Florida Accent

Chris   Fri Jun 23, 2006 4:09 am GMT
What features does the Florida accent possess?
Guest   Mon Feb 12, 2007 9:52 pm GMT
Florida has the cot-caught merger.
jolteonx   Tue Feb 20, 2007 1:50 pm GMT
From my experience, people from central Florida, namely Orlando and Tampa raise their short a to e@ or I@ before n and m.
Josh Lalonde   Tue Feb 20, 2007 10:58 pm GMT
I don't think Florida really has an accent of its own. The North of Florida probably has a Southern accent, but the southern part has so many non-native residents that I don't think you could say it has one particular accent.
<<people from central Florida, namely Orlando and Tampa raise their short a to e@ or I@ before n and m.>>
This is common in most of North America. It is called {-tensing ('{' should be an ae ligature).