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Not saying it’s southern- but don’t people in North Jersey jokingly refer to South Jersey as Alabama?
Yep, that's one of many not so kind terms used to describe it. That said, the jokes and disdain run both ways. Around Exit 7A (NJ Tpke) is NJ's version of the Mason Dixon line.
Yep, that's one of many not so kind terms used to describe it. That said, the jokes and disdain run both ways. Around Exit 7A (NJ Tpke) is NJ's version of the Mason Dixon line.
I completely understand what you're saying, but South Jersey doesn't feel at all southern, it feels rural because it is in certain parts. Rural and Southern are used interchangeably since many think they're synonymous.
it's not even about being rural.. you can go to upstate NY, western Mass and the Poconos in PA and see rural.. it's about the actual southern drawl i hear in that part of Jersey and the fact that they handle snowstorms more like people from down south..
it's not even about being rural.. you can go to upstate NY, western Mass and the Poconos in PA and see rural.. it's about the actual southern drawl i hear in that part of Jersey and the fact that they handle snowstorms more like people from down south..
How to people on the southern jersey handle snow compared to other places in the Northeast? Also does the northeast handle snowstorm efficiently throughout the region?
I agree that Exit 7 is a rough approximation of a marker for the north-south NJ line. Then there is a further demarcation of La Jersey Profonde south of the Atlantic City Expwy.
Not saying it’s southern- but don’t people in North Jersey jokingly refer to South Jersey as Alabama?
South Jersey even has a different accent which I didn't even know until I spent a year there. It's like a mix of north jersey/NYC area + southern...similar to Philly.
South Jersey even has a different accent which I didn't even know until I spent a year there. It's like a mix of north jersey/NYC area + southern...similar to Philly.
Philly, South Jersey, Baltimore, etc. have similar (but different) accents. I don't see an influence from North Jersey/NYC in it. For instance, North Jersey/NYC (traditionally) were non-rhotic, whereas South Jersey/Philly/Bmore are very rhotic. And the vowel sounds (most obvious on long O) are unique to that SJ/Philly/Bmore region.
When I was in Central Jersey, we had a classmate from South Jersey who had such a strong SJ accent. People would ask him all the time if he was from Alabama. His accent didn't sound Alabaman or even southern, really, but it was just so different from what people in Central and North Jersey knew that they wanted to know where on earth that came from.
That area of Jersey may be country, and may even look southern (loblolly pine trees, a few confederate flags, largely rural) but it's still northeastern. Parts of the south may look northeastern (rowhouses, structurally dense..etc) but it doesn't make those places any less southern. Ironically, particularly with Baltimore and DC, when the density was its highest, the cities were questionably southern.
Super questionable. As in not southern.
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