Do you consider Ohio "Midwest" or "Back East?" (Columbus: living, area)

[MaryBeth2]

I know what you mean Samir_Abdul. I guess it depends on the area you're in. My family, my husband's family, the kids I ran with, the kids I went to school with, the neighbor's all talked the same. I guess you had to be there.

[MaryBeth2]

Originally Posted by nebulous1

I moved to AZ and I consider Ohio mainly the midwest, but I agree with those here that say Cleveland is like a northern or lake city, because I grew up there, while Columbus is definitely Midwest, because I lived there too, and Cincinnati has a bit of the south, a river city feeling to it.

I get tired, though, of people slamming the midwest. Times are just tough there, well, all over now, because of traitorous corporate practices of not employing Americans.

It is tuff there now. My sister has been an RN for all these years since she graduated, and has been out of work for a while. It's tuff all over now, though.

[Samir_Abdul]

Originally Posted by MaryBeth2

I know what you mean Samir_Abdul. I guess it depends on the area you're in. My family, my husband's family, the kids I ran with, the kids I went to school with, the neighbor's all talked the same. I guess you had to be there.

yeah because i'm sure everyone there doesnt have an accent..its just like everyone in new york dont have the real real thick ny accent that were accustom to hearing..some of them talk pretty plain and dull like us...its just certain people you hear it more..

[QCP]

I grew up in the Cincinnati metro area and never realized that I had an accent, basically because so did everyone else. I then went to NE Ohio for college and was quickly asked about the accent, that I didn't know that I had. It was evident that the NE Ohio locals had a very distinct and different sound than what I was used to. After graduating college I moved to NC, and was readily accepted as a local by most people, even those that had migrated from Ohio. People here are shocked to learn that I am originally from the north - well sort of because I know that many true northerners would consider Cincy to more south than north. Many people in the Cincy area, including Dayton, have strong Kentucky roots. Therefor, yes I would agree that there is a considerable southern twang associated with many southwestern Buckeyes.

[Cincy-Rise]

Originally Posted by Samir_Abdul

everyone says "ya'll" including "ya'll" but thats not what i said..and my man russel is from 13th and vine st. there and he's country as hell of course you dont hear it if your from there..and we say sawdee..but when my man came up here and started using are slang you could tell he wasnt from here because of the accent..i went to cleveland job corps, and i was exposed to people from all over ohio and michigan..and you ask anyone from cleveland, akron, toledo,detroit, flint..cinncinatti and dayton were the only ones with an accent..all the rest of us sound identical, i cant even tell just by hearing some one speak if their from detroit..but i can hear that natti accent a mile away...not trying to affend, ya'll it would be the samething if us in cleveland or detroit go to new york..we would swear up and down we dont have an accent, but they'll be looking at us like "why ya'll talk so funny"......

I fill watch yer sayin, doe.

[Cincy-Rise]

No one is getting offended. It's just that there's a double standard to the methodolgy...

To Cleveland, there's a southern hint when Cincinnatians speak, but to Southerners, we sound like we're Yankees. To a Bostonian, Cleveland has a southern hint, so does that make it southern?

You've gotta make sense if you're making a point ... or trying to make one.

[Ohiogirl81]

Originally Posted by QCP

Therefor, yes I would agree that there is a considerable southern twang associated with many southwestern Buckeyes.

It was one of the first thing I noticed when I moved down from Cleveland; and, after I'd been in Cincinnati for about three or four years, my family started making fun of my "twang."

[Pumpkin Eater]

Originally Posted by MaryBeth2

sorry.

must be a regional thing

In Florida that's how they say it too.

[Pumpkin Eater]

Originally Posted by nebulous1

I get tired, though, of people slamming the midwest. Times are just tough there, well, all over now, because of traitorous corporate practices of not employing Americans.

Don't let it bother you so much. People who view the midwest as "flyover states" are obviously too shallow to enjoy what Ohio has to offer anyway. It's really their loss.

[Pumpkin Eater]

On a cultural level Ohio (southeast, anyway) seems to be much more like the south than the Northeast.