# When someone from the U.S. South wants to sound dumb, what accent do they do?

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-someone-from-the-u-s-south-wants-to-sound-dumb-what-accent-do-they-do/368720
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [August 14, 2006, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-someone-from-the-u-s-south-wants-to-sound-dumb-what-accent-do-they-do/368720 "2006-08-14T20:21:26Z")
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### Author: ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)
#### Post date: [August 17, 2006, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-someone-from-the-u-s-south-wants-to-sound-dumb-what-accent-do-they-do/368720/41 "2006-08-17T11:14:22Z")

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> [@Tuckerfan](#):
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> And you’d be wrong. If I want to sound dumb, I talk like Pete Puma. 😃

Who is pete puma?

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### Author: ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)
#### Post date: [August 17, 2006, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-someone-from-the-u-s-south-wants-to-sound-dumb-what-accent-do-they-do/368720/42 "2006-08-17T16:39:37Z")

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> [@Skald the Rhymer](#):
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> Who is pete puma?

[Pete](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Puma) [Puma.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=280593)

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### Author: ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)
#### Post date: [August 17, 2006, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-someone-from-the-u-s-south-wants-to-sound-dumb-what-accent-do-they-do/368720/43 "2006-08-17T17:56:35Z")

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Personally, I just talk like **Cervaise**.

Oh, like you didn’t see that coming!

😛

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### Author: ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)
#### Post date: [August 17, 2006, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-someone-from-the-u-s-south-wants-to-sound-dumb-what-accent-do-they-do/368720/44 "2006-08-17T18:59:46Z")

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> [@bordelond](#):
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> Sort of like the buzzard character on those old Bugs Bunny cartoons: _“Which way did he go, George … which way did he go?”_

That’s my “stupid” accent. I imitate that dog.

I can’t use a hillbilly accent because no one would be able to tell the difference. 😃

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### Author: ![E.Thorp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@E.Thorp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E.Thorp)
#### Post date: [August 17, 2006, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-someone-from-the-u-s-south-wants-to-sound-dumb-what-accent-do-they-do/368720/45 "2006-08-17T21:51:41Z")

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> [@kelly5078](#):
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> When I want to sound dumb, I do a southern Ohio accent.

Hey! I resemble that remark! 🙂

My “dumb” accent is an amalgam of Pete Puma, Barney Rubble, Homer Simpson, and “Which way did he go?”/“I will name him George and I will hug him and squeeze him and…”

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