Is Pennsylvania as a whole more similar in feel to Ohio or Maryland? (state, cons)

[kidphilly]

Originally Posted by ChuckG2008

Ah, I just had to reply to this post, Yankee! I was listening to the radio the other day and heard a commercial that does pretty much sum up the quintessential Philly dialect. Here is the link:
Horizon Services TV Commercial - Quality :30 - YouTube

I think part of the reason our accent is "harder to pin down" is because it's so underrepresented in the larger mass media lol.

I hear this on the radio often, that sounds straight up Northeast Philly to me. Though not sure most people would hear the more ubtle differences even in the Philly accent

[Dayton Sux]

I think...from the little I saw of Maryland, PA is more like Maryland.

Yet the part of Ohio I live in...the so-called "Miami Valley", or "Land Between the Miamis" (after the Great and Little Miami Rivers)... has places that do have PA aspects...right down to stone houses like you see in the Bethlehem area... It was one of the first parts of the state settled and the settlers came form PA and New Jersey.

[ChuckG2008]

Originally Posted by kidphilly

I hear this on the radio often, that sounds straight up Northeast Philly to me. Though not sure most people would hear the more ubtle differences even in the Philly accent

Yeah, I'm not quite astute enough to notice any differences within the Philly dialect itself LOL. I just thought his pronunciation of "maendatory claessroom," "hunnert" instead of hundred, and the way he draws out the "a" in "way" pretty much sums up the core tendencies of our unique dialect.

[Mr. Black]

Originally Posted by BajanYankee

I thought this blog was pretty cool. Ohio by far has more towns that are similar to Wilmerding, Monessen, Altoona, Reading, Charleroi, Bethlehem, Allentown and Wilkes-
Barre than Maryland does. I can't think of any Maryland town where you'll see anything close to resembling these places.

PA RUST BELT

I actually like the look of these areas. They have a toughness about them unlike the bubble gum garbage you see in a lot of places.

Yup, that good Midwestern look and feel

My vote ITT is Ohio. Outside of Philly, the majority of the state looks, feels, and functions like a Midwestern state.

[Duderino]

Originally Posted by Mr. Black

Yup, that good Midwestern look and feel

My vote ITT is Ohio. Outside of Philly, the majority of the state looks, feels, and functions like a Midwestern state.

Midwestern and Rust Belt are not synonymous. Have you ever been to Newark, NJ? Lowell, Mass.? Utica, NY?

Rust Belt cities can be found throughout the Northeast and Midwest.

[phlinak]

Originally Posted by jjfrrl

Which do you think? Is Pennsylvania more like Ohio (to the west) or Maryland (to the south). I am probably going to say Ohio.

Having been born in Pennsylvania and living both there and in Maryland, I definitely see similarities between the two states.

The sister cities of Philadelphia and Baltimore have a similar feel, architecture, culture, and almost identical accents.

Pennsylvania's Lancaster and York counties, in many ways, almost resemble Maryland's Cecil and Harford counties, respectively.

[Melchior6]

Originally Posted by jjfrrl

Which do you think? Is Pennsylvania more like Ohio (to the west) or Maryland (to the south). I am probably going to say Ohio.

I would that Pittsburgh and the Western part of PA is like Ohio but the Eastern part especially around Philly is very much like New Jersey and New York.

[Diff1]

Western part is more similar to West VA and Ohio, eastern part is more like NJ and NY, its Pennstucky in the middle lol

[_Buster]

the majority of Ohio is flat, lots of corn fields, and midwestern architecture. This doesn't really resemble any portion of PA execpt maybe a small area south of Erie. Maryland has western and eastern areas that resemble very closely the corresponding areas in PA. So in short, more like MD than OH.

[ram2]

Originally Posted by _Buster

the majority of Ohio is flat, l

Incorrect. The southern half of Ohio is quite hilly.