Do you consider Ohio "Midwest" or "Back East?" (Cleveland: friendly, pictures)

[MaryBeth2]

Originally Posted by Pumpkin Eater

must be a regional thing

In Florida that's how they say it too.

Yeah, thanks.

[Pumpkin Eater]

Originally Posted by MaryBeth2

Yeah, thanks.

Living down here in FL when I tell people where I am from or ask me something about it they always say "Ohia" or even "Ahia."

Same way in GA and the Carolinas.

it's kind of the opposite for me because all the people i know in Ohio say "ohio"

[MaryBeth2]

That is funny. Yeah, I heard the "Ahia" too.

[esya]

I grew up in Ohio, left at 17, have been in Colorado most of that time except 3-4 years in Illinois. I still call it the midwest, along with Indiana and Illinois. I don't know what I call Iowa, etc--not really the Great Plains, maybe the midwest.

[NewToCA]

To me the midwest area is Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin and Minnesota.

[Orwelleaut]

Southern Ohio speech is more drawled compared to either Northern Ohio or Western PA. Western PA speech is rather clipped. Ohio is Ahia in PA, but sounds like Ew-high-eww from Mansfield South. The letter "O" definitely is longer and more drawed down there. Down in Dayton and Cincy, one writes with a "pin". I love how Southern Ohioans saw "gittin' there", a phrase also heard frequently in WVA. When folks in Dayton/Cincy talk fast in their regional accent, they become a little hard to follow, IMO.

Michigan doesn't have too different an accent from NOrthern Ohio, although some of the Cleveland sounds like the "eeack" thing are even stronger. There seems to be a distinctive tone, though, where some folks, male or female, have a raspy, rather gravelly sound, and other folks have this extremely high voice. Guys with the high voice thing sound like Homer Simpson. I'd hate to think of news anchors sounding like Michiganders. Homer Simpson, or a pirate with a sore throat, are not news anchor voices. For a new anchor sound, the Wisconsin/Minnesota sound or Canadian is best, IMO.

[MaryBeth2]

Originally Posted by Orwelleaut

Southern Ohio speech is more drawled compared to either Northern Ohio or Western PA. Western PA speech is rather clipped. Ohio is Ahia in PA, but sounds like Ew-high-eww from Mansfield South. The letter "O" definitely is longer and more drawed down there. Down in Dayton and Cincy, one writes with a "pin". I love how Southern Ohioans saw "gittin' there", a phrase also heard frequently in WVA. When folks in Dayton/Cincy talk fast in their regional accent, they become a little hard to follow, IMO.

Michigan doesn't have too different an accent from NOrthern Ohio, although some of the Cleveland sounds like the "eeack" thing are even stronger. There seems to be a distinctive tone, though, where some folks, male or female, have a raspy, rather gravelly sound, and other folks have this extremely high voice. Guys with the high voice thing sound like Homer Simpson. I'd hate to think of news anchors sounding like Michiganders. Homer Simpson, or a pirate with a sore throat, are not news anchor voices. For a new anchor sound, the Wisconsin/Minnesota sound or Canadian is best, IMO.

You nailed it, Orwelleaut. haha

[1watertiger]

i dont know anyone in NE ohio who says "ohia" or "yall"... and if the central and southern parts of ohio dont sound southern or have a "drawl" (cincirise) what the hell do YOU call it? but the rest of the state does not sound like clevelanders... imo c-bus really sounds like W.V. (WORSH, YALL,ETC) at least my wifes family does, and they were born and raised in c-bus.

[VideoEngineerAJS]

Originally Posted by 1watertiger

i dont know anyone in NE ohio who says "ohia" or "yall"... and if the central and southern parts of ohio dont sound southern or have a "drawl" (cincirise) what the hell do YOU call it? but the rest of the state does not sound like clevelanders... imo c-bus really sounds like W.V. (WORSH, YALL,ETC) at least my wifes family does, and they were born and raised in c-bus.

I know hundreds of people from Columbus and and hundreds of people from Cincy and I don't notice any of that with people in Columbus and I certainly don't talk like that. Maybe that's just your wife's family. Now my wife's family are more southern because they are from Washington Court House, but I was born in Columbus and raised in Marysville and I don't sound southern at all.

Like I said in a previous post I was immersed in the Northeast for about 4 years and nobody even commented about me having an accent (even though my father and step-mother do). Also being immersed in the Northeast I can tell you that Northeastern Ohio sounds NOTHING like New England or even New York. Like someone else said if anything Northern Ohio in general may have more of a Canadian sound.

Now if you really want to act like you are from the Northeastern U.S. (I don't know why you would want to since you are from Ohio) then start driving your "cah" around instead of driving your car.

[1watertiger]

video, i never said anyone in NE ohio sounds like new england/ny.. i said people in NE ohio sound the same as detroit,chicago,toledo (the settlers picked up their accents from the new england trail). people who settled central ohio (c-bus) and southern ohio (cinci) picked up their accents from the appalacian trail.. thats a fact. and i disagree with you, most people in marysville,c-bus,washington-ch,etc sound different than the avg. person in cleveland.. but thats my opinion