Why do people in the US say people in the south talk slow ?

I have read over and over that people say that people in the south talk slow ?Than what is slow or fast?

Okay is this how fast people talk in the north? Well to me this is talking very very very fast http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1vn9h8TlPs

These people in south are not talking slow or fast but seem normal http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnbNgQI49M8

Does this accent sound very strange to people in the north and does it sound like they are talking very very slow? It seems normal to me not fast and not slow.

Note Sorry it hard to get some youtube video on talking slow and youtube video on talking fast that will explain to me.

I aint know what chu ta kin' bout................

Because they are slow.

They talk reaaallly slow in the 2nd video.

To me this video border lines more on talking slow http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OD1PEe1x75o

Where first video is fast and the 2 video normal.

It's all relative to what you're used to...like the top vid is the speed I'm used to talking and the people around me were. So when I moved to Texas, the people that actually had the strong Southern accent seemed to talk really slow to me

It's all relative to what you're used to...like the top vid is the speed I'm used to talking and the people around me were. So when I moved to Texas, the people that actually had the strong Southern accent seemed to talk really slow to me

josephl64

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It's all relative to what you're used to...like the top vid is the speed I'm used to talking and the people around me were. So when I moved to Texas, the people that actually had the strong Southern accent seemed to talk really slow to me

Temesra

They both speak slow.

Because they think people in the South talk slow. It's really quite simple. thegerg

Some people just don't know what they're talking about. I live in north Florida (the more southern like portion of the state, ironically) and people here talk at a pace comparable to most other regional accents.

I can't say I've ever heard that before.

I don't know the first video still seems a little slow but the 2nd one holy but news reporters always are told to talk as clearly as possible are they not? Which would result in some of them talking a bit slower than they normally would.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNoTw51z48U

This is pretty much how people talk here.

I don't know the first video still seems a little slow but the 2nd one holy but news reporters always are told to talk as clearly as possible are they not? Which would result in some of them talking a bit slower than they normally would.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNoTw51z48U

This is pretty much how people talk here.

FrostyPhantasm

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I don't know the first video still seems a little slow but the 2nd one holy but news reporters always are told to talk as clearly as possible are they not? Which would result in some of them talking a bit slower than they normally would.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNoTw51z48U

This is pretty much how people talk here.

Temesra

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=zqLuIXwsLDw#t=20s

Some people just don't know what they're talking about. I live in north Florida (the more southern like portion of the state, ironically) and people here talk at a pace comparable to most other regional accents.

ScorpionTroll

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Some people just don't know what they're talking about. I live in north Florida (the more southern like portion of the state, ironically) and people here talk at a pace comparable to most other regional accents.

LJS9502_basic

If he was talking to me I would say slow down that is worse accent ever.The fast talking and the high pitch talking of girls just get to me. Please stop this.

Here is how they talk in KY, OH and TX (from AMERICAN TONGUES)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiNsyXHBZak

Here is speech coach on the proper way of speaking in high skilled work place . It is faster than the videos I posted of the south but no where like the TV broadcasters.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdhJxAmUu3Y

I've never heard this before and I live in the south(west).

Because they are slow.

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