Where did southern accents in the US come from?
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Some Linguists have argued that people in certain regions of Appalachia are speaking a versions of “Elizabethan* English” with a mix of Gaelic that has been long gone from the old country.
A large region of Appalachia is located in the south and it has its own subculture.
If anyone is interested ->
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appalachian_English
*Corrected from Old English
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