Young Sheldon - Do you watch it? Got a question...
@Melanie_Marie (2029)
United States
September 13, 2023 2:58pm CST
How is it that Sheldon's entire family has a very thick Southern accent, even the Grandma, yet somehow Sheldon (and possibly his sis) DO NOT. Even the older brother, George Jr., has the deepest Southern accent of them all.
I mean I could see if they all previously lived in Georgia or Kentucky and then they moved to somewhere like the East Coast when the parents had Sheldon and his sister, but still. They would have either still picked it up from the rest of the family, or the rest of the fam's accents woulda slowly faded out.
Please share your thoughts on this urgent topic.
I'll be waiting.
And there, I started a discussion without a pic. It physically hurts, but I can take it.
Thank you
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@moffittjc (124240)
• Gainesville, Florida
14 Sep 23
I’ve never watched the show, but you do bring up a good point. Maybe it’s done intentionally, like to show the high IQ of Sheldon in contrast to the rest of his family.
One of my best friends is British, yet he doesn’t speak with a British accent at all. His entire family, including his brother who is only a year older than him, speak with heavy British accents. But my buddy sounds just like any other American when he speaks.
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@Melanie_Marie (2029)
• United States
15 Sep 23
I guess it's something you can choose, if you decide to work on it. Thanks Jeff! And you're right, first paragraph.
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@moffittjc (124240)
• Gainesville, Florida
15 Sep 23
@Melanie_Marie I hope you continue to enjoy the show! And happy Friday to you! I hope you have a fun weekend planned. I’m in Chicago this weekend for a paintball tournament.
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@moffittjc (124240)
• Gainesville, Florida
7 Oct 23
@Melanie_Marie I play for a team. There are five men on the field at a time for each team (two teams battle each other), so it's not every man for himself. We all back each other up. We have 10 men on our team, so we rotate players in throughout the matches so that we keep players as fresh as possible. We can play up to 120 games a day during tournaments, so it's pretty intense and action-packed.
We did win the tournament, our second tourney win in a row. And both wins came in Majors (if you follow golf, you know what I'm talking about). There are dozens of national tournaments each season, but only four of them are Majors. We are now towards the end of our season and only have World Cup left, which will be at the beginning of November.
Children of the Corn is a great name for your plant, if it is indeed corn (and if it's not corn, it's still a great name! haha).
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@RebeccasFarm (94526)
• Arvada, Colorado
13 Sep 23
Could they just be putting on that accent?
(I haven't watch this show)
Yes hurts don it?
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@Melanie_Marie (2029)
• United States
13 Sep 23
Hi Girly, maybe you're right. But why?
And yes the no pic hurts!
I tried.. but just got the box with square 
Thanks xxx
And yes the no pic hurts!
I tried.. but just got the box with square
Thanks xxx1 person likes this
@RebeccasFarm (94526)
• Arvada, Colorado
13 Sep 23
@Melanie_Marie Its the site Mels..been like that for a while now.
Well, maybe because they are acting? Bwaahahah I dunno wish I had the answer.
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@Melanie_Marie (2029)
• United States
15 Sep 23
@RebeccasFarm Haha that's ok. It's just fiction anyway. X
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@AmbiePam (97991)
• United States
14 Sep 23
I’m from Oklahoma, and my dad has a country (Southern) accent, but my sister and I don’t have an accent at all. People assume if you live in certain parts of the country you always have to have an accent, but it’s just not true.
Of course, also in The Big Bang Theory, where all these characters appeared in adult form, all of those characters were given accents, and it would be weird if they didn’t have them in the prequel. Plus, I have noticed writers give Southern accents to people they want to appear less smart than the main character. Sheldon, being the genius, wouldn’t be written with an accent.
It’s a good show, isn’t it.
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@LadyDuck (473958)
• Switzerland
16 Sep 23
@Melanie_Marie Professionals try to hide their accent. I always did my best and we had lessons to learn to speak a "clean" Italian without accents. I am from Milan, north of Italy, it's not a mystery.
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@Melanie_Marie (2029)
• United States
15 Sep 23
Hmm.. mysterious. Thank you Anna
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@Melanie_Marie (2029)
• United States
15 Sep 23
Well Judy, I'm seeing a black cat in my head right now, so I think it worked. 
Thanks
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