Common Misconceptions of Southern Dialects
Southerners are Dumber
There is often the misconception that people from the south or people who speak with a southern dialect are less intelligent than people that speak with other dialects. This is untrue, if fact southerners invented many different kinds of music including; bluegrass, blues, rock and roll, and jazz. They also created the motion picture industry. And the first women's colleges along with some of the oldest public universities were started in the south.
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If you Speak with a Southern Dialect You are a Redneck
People often say that if you have a southern accent, or drawl, then you sound like a "redneck" This is similar to say that if you are from the south you are ignorent and dumb. The fact of the matter is some America's biggest banks and the world’s largest corporations call the south home. The first successful black politicians on the national stage were Southerners. The first two Jewish U.S. Senators were Southerners also some of the most popular place for people of all ethnicities to travel to is The South.
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