Naw, not the tar, the tahre, the black rubber thang 'roun uh wheeyul, s’fulla ahr? It jus plum blew ayout. Ah tell ya i’us sygogglin downna road 'are for a minnit, but ah gotter stopped. y’all gonna seyun sumbuddy ta fix’t?"
A major component of a tarheel accent is the “eye” sound comes out as “ah.” Ah’m goin tuthuh stower to bah sum ahce creem. “Tire” beceomes “Tahre”, which is not identical to how we pronounce “tar.”
I’m from a particular area where it is sometimes useful to speak like a native, and sometimes it’s useful to speak like not a native. Naturally my accent isn’t very thick but I can put more on or take it off, even mid-sentence. Which is useful mostly for mocking people.
Naw, not the tar, the tahre, the black rubber thang 'roun uh wheeyul, s’fulla ahr? It jus plum blew ayout. Ah tell ya i’us sygogglin downna road 'are for a minnit, but ah gotter stopped. y’all gonna seyun sumbuddy ta fix’t?"
A major component of a tarheel accent is the “eye” sound comes out as “ah.” Ah’m goin tuthuh stower to bah sum ahce creem. “Tire” beceomes “Tahre”, which is not identical to how we pronounce “tar.”
I’m from a particular area where it is sometimes useful to speak like a native, and sometimes it’s useful to speak like not a native. Naturally my accent isn’t very thick but I can put more on or take it off, even mid-sentence. Which is useful mostly for mocking people.