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Ask anyone who has a "hillbilly" accent how they're treated by "educated" people.

mejutoco 3y ago
Interestingly, I have often seen in movies with hillbilly characters dubbed to Spanish, their accent is dubbed in andalusian accent. I alway found it quite offensive.
- anthk 3y ago
  It shouldn't be. Most of the people who went from Spain overseas was from Andalucia, the South American accent came from the Southern Spain. Also, lots of spelling traits in Southern English from the US map 1:1 to Andalusian Spanish, such as omiting vowels between consonants and speaking really fast.
  - mejutoco 3y ago
    I am not sure if that is true (it might be). In Argentina they call spaniards gallegos, like from Galicia, the Spanish region north of Portugal. Do you have an example of omiting vowels between consonants? IMO the whole Spain speaks quite fast.
    - anthk 3y ago
      Ah, sorry, I guess I was droopy. I meant consonant between vowels: Reventado -> Reventao Colocado -> Colocao On vowels between consonants, maybe "tarántula" -> Trántula spelling it really fast in a hurry. But what I meant with the Andalusian accent being really fast and omiting vowels, they do in a way pretty close to the Southern US English accent. Also, the Andalusians got a lot of arabisms (more than former Spanish) such as zaguán, babuchas, alcancía, alhaja, alcoba... the same way the Southern US English got lots of borrowings from Spanish.
      - mejutoco 3y ago
        Thanks for the examples. You make some interesting points. Also the arab influence of course makes sense in Andalucía.
uncletaco 3y ago
When you get away from the coasts and start dealing with domestic companies you'll start to find many people in those spaces will exaggerate their regional accents. A guy from Chicago wants you to know you're dealing with a "real" Chicagoan. A guy working out of Port Fourchon might really want you to believe they just rose from the swamp to take your phone call.

Interestingly, I have often seen in movies with hillbilly characters dubbed to Spanish, their accent is dubbed in andalusian accent. I alway found it quite offensive.

anthk 3y ago
It shouldn't be. Most of the people who went from Spain overseas was from Andalucia, the South American accent came from the Southern Spain. Also, lots of spelling traits in Southern English from the US map 1:1 to Andalusian Spanish, such as omiting vowels between consonants and speaking really fast.
- mejutoco 3y ago
  I am not sure if that is true (it might be). In Argentina they call spaniards gallegos, like from Galicia, the Spanish region north of Portugal. Do you have an example of omiting vowels between consonants? IMO the whole Spain speaks quite fast.
  - anthk 3y ago
    Ah, sorry, I guess I was droopy. I meant consonant between vowels: Reventado -> Reventao Colocado -> Colocao On vowels between consonants, maybe "tarántula" -> Trántula spelling it really fast in a hurry. But what I meant with the Andalusian accent being really fast and omiting vowels, they do in a way pretty close to the Southern US English accent. Also, the Andalusians got a lot of arabisms (more than former Spanish) such as zaguán, babuchas, alcancía, alhaja, alcoba... the same way the Southern US English got lots of borrowings from Spanish.
    - mejutoco 3y ago
      Thanks for the examples. You make some interesting points. Also the arab influence of course makes sense in Andalucía.

uncletaco 3y ago

When you get away from the coasts and start dealing with domestic companies you'll start to find many people in those spaces will exaggerate their regional accents. A guy from Chicago wants you to know you're dealing with a "real" Chicagoan. A guy working out of Port Fourchon might really want you to believe they just rose from the swamp to take your phone call.