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Where did the southern accent come from?
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Southern dialects originated mostly from a mix of immigrants from the British Isles, who moved to the American South in the 17th and 18th centuries.
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Southern accents originated from the combined accents of the original European settlers. They were primarily from the British Isles, who moved to the south in the 17th and 18th centuries.
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