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Y'all boys hold on a minute: as a true southerner, my advice is FORGET IT! That is, unless you are doing the skit in the midwest, etc., with not too many real southerners in the audience. A southerner can always tell a fake accent, and it really sounds awful, not to mention sometimes a little condescending and demeaning to the south. I know if I tried to do a midwest accent, you could tell I was not a midwesterner.
Anyway, for the skit, maybe a Foxworthy video might help you to listen and practice. I am a linguist, speak Japanese fluently, and suggest listening and repeating until you feel fairly comfortable and natural speaking in our accent... good luck with the skit, I am sure you will do great.
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Look at and listen to some Rap Videos.
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If you need to know how to curse with a southern twang, especially this one:
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Add syllables to words and you'll be fi-ine.
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[quote stephen]Add syllables to words and you'll be fi-ine.
I say it again - NO you won't; just sounds incredibly tacky!!
Just do your best, you are not trying for an award...
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One other thing - there is a BIG difference in southern African-Americans talking among themselves and southern whites' speech. My advice for this: do not try to talk like a southern African-American, unless that is what you are needing to do in this skit... And that will sound even worse than trying to copy a white southerner's accent!
So, don't even try to copy the rap talk...
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[quote ArtP]Look at and listen to some Rap Videos.
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If you need to know how to curse with a southern twang, especially this one:
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Part of the southern accent involves elongating double vowels (dipthongs). Alternately, borrow a copy of Joe Dirt and rip off the accent.
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Ex- g/f from Loozeeanna pronounced bill - beel.
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