1. S OUTHERN A CCENT

2. W ATCH THE VIDEO Southern Accent Video

3. T HE “ R ’ SOUND Unless an r is written before a vowel it isn’t pronounced. Example Are green birds brighter. Say with no r’s Are green bids brighter.

4. T HE “I” SOUND Say like, dinner and hi. Those words with the “I” sound ARE pronounced like the “a” in man. Say man 5 times. Listen to the “a” sound. Now say lake, danner, ha. Say – Hi there, would you like dinner by the lake. Ha there, would you lake danner by the lake.

5. P RACTICE THIS IN YOUR ACCENT ! This morning a bird woke me up. It was a lark, or a peacock; something like that. So I said hello. And it vanished, flew away, the very moment I said hello! It was quite mysterious. So do you know what I did? I went to my mirror and brushed my hair two hundred times, without stopping. And as i was brushing it, my hair turned mauve. No, honestly! Mauve! Then red. then some sort of a deep blue when the sun hit it.... I'm twelve years old, and every day something happens to me. i don't know what to make of it. When I get up in the morning and get dressed, I can tell...something's different. I like to touch my eyelids, because they're never quite the same. oh, oh, oh! I hug myself till my arms turn blue, then I close my eyes and cry and cry till the tears come down and I can taste them. I love to taste my tears. I am special. I am special! Please god, please, don't let me be normal! Copy and paste this monologue into a word document and alter the text to fit your accent. Once finished print off script and keep for your first assignment.