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Accents are a strange thing to attempt to group into one geographic location. For instance, I have grown up in VA my whole life and do not have an accent at all. Neither does my mom. This was confirmed when I visited friends of a friend in NJ and when they asked where I was from the response was, "But you don't have an accent!" Now there are people who have strong to very mild accents all over VA. And many like myself who really don't have any kind of accent. I have never been able to explain why every other native Virginian does or does not have an accent. I think this is the case all over the country though.
Same exact scenario here in Lexington KY. A lot of natives dont have accents and some do. Ive always wondered that same thing!
good map. I only disagree with ct being lumped with the rest of new england regarding accents. Ct accents are pretty neutral - they don't speak the ny tongue nor the boston. It's probably more similar to upstate ny. The ct accent is the "television accent".
Hello. I lived in central New Jersey (born and raised). I do not speak with any accent nor did anyone else i know. I was raised in Old Bridge Nj which is in the central part of the state. Me and old bridgeites sound nothing like the sopranos or anyone like that. In fact, we don't talk with accents. I always wondered why i don't have an accent (and why people in old bridge don't). trust me I didn't even know that New york city was 2 hours from my house until I was 10. Seriously I speak like David Letterman,Walter Kronkite and Spencer Pratt (people said that i sound exactly like spencer pratt). I swear i am truthful. I know people in Northern jersey talk with accents but not us. And people in Old bridge new jersey are southerners .I know i'll get railed for this but i consider central new jersey the gateway to the south . I have nothing in common with the northern jersyans (or people north of old bridge). And i call it pop and I pronounce pajamas 'pa jah mas' . I also pronounce caught as cot. And I say nike shoes not nike sneakers.
If you pronounce 'caught' the same as 'cot', then you speak with an accent to me (as I do not). For the record, everyone speaks with an accent. You just don't speak with what you feel is the stereotypical northern new jersey accent.
ok, this is scary. the two girls at the end. its like we (nyers) sound exactly the same and we're 3423434234 miles apart.
*edit*
and there is no brooklyn accent. i repeat, there is no brooklyn accent. as if bk has a different accent than the rest of us. lol. especially considering we're on the same island (those of us from queens, bk, long island). please.
This map is very interesting and I think we should appreciate that someone took the time to pull it together instead of only pointing out inaccuracies since it's not perfect, although the latter is human nature. But for what it's worth, if the map were to be made more detailed, some cities like Pittsburgh and New Orleans would have their own category.
ok, this is scary. the two girls at the end. its like we (nyers) sound exactly the same and we're 3423434234 miles apart.
Welcome to New Orleans.
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Originally Posted by grindin
A southern accent is not monolithic. There is more than one particular southern accent. I can easily tell if someone is from New Orleans vs. say Hattiesburg, MS. 130 miles away and totally different accents. I can tell if someone is from Memphis vs. someone from ATL or Houston by the way they speak.
So yes, someone in Houston calling a car a slab vs. someone in Atlanta calling a car a whip is dialect, BUT, ask a New Orleanian to say "Baby" vs. someone in Atlanta. That's an accent.
"...sey beby!"
No seriously, I want to hear this Charleston, SC accent that I keep hearing about.
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