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Is the Southern Accent Disappearing? (youtu.be)

submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by godzilla_lives to c/humanities

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[–] FZDC 1 points 6 months ago

I think Black English has been a major contributor towards towards mainstreaming "y'all" outside of the South. The rise of black stories being told on television and through film, plus the rise of hip hop/rap as a mainstream genre of music, has helped normalize certain phrases that used to only be associated with either the South or with black vernacular.