What the heck is up with the accents of some of the characters on the farm? I am a native New Englander (born Vermont, lived in Massachusetts) and they sound a lot more like the Carolinas to me than Connecticut.
shareYup. I grew up in Cochituate, Mass. and there were still plenty of tough old Yankee dairy farmers around back then. They sure didn't sound like Dub Taylor (Georgia through and through)or any of these "New Englanders." Watching this film confuses the heck out of me - I keep shifting the scene to the more well-known tobacco growing areas to the south (Kentucky, etc.).
shareYou need to realize that all native Georgians don't talk like hicks. You're showing your ignorance.
shareSounding like you're from Georgia doesn't make you a hick. Ever heard of Jimmy Carter? A very sophisticated man; they don't give the Nobel Peace Prize to hicks. But there was no mistaking his origins. And Dub Taylor made a career out of playing hollywood-version southern hicks, so it worked for him. I agree that regional accents are becoming less pronounced, more's the pity. Nothing like a good "Howdy, how y'all doin'" to let you know you're really in Texas! But you don't hear it so often, these days.
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In "The Cider House Rules", it is clear that the apple pickers are migrants from the US south. They pick apples at one time of the year in New England, and then migrate to Florida to pick oranges. Do you expect the illegal Mexicans who used to pick vegetables in central California to speak correct English?
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