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This is a clip from the Disney movie The Princess and the Frog. The movie is set in the South specifically taking place in New Orleans, Louisiana. Since this movie takes place in the South, the speech of the characters’ in this clip is noticeably different when compared to Standard American English. The characters speech in this clip takes on the characteristics of the “classic southern” dialect. Vowels in the Southern English dialect are often times pronounced longer, which is a characteristic that is exhibited by the characters in this clip.

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