthernAccentsBest MemoriesSouthern Accent Author:Kristin Chenoweth
“You can't do Shakespeare with a Southern accent, honey.” SouthernHoneyAccentsSouthern Accent Author:Katy Mixon
“You know, so many people say TV makes you stupid. But it had the complete opposite affect on me. It kept me from having a really bad Southern accent.” PeopleKnowsEffectsStupidTvsOppositesSouthernAccentsComplete OppositesSouthern Accent Author:DJ Qualls
“That could sound arrogant, I guess, but sometimes I feel like I have a bit of a Zelig thing. I'll blend in wherever. I'm from the South, so I'll have a Southern accent when I'm home. But if I'm up here in New York, I have a British accent.” IfsFeelsSometimesHomeBitsSoundNew YorkSouthBritishSouthernArrogantAccentsSouthern Accent Author:Michael Shannon
“Lots of people have expressed consternation that I haven't gotten rid of Southern accent, but I just never saw any reason to lose the flavor that I grew up with. I enjoy saying some things with a Southern accent.” PeopleReasonEnjoyLosesSawsHavensGrewGrew UpSouthernAccentsFlavorConsternationSouthern Accent Author:Roy Blount, Jr.
“Certainly people have said a lot of deeply unfortunate and stupid things in Southern accents, but that doesn't mean there's anything wrong with the accent itself.” PeopleMeanSaidStupidSouthernUnfortunateAccentsStupid ThingsSouthern Accent Author:Roy Blount, Jr.
“I don't necessarily think of it as Southern comedy. I just think I'm a comedian and I have a Southern accent.” ThinkingComedyComedianSouthernAccentsSouthern Accent Author:Jeff Foxworthy
“The words, "I have a dog named Winn-Dixie," popped into my head in the voice of a small girl with a southern accent. I'd been writing long enough at that point to know not to ignore that kind of red flag. The next day, I put aside what I'd been working on, started with that one sentence, and followed it all the way to the end.” KnowsWayWritingKindLongEndsEnoughGirlNextVoiceDogRedSentencesSouthernFlagsAccentsNext DayOne SentenceRed FlagsDixieSouthern AccentSmall Girl Author:Kate DiCamillo
“Even in my adult years, when I heard a white person speaking in a Southern accent I was initially suspicious.” YearsPersonsWhiteHeardAdultsSouthernAccentsSuspiciousSouthern Accent Author:John Edgar Wideman
“I think anything sounds good with a Southern accent.” ThinkingSoundSouthernAccentsSouthern Accent Author:Jessica Simpson
“A Southern accent is not a club in my bag.” ClubsBagsSouthernAccentsSouthern Accent Author:John Oliver
“I think that's what's great about being an actress is you get to learn so many different things like that, like learning a little bit of Tibetan here, learning a Southern accent there.” ThinkingLittlesDifferentBitsLearningLittle BitActressesDifferent ThingsSouthernAccentsTibetanSouthern Accent Author:Jaime King
“I had a Southern accent but I had broken it so hard.” HardBrokenSouthernAccentsSouthern Accent Author:Josh Lucas
“Tell me the truth - do you think I've lost my Southern accent? I feel it comes back to me only when I'm shouting at fights or at baseball games.” ThinkingFeelsFightingGamesLostBaseballSouthernAccentsShoutingBaseball GamesCome Back To MeTell Me The TruthSouthern Accent Author:Cleo Moore
“I'm from the South, where if you walk down the street and there's somebody behind you talking with a Southern accent, you can't tell whether it's a black or a white person.” IfsPersonsBlackWhiteWalksBehindsTalkingStreetsSouthSouthernAccentsBehind YouSouthern Accent Author:Johnnie Cochran