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Nellisir t1_j4wc4y3 wrote

Reply to comment by lellololes in New Hampsha by bubbynee

When I was living in Montgomery AL I had to go to a junkyard way out in the country. My cousin's fiance insisted on going with me; I said it'll be fine; he said "no, I'll need to translate."

Yes. So much yes. I had no idea what was said at any point.

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sheila9165milo t1_j4wiko5 wrote

Same with rural parts of Florida. I met someone from northern rural FL one time and could not understand what in the world he was talking about.

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Rixtertech t1_j4yspji wrote

This. I was born in KY, mostly raised in the south and southwest as a child and thought I could at least basically understand any cracker I ran across until I met old Uncle Calvin from the panhandle who might as well have been speaking Etruscan. Then we came up here to NH which was a whole 'nother story. Hiwaiya! HafaBeeyah! Itzindacah,opendado-wa, itzondaflo-wa. AndthenCameeeYah! JeeeezumCrow! This was a rural lakes-region accent of the 60's, like the Boston cant but infantilized and opened up so consonants were almost impossible. Not everyone spoke like that but a lot of my neighbors did and were almost imposible to understand.

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sheila9165milo t1_j51igli wrote

Lol, yup, New Hampshire and New England in general, has a wide variety of accents, just like the South.

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