(01-30-2017, 03:24 AM)youngunn Wrote: There's some sort of divide in Missouri where that accent stops. I grew up in Franklin county and southern parts were so Hoosier but northern parts sounded normal. I live in Alton now and no one talks like that. Except people who used to live in southern Midwest
I think in part regionalism and hyper-local accents seem to be disappearing more and more as the world becomes more connected and less tribalized. As the world becomes more interconnected, people get exposed to more than just the three local broadcast channels on television and whatever radio stations are broadcast in their areas. It's a shame, because accents are interesting even if not always pleasing to the ear.