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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
Anything characteristic of the southern part of a region, especially the southern United States..
It is one of the national peccadilloes that anyone who lives north of St. Albans has some kind of prejudice against Londoners — perhaps "prejudice" is the wrong word — or rather not against Londoners but against southernism.
I loved his languid, Southern speech and little southernisms, like "you can't put a sequin on a rat's ass."
Many are known southernisms in the sense that they are also cited in sources such as Dictionary of American Regional English (henceforth, DARE) or Carver (1987).
Use southernism when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Southernism means Anything characteristic of the southern part of a region, especially the southern United States..
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The opposite depends on the specific sense.
It is one of the national peccadilloes that anyone who lives north of St. Albans has some kind of prejudice against Londoners — perhaps "prejudice" is the wrong word — or rather not against Londoners but against southernism.
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