# Did George Washington have a southern accent? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 17, 2000, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-george-washington-have-a-southern-accent/6343 "2000-01-17T02:48:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2011, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-george-washington-have-a-southern-accent/6343/41 "2011-04-12T22:19:19Z")
If only we could dig up old Mr. Washington and have him weigh in. He’d brobably only say, “Baaiiinnss” in some nondescript gurgle, though. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2011, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-george-washington-have-a-southern-accent/6343/42 "2011-04-12T22:27:50Z")
> [@Inigo\_Montoya](#): > > “Baaiiinnss” Missed the edit…evidently "R"s were silent 200+ years ago. Hope this helps. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2011, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-george-washington-have-a-southern-accent/6343/43 "2011-04-12T23:02:48Z")
He spoke like a Southern Zombie. On preview, this is actually a Double Zombie thread. How many of those have we had? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-george-washington-have-a-southern-accent/6343.md?page=2)