Yankee Brooke
Sergeant Major
- Joined
- Jun 8, 2018
- Location
- Philly burbs
Looking around, my heart seems set on my impression being that of a lady from The Old Dominion. I guess I bleed butternut more than I thought, especially for a "Yankee" at least by location and upbringing standards. But hey, I suppose we're all Yankees if you ask a Brit or Aussie....
Anyway, if I'm going to be convincing, I'm aiming to start work on a proper accent to go along with the clothes. My question is, what would that sound like? I can do a Southern accent, albeit a stereotypical, unrefined, and probably offensive one, but what does a proper one from the Northern Virginia area sound like? I also assume it's different from the modern one I typically hear in videos when I try and search?
I suppose it's not only the accent itself, but also HOW you speak. My friends pick on me for speaking "like an English major"(which I am). I use big words and tend to avoid most slang, from what I'm told. Though I suppose that's still quite different than 1861, I suppose there's many words that were slang(if they were even in use at all) back when, that we probably consider to simply be common tongue...
Any tips on this, or resources I can turn would be helpful.
Anyway, if I'm going to be convincing, I'm aiming to start work on a proper accent to go along with the clothes. My question is, what would that sound like? I can do a Southern accent, albeit a stereotypical, unrefined, and probably offensive one, but what does a proper one from the Northern Virginia area sound like? I also assume it's different from the modern one I typically hear in videos when I try and search?
I suppose it's not only the accent itself, but also HOW you speak. My friends pick on me for speaking "like an English major"(which I am). I use big words and tend to avoid most slang, from what I'm told. Though I suppose that's still quite different than 1861, I suppose there's many words that were slang(if they were even in use at all) back when, that we probably consider to simply be common tongue...
Any tips on this, or resources I can turn would be helpful.