southern drawl
Magnolia-country speech pattern
A southern drawl is the slow, elongated speech pattern characteristic of the American South, marked by stretched vowels and an unhurried cadence.
The term usually describes the accent itself rather than what's being said: She spoke with a thick southern drawl.
Drawl can suggest charm or, less kindly, a lack of sophistication.
- accentRegional speech pattern
- twangSharp vibrating sound
- y'allInformal plural you
- bless your heartDisguised Southern put-down
- molassesSyrup from cane processing
porch · sweet tea · slow · honey · sweet as pie · magnolia · Georgia · Alabama · Mississippi · charming · languid · gentleman · country gentleman · belle · hospitality · down home · humid · pecan
- TexasAlamo, Dallas, Houston, Austin, San Antonio
- Americanismsaluminum, fixin' to, apartment, howdy, candy
- Cajun Culturebayou, boudin, crawfish, etouffee, gumbo
- dialectsregional dialect, local dialect, patois, vernaculars, vernacular
southern drawlNew York accent
Regional urban dialect marker
Brooklyn accent · New England accent · Boston accent · Northern accent · Midwestern accent
southern, south, southerner, southerly, southward, southwards, southernmost, drawl, drawls