American Southern: Hard-R

(97.1MB, 108 minutes) Updated 2010 Edition

This download includes a written examination of the accent, and the following sound files featuring Accent Help coach Jim Johnson:

Play Audio Sample:

1. Intro
2. Consonants
3. Vowels
4. Diphthongs
5. Words
6. Wrap up
7. Female from Albany GA reading
8. + her conversation
9. Male from Cairo GA reading
10. + his conversation
11. Female from Colquitt GA reading
12. + her conversation
13. Female from Savannah GA reading
14. + her conversation
15. Female from Cottondale & Sneads GA reading
16. + her conversation
17. Female from Lanette GA reading
18. + her conversation
19. Male from Dothan AL reading
20. + his conversation
21. Female from Pearlington MS reading
22. + her conversation
23. Female from Natchitoches LA reading
24. + her conversation
25. Female from Reydell AR reading
26. + her conversation
27. Male from Fifty-Six AR reading
28. + his conversation
29. Male from Lebanon MO reading
30. + his conversation
31. Female from Berea KY reading
32. + her conversation
33. Female from Jellico TN reading
34. + her conversation
35. Female from Boone NC & Bristol VA reading
36. + her conversation

Though these sound files have been remastered to reduce background noise, most of these recordings are made "in the field" so you will hear such things as birds, cars or other people in the background.  A transcription of the conversations is included in the Updated 2010 Edition to help you follow along.  

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