[Zeke]

What 'accent' is used when singing? That's right, when you open your mouth to sing a word, it has no accent. This is also the same way Californians speak, totally w/o any accent. This is also a result of the migration of the language. I did a paper on this once, these are not my opinions or conclusions other than the conclusion I had to come to after copious research. So, I could, if necessary, document my statements.

Incidentally, various Southern American accents can be traced back to certain counties in England. A Southerner can tell what part of the South a speaker is from. I can tell the difference between Mississippi and Alabama as well as Georgia from Tennessee, all neighboring states. When I was in Alabama for a year, I got to where I could tell the counties of the state from each other to an extent. It's like when Canadians use the word "out." Everything is pretty 'normal' until they get to that word. Dead giveaway.

Dialect is another way to tell. And syntax. Can you tell I was an English major? This was a class in linguistics.