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What are some defining characteristics of a TN accent as opposed to those found in the Deep South?
  

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[/nq] Which part of Tennessee? Maryville, Nashville, Memphis? com/encyclopedia/How-to-tell-the-origin-of-an-accent In general, Appalachian speech is rhotic (not r-dropping), and that is the most immediately noticeable difference between Tennessee and Deep South.

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  • [/nq] Which part of Tennessee?
  • Maryville, Nashville, Memphis?
  • com/encyclopedia/How-to-tell-the-origin-of-an-accent In general, Appalachian speech is rhotic (not r-dropping), and that is the most immediately noticeable difference between Tennessee and Deep South.
  • There are also noticeable vowel differences: nasalized vowels before "n", "cain't" for "can't".
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[nq:1]What are some defining characteristics of a TN accent as opposed to those found in the Deep South?[/nq]
Which part of Tennessee? Maryville, Nashville, Memphis? (My grandfather spoke East Tennessee, and Grandmother was always after him to leave off talking cornpone.) But if you're more interested in unifying characteristics than fine points, there's a pretty good list, including differenc
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Very Interesting. I was in central T
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