Southern accents are tough

The only thing that could make a spelling bee harder is a strong Southern accent.

#sotrueyall #itsasouthernthing

[CortexNewsService]

Matt: "Chesterdrawers"
Kid: Yeah I'm out.
Died laughing there

[veejordan]

When practicing for my 3rd grade spelling bee my mom gave me the word "lion". I asked her, "Which one?" She was confused and said, "What do you mean which one? There's only one." I said, "Well, there's lion, as in the animal and then there's lyin', as in `You're lyin' to me´." She found that funny.

[TheKeenTribe]

I'm from NJ. My wife is from Pensacola. Our kids are bilingual.

[KellieAnn]

This struck home. Having moved to Tennessee from Michigan as a very young child, I was in a second grade spelling bee. My word was "far".
"F-a-r" I announced with pride and confidence. "Wrong!" said the teacher.
"It CAN'T be wrong, I cried, "it only has THREE letters!"
The teacher responded " No, it's FAR spelled f-i-r-e, like when you set something on far".
I was incredulous (which is a word that would have been much easier to spell, I think)...

[CoastalKite]

I once got corrected in Chicago for pronouncing 10 as “tin” instead of “ten”. And there were no BoBerry Biscuits nearby to calm my nerves. Bothers me to this day.

[toshawhatareyoudoing]

If the English language is the hardest language to learn, then Southern English is dern near impossible.

[janieclaypool]

I can’t remember exactly how old I was when I figured out the Chester drawers was really chest of drawers, but I was at least 35. Yes, I grew up in the South. Lol

[languagelearningdabbler]

I’m here for the sweet tea in a mason jar.

[EmperrHrde]

The toughest thing in the world is for a non-southern person to imitate a southern accent in a way that doesn't sound insulting.
I literally couldn't make it through Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby.

[jennifermcguire]

I lived in Belgium for a while in a small village. My neighbors had me over for dinner and asked me why they could understand my English, I’m Californian, but the soldier that lived in my house before me, he was from Atlanta, was not understandable. I just chuckled. Our accents are worlds apart.

[jeanbean]

When you said he's Southern because he's wearing Carhart with actual dirt on it, I literally spit my cereal out. Seriously. That was funny as hell 🤣🤣🤣

[AverytheCubanAmerican]

Why did the spelling bee champion go to the doctor?
Irregular vowel movements

[katannep]

I’m not from the south, but totally grew up saying “Chester drawers”

[sherryjacobs]

When we moved to Georgia from Maryland my kids were 6 and 8. We all had a difficult time understanding what the southerners said most of the time. Seven years later we finally know what fixin' to git us some grits and boilt peanuts for supper means.

[genesisnaturevideos]

I was born in the north and raised in the south so I have a mix of influences. However, I was extremely confused when someone asked me in the store where the All was. I assumed they were talking about the laundry soap. Turns out they wanted to know where the oil was.

[ausomtiger]

I lost the 8th grade spelling bee by spelling barbecue as "barbeque." My Southern roots betrayed me.

[CantankerousDave]

In Indiana, it's stick pin and ink pin. They're pronounced the same, so they came up with a way to specify.

[rickycoker]

My sister and brother in law want to Niagara Falls for their honeymoon. At breakfast my brother in law ordered grits and sawsage. The waitress asked what country he was from. He said South Carolina.

[partlycloudyoptimist]

I can never tell if someone has a southern accent. It just sounds like regular talking to me. I’m Part Russian Part Rural Virginian. Raised in the hills all my life. I speak Russian... with a southern twang.
Oh how that side of the family laughs.
“ Have her talk for them!! It’s hilarious!”
Thank you Babushka ( MeMaw).

[pineappleunderthesea]

The teacher over our elementary school spelling bees LITERALLY had a bad speech impediment. Not worth it, man. Ah, public school.