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Dude, as I said, that part of his speech is pure Philadelphia. It sounds just like my mom's cousins.
The weird thing to me is the sudden veers he makes in pitch while talking. Doesn't really remind me of any accent in particular.
It sounded like Baltimore to me. A lot of folks in Baltimore make similar vowel sounds to Philadelphia (especially "o"), but there's just a bit of (for lack of better term) "twang" to the way they speak compared to Philadelphians. This guy sounds "twangier" than most Baltimoreans I know, but he could be from a twangier part of the Baltimore region. Or he could be putting it on a bit, as someone suggested earlier.
It sounded like Baltimore to me. A lot of folks in Baltimore make similar vowel sounds to Philadelphia (especially "o"), but there's just a bit of (for lack of better term) "twang" to the way they speak compared to Philadelphians. This guy sounds "twangier" than most Baltimoreans I know, but he could be from a twangier part of the Baltimore region. Or he could be putting it on a bit, as someone suggested earlier.
Why would he be putting it on, if he doesn't even live there? Or even remotely close to there?
Why would he be putting it on, if he doesn't even live there? Or even remotely close to there?
I meant putting on some extra "twang." The Baltimore part is just his native tongue, since Matt Rosendale is originally from Baltimore. His vowel sounds are pure Baltimore, but there's something in the delivery (and I'll use the word "folksy" to describe it for now) that doesn't seem very Baltimore to me. My guess is either he picked that up while living in Montana, or he's putting it on to try to sound more "relate-able" or less like an outsider.
I meant putting on some extra "twang." The Baltimore part is just his native tongue, since Matt Rosendale is originally from Baltimore. His vowel sounds are pure Baltimore, but there's something in the delivery (and I'll use the word "folksy" to describe it for now) that doesn't seem very Baltimore to me. My guess is either he picked that up while living in Montana, or he's putting it on to try to sound more "relate-able" or less like an outsider.
Oh. Well it did say he was raised on the Eastern Shore so maybe that has something to do with it. What exactly is "folksy" about his speech?
I will grant that whatever it is it sounds unique.....after listening to his strange phraseology my first impression was that he is originally from England trying to cover up his accent.
Again, it is not Southern dialect, however. I know he doesn't sound like Okies or Texans. Maybe more like a mixture of Canadian and Midwest.
I will grant that whatever it is it sounds unique.....after listening to his strange phraseology my first impression was that he is originally from England trying to cover up his accent.
Again, it is not Southern dialect, however. I know he doesn't sound like Okies or Texans. Maybe more like a mixture of Canadian and Midwest.
Midwest? Where exactly?
And the South has more than one type of accent. Google "Tidewater"
(Just wanted to post this before I read the rest of the thread, I just watched the video)
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