Old Virginia accent

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The Old Virginia accent is one that is primarily heard in the South, especially in the Commonwealth of Virginia. An Old Virginia accent takes a strong southern accent, and adds typical words that are pronounced differently, such as "out" and "house."

There are varieties of an Old Virginia accent, varying from strong to weak. One with a weak Old Virginia accent will have a southern accent accompanied by a slight drawl to the ending of words. One with a strong Old Virginia accent will pronounce many words with the letters "ou" in them differently. House is pronounced as "hoose," out is pronounced "oot," about is pronounced as "abooot". "

On" is prounced as "own."

Some famous people who speak with this accent are U.S. Congressman Virgil Goode and Mayor of Richmond and past-Governor of Virginia L. Douglas Wilder.