It's official: Maryland is a NORTHEASTERN state! (Frederick, Potomac: places, weather)

[sniffablecow]

Originally Posted by Tezcatlipoca

This is sort of what I mean. In SoMD at least, anyone who drops their r's is in their 50's or above. They have a clear southern accent, but it's like the Tidewater accent and not 'drawly' or 'twangy'. A lot of older people from PG and DC talk this way too. My neighbors in Huntingtown, MD have Tidewater accents and moved here from PG inside the Beltway where they lived most of their lives. They're 80 or so now.

However, many young people, that is people in their 20's or early 30's, have what sounds like a more twangy, drawly Southern accent than older people have. It's not deep south, but it's leaning more towards your stereotypical southern accent than the softer coastal varieties. Then there's some like myself in this age group who are in-between, not dropping r's consistently, yet having a clear southern shift in vowels, while not being particularly drawly either. I say "rahd" for ride, and "bowl" for "boil", but cat is just "cat" not "cayit". Maryland is "Maruhlin(d)" while older people from Calvert say "meh-uh-lin"

As for those under 20, I have no idea. I don't really interact with local kids much recently.

I agree about what you said for those in the 80s, they sound a bit southern.

As for people in younger generations, I would not say so much. I do not meet a lot of people in their 20s or 30s who sound southern here. I also live in PG county, just letting you know.

Look at this video.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWLyJth-yJ0

He says he was born in DC, but raised in silver spring. He seems like he is in his twenties or thirties. He does not sound very southern to me... Did you used to live in a rural part of PG?

[sniffablecow]

Originally Posted by Tezcatlipoca

This is sort of what I mean. In SoMD at least, anyone who drops their r's is in their 50's or above. They have a clear southern accent, but it's like the Tidewater accent and not 'drawly' or 'twangy'. A lot of older people from PG and DC talk this way too. My neighbors in Huntingtown, MD have Tidewater accents and moved here from PG inside the Beltway where they lived most of their lives. They're 80 or so now.

However, many young people, that is people in their 20's or early 30's, have what sounds like a more twangy, drawly Southern accent than older people have. It's not deep south, but it's leaning more towards your stereotypical southern accent than the softer coastal varieties. Then there's some like myself in this age group who are in-between, not dropping r's consistently, yet having a clear southern shift in vowels, while not being particularly drawly either. I say "rahd" for ride, and "bowl" for "boil", but cat is just "cat" not "cayit". Maryland is "Maruhlin(d)" while older people from Calvert say "meh-uh-lin"

As for those under 20, I have no idea. I don't really interact with local kids much recently.

And as for people under 20, you might as well go to seattle. As someone under 20 myself, we do not have southern accents here.

[Infinite_heights77]

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[Tezcatlipoca]

Originally Posted by sniffablecow

I agree about what you said for those in the 80s, they sound a bit southern.

As for people in younger generations, I would not say so much. I do not meet a lot of people in their 20s or 30s who sound southern here. I also live in PG county, just letting you know.

Look at this video.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWLyJth-yJ0

He says he was born in DC, but raised in silver spring. He seems like he is in his twenties or thirties. He does not sound very southern to me... Did you used to live in a rural part of PG?

Perhaps I wasn't clear. I meant this is the case in the three counties of Southern MD. Not PG, except Aquasco or maybe Brandywine. I live/work inside the beltway right now and I seldom hear southern accents, inland varieties of Southern are definitely NOT spreading in PG county.
When I say 'here' I often mean Southern Maryland out of habit. I've only lived in PG for a year now and i'm quite frequently in SoMD where I go whenever I have time off.
In Charles and Calvert county, I hear southern accents from people in their 20's and 30's very frequently. Though once again, I have no idea to what extent kids retain the accent.

[ialmostforgot]

I don't know why, but the police officers in much of Maryland tend to have more local accents. These PG county police have southern-sounding accents (some are slight, others might not be from the area).

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5sAmB5qiYlI

The man at 21:30 had this accent that stood out to me. He has one of those Rock Newman accents, though he is younger. Even the woman at the beginning has a slight southern sound to her accent; hear the way she says "time" ("tahm").

Tez, does the man in this video have a Calvert County accent or is it too hard to tell?

[Infinite_heights77]

PG County is Bama!

Originally Posted by ialmostforgot

I don't know why, but the police officers in much of Maryland tend to have more local accents. These PG county police have southern-sounding accents (some are slight, others might not be from the area).

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5sAmB5qiYlI

The man at 21:30 had this accent that stood out to me. He has one of those Rock Newman accents, though he is younger. Even the woman at the beginning has a slight southern sound to her accent; hear the way she says "time" ("tahm").

Tez, does the man in this video have a Calvert County accent or is it too hard to tell?

[Infinite_heights77]

Originally Posted by ialmostforgot

Your dream to make Maryland New York has not come true.

It was never my dream to make Maryland into New York or anything place. My dream for Maryland is to be a place of progressiveness, while holding onto some of it's provincial charm (yes, I said some!). Maryland, aesthetically, is a beautiful state, but her policies, the people's nonchalant, crab-eating/beer guzzling consciousness gets old and tired.

[ialmostforgot]

Originally Posted by Infinite_heights77

It was never my dream to make Maryland into New York or anything place. My dream for Maryland is to be a place of progressiveness, while holding onto some of it's provincial charm (yes, I said some!). Maryland, aesthetically, is a beautiful state, but her policies, the people's nonchalant, crab-eating/beer guzzling consciousness gets old and tired.

Well, the way you wanted (specifically) New Yorkers to move here...

[ialmostforgot]

Originally Posted by ialmostforgot

I don't know why, but the police officers in much of Maryland tend to have more local accents. These PG county police have southern-sounding accents (some are slight, others might not be from the area).

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5sAmB5qiYlI

The man at 21:30 had this accent that stood out to me. He has one of those Rock Newman accents, though he is younger. Even the woman at the beginning has a slight southern sound to her accent; hear the way she says "time" ("tahm").

Tez, does the man in this video have a Calvert County accent or is it too hard to tell?

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hijgrvoS9ks
forgot the link

[MDude25]

I wish you fools would stop arguing about this. Maryland is a mid-atlantic state, it is neither southern nor northeastern. The Mason-Dixon line has lost its relevance, today the real border between North and South is the Potomac River.