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My friends from the Midwest think I have a Brooklyn acccent, and to them I guess it would sound that way. They love the way I say coffee, (kaw-fee) yet I am from Newark originally. I live in Middletown now and as most know we've become saturated with Brooklynites. Their accent is very distinct and nothing like anywhere in NJ. Same with Staten Islanders. Bergen County folk have a touch of it, mixed with North Jersey. But the weirdest I have ever heard is my friend in Somers Point, NJ. He sounds like he is from God knows where, I guess it's a Philly accent but it has a southern twang too. Very unusual considering he is only 2 hrs away. lol
Born and raised in Bergen County, and when I am out of state, nobody ever thinks I am from New Jersey, and are very surprised when I tell them. I don't seem to have any detectable Jersey accent. I think it's mostly transplanted New Yorkers who have an accent.
Born and raised in Bergen County, and when I am out of state, nobody ever thinks I am from New Jersey, and are very surprised when I tell them. I don't seem to have any detectable Jersey accent. I think it's mostly transplanted New Yorkers who have an accent.
me too - i lost my accent between the ages of 18-22. I've met ppl from all over for work, and most are surprised when I say I'm from NJ. I've been told more than once I sound like I'm from GA. I DEFINTELY don't get that one!
I was born in West Windsor and raised in Hamilton, two miles out of Trenton. For the past year I've been spending most of my time deep in South Jersey, and the differences in accents still fascinate me. People down here like to laugh at my "North Jersey" accent, but I always correct them- my accent is Trentonian. I say "Spar'un" instead of "Spartan" and of course "Tre'in" instead of "Trenton", "Ti'an" for "Titan" and so on. Having done a little research, it's amazing how little this accent is recognized. Everywhere you read it's North vs. South, over and over. Well, I'm from Central...and I've got the accent to prove it.
Okay, yes....mawwl, cawfee, and chawcolate are definitely part of a NY based accent, but you can't let south jersey tell you about your accent! I never knew about the S.Jersey/Philly accent until I moved here three years ago. Man--- On becomes Awn, Last becomes Leahst, Holding becomes Hoding, and my personal favorite...the long oooosss. Hoooome, Moooost, etc..
Don't forget the I sound that becomes OI -- light becomes loight, tight becomes toight, etc.
I was born in West Windsor and raised in Hamilton, two miles out of Trenton. For the past year I've been spending most of my time deep in South Jersey, and the differences in accents still fascinate me. People down here like to laugh at my "North Jersey" accent, but I always correct them- my accent is Trentonian. I say "Spar'un" instead of "Spartan" and of course "Tre'in" instead of "Trenton", "Ti'an" for "Titan" and so on. Having done a little research, it's amazing how little this accent is recognized. Everywhere you read it's North vs. South, over and over. Well, I'm from Central...and I've got the accent to prove it.
HA! Great post-me too! I was born in Trenton, raised in Hamilton. It grates on my ears to here someone say "Tren-TON." Of course those are the same people who don't know what Casino Tony Goes is either On another note-speaking of the South Jersey/Philly accent (to which the Trenton accent is related), wouldn't it be funny if someone were to re-dub "Rocky" with real Philly accents? Paulie and Rocky sound like they're from Brooklyn-not Sawth Phully!
So what kind of accent does Tony Soprano have? Or should I say "had?" NJ?
Hard to say. They really are very similar-though I wonder if the phrase "not for nothin" is a truly North Jersey or truly New York article of speech. Tony and the rest of the Soprano crew tended to use it a lot and I never heard it before I moved to Essex County. I'm still not sure what it means though...lol
Okay, yes....mawwl, cawfee, and chawcolate are definitely part of a NY based accent, but you can't let south jersey tell you about your accent! I never knew about the S.Jersey/Philly accent until I moved here three years ago. Man--- On becomes Awn, Last becomes Leahst, Holding becomes Hoding, and my personal favorite...the long oooosss. Hoooome, Moooost, etc..
When I moved from South to North Jersey to go to college, the long Os were the only noticeable accent I had, or so said my roommate. I decidedly rid myself of it. I believe my sister had the same experience. Then I lived in Philadelphia for a while, but that accent definitely did not rub off on me. Now, in a job where I speak to people all over the country, most are surprised to find that I grew up in any part of Jersey, and say I have no discernible accent at all.
Hard to say. They really are very similar-though I wonder if the phrase "not for nothin" is a truly North Jersey or truly New York article of speech. Tony and the rest of the Soprano crew tended to use it a lot and I never heard it before I moved to Essex County. I'm still not sure what it means though...lol
"not for nuthin' " - musta heard that a million times from my Brooklyn friends. Specifically, Italians friends from Bensonhurst.
Also from Brooklyn: "johnny pump", "go ahead, ..... have a day ... knock youself out ...."
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I DEFINTELY don't get that one!
trenton accent
On another note-speaking of the South Jersey/Philly accent (to which the Trenton accent is related), wouldn't it be funny if someone were to re-dub "Rocky" with real Philly accents? Paulie and Rocky sound like they're from Brooklyn-not Sawth Phully!
