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 Southern American English''' Southern American English is a dialect specifically known to the Southern region of the United States of America. The states that are known for speaking this dialect are Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Arkansas. The Southern "accent" doesn't have one area that it derived from. The accent is a mix of immigration, slavery, westward expansion, and the British. There is a mix of Southern accents. Texas sounds different from Alabama, and Alabama sounds different than Tennessee. They all still have a Southern drawl, but have small differences to each one. Also, there is a difference in rural and city Southern English. In the rural parts of the states, there will be much more emphasis on the "r" in words. In the city, it's quite the opposite, spoken a little faster the "r" at the end of words gets forgotten, Similar to British English. There is a stereotype that is associated with Southern English, that the people who speak it are slower and possibly less educated. But, many of the United States presidents have been from the Southern states of the U.S. Such as George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush.