Brooklyn and long island are close but long island is more drawn out. NJ and Staten Island are pretty much the same. The north bronx is like Brooklyn but shorter A and U sounds
I swear like, I'm Mexican but live in Texas and I just say soda, so whenever I get asked what kind of coke I want I always get so confused and I'm just like "uhm, coke??" lmao
You missed the point in the answer to "what do you call a carbonated beverage?" It's not the way they pronounce the word...it's the word itself. There are regions of the US where they call it soda, pop, soda pop, or coke (regardless of what brand it is). It's really strange to have someone ask you what kind of coke you want, and Pepsi is considered a valid answer. In other words, there's Coke, the brand and coke, the generic for any carbonated beverage.
The Minnesota guy was not actually from Minnesota and that’s why he didn’t sound Minnesotan. He was new to Minnesota and was trying to analyze the Minnesota accent but he missed most of the the classic sounds and phrases. Sadly.
A lot of states have different regional accents. The Alabama accents were from rural areas. Different region in the state have different accents & even word usage. Many states are this way.
The Alabama accents were very authentic. The more urban the speaker, the less noticeable it will be. Because of this, many Southerners will work to neutralize their accents if they move West (like me) or North. Unfortunately, it is not uncommon for non-Southerners to think you are less educated than you are simply due to accent.
As a native Minnesotan, I have family members with the strongest Minnesota/Midwestern accent I have ever heard. We say stuff like "dat dare" when talking about something. Like "I'm going to sit on dat dare couch." We also say "duck duck gray duck" instead of duck duck goose. We also have a distinctive "oh, let me sneak past ya, dare."
yesss😂😂 the "oh let me sneak right past ya dare" I swear every minnesotan has said that in there life, just like ope. the way we say snow or spoon also if unique
Southern dialects originated mostly from a mix of immigrants from the British Isles, who moved to the American South in the 17th and 18th centuries. “Y’all” is actually derived from scots-Irish “ye all” and was shortened over time to “y’all”. I love it when Brits notice the similarities.
@RayS2able It is indeed today considered a contraction for “you all”. But y'all" can be traced back to the Scots-Irish phrase "ye aw” or “ye all”, itself a derivative of the pre-Anglicized language of the Scots.
@@JefferyHunt In academic circles, many subscribe to Michael B. Montgomery’s suggestion that “y’all” descends from the Scots-Irish “ye aw” and not directly from “you all.” He cites a 1737 letter by a Scots-Irish immigrant in New York as an example: “Now I beg of ye aw to come our [over] here.”
I’m a native New Yorker living in a NYC suburb. That guy’s accent is real for sure. But his is an example of the accent at its heaviest. It ranges from heavy to mild to none at all. It depends on ethnicity, education, socioeconomic class, etc. Whenever I go anywhere else in the US and tell people I’m from NY, they always say, “but you don’t have the accent.”
yep! i live on long island and am told by all of my online friends that i have a heavy accent. people can always tell where im from and my grandmother once told me a story where someone from out of state asked if she was from ny because she folded her pizza haha
As a New Yorker I can really relate, like I think you couldn't tell my accent while I'm talking more slowly and what people would consider normal past but when I'm talking fast or what I normally talk at when with close friends or jokingly/telling a funny story etc.. you can kind of hear it like if I'm reading to group of people I would say "cawhfee" in a very soft accent but when im really just ranting or with friends it can turn into that iconic stereotypical "Cawwqfee" with a very much more confidence and a little but of a Q noise in it?? Idk I took pronunciation classes when I was younger without my parents consent idk if it's normal or not but it did kind of alter my accent a little maybe it was because i actually just wasn't saying words correctly or the accent to non New Yorker teachers sounded really weird and thought something was wrong idk Its weird-
There's gotta be a better example of the Minnesota accent. He was difficult to hear. Maybe you can do a redo on Minnesota... it's actually adorable in its full glory. I don't think he was a great example.
I thought the same thing.I know I sound triggered but these two don't take the time to really put content together.They seem to just throw things together.Im just a stickler for doing things properly if you're going to do it.Come up with a concept for how you want to present your material then execute for Pete sake! Lol
I agree, it was the Minnesota one that I wanted to hear, but I just couldn't bloody hear it, I had to switch it off. I've driven through there a few times and think it has a very distinct and strange accent.
I know it's a bit exaggerated for comedic effect but this guy does the upper Midwest/Minnesota accent pretty well for his videos. ruclips.net/video/AHISDsmSsDg/видео.html
Born and bred New Yorkers would RARELY if ever consider someone born and raised outside of New York a New Yorker. I also feel like only people from NYC call themselves New Yorkers. Often people from upstate New York specifically say that they're from upstate because anytime anyone thinks of New York, they think of Times Sq, Central Park, and Manhattan in general.
I guess I'm the rarity, but to me, that's the difference between someone from New York, and a native New Yorker. As soon as someone starts talking, you can tell if they are a native or not. Then again, I'm from East New York, and New Yorkers always thought I was from the midwest. My mom's family is from The Bronx, and she said if I ever talk with a Brooklyn accent, she'd "hit me up the side of my head."
People from NY state get very mad when you call them upstate, lol. Only people from say Albany to NYC will accept being called upstate. You say Western New York, Central New York, or wherever you're from. Upstate is from the NYC perspective.
Yup that “NY dad” accent is a man of Italian descent living in the NY area which could include NJ and southwestern Connecticut. It’s weird because depending on the origin country you’re from, you add that to a “NY accent” and they all sound different yet similar if that makes sense. Like an Italian New Yorker sounds different than a Puerto Rican or Dominican New Yorker.
@@aqualls I was military so I met people from all over. One of my best buddies was from Minnesota, but didn't really have a Minnesota accent (maybe because it was southern MN?) He did say melk though. But a girl from northern Wisconsin would put a bag-le in her lunch bay-g.
The funny thing is we don't say "Gray-b", but it's grab. However, with bag, we give it a long a sound. I had never really thought about it, until this video. Not sure why some words it's a short a, and others it's a long a.
I agree with you. I was born in MN and moved to AK as a kid but came back to MN every year to see relatives. I actually deliberately worked hard to get rid of my Minnesota accent as a kid when we first moved to Alaska because everyone who heard our MN accent or brogue, thought we were not Americans and that we were from somewhere in Europe! Lol! I didn’t know at first what they were talking about because I didn’t realize we had an accent. Then we received a tape recording from a bunch of relatives as part of a Christmas greeting. They all sounded like complete foreigners to us! It was like, “Yah, vell den, vee better comb up and goh huhwnting den. Yah, you betcha!” We all busted a gut when we realized we all used to sound like that! I notice too though that Minnesota actually has two sets of accents. There’s the old timers or older folks accent which is much more like the accent I typed above and is more of a true old Scandinavian accent. Then there is the younger generation accent which has more of the bayg and the rounded O in boat and things like that but not as thick of an old Scandinavian brogue. I also notice that both Minnesota accents are becoming less noticeable and are sorta dying out some these days, especially compared to a few decades ago. I think that Joel and Lia got a bit short changed correctly cheated out of hearing some true Minnesota accents because the guy wasn’t originally born or raised in Minnesota and it seemed he was explaining it as though it was rather new to him. He didn’t give much for examples. People in Minnesota also end their sentences with the word “with”, like “Can I go with?” That’s something not said in other parts of America. Another one is they end some sentences with the word “then”, such as, “What then?” That always throws other people off with total confusion. So, did you have sopper yet, er no? 😉
That's not exactly true. People like the actor who played Hagrid in the Harry Potter films come from basically the only area of England where there is a rhotic R pronunciation like Americans. That said, some American Southerners didn't pronounce it at times either over history.
@@flu4pdmt its called a linking or intrusive "r". Its happens in UK English when a word ends with a vowel and the word following it begins with a vowel. For example: Lea and I, becomes Lear and I.
Southerners shouldn't be. Everyone I know loves the accent. I also had a friend in college from Louisiana and she doesn't have an accent because her mom told her that it makes them sound uneducated. Kind of sad actually.
@@rogerstatz6502 exactly, thats why I'm saying that I dont believe its just minorities that have different accents, I believe that the biggest influence on a person's accent is the place and people they grow up around
Honest question as a white girl... it always seems very disrespectful to try to mimic any sort of African American accent, or, really any culture that isn't white. Is it disrespectful? Now, I'm thinking it's all about context. There are so many examples of people mocking accents of different cultures, so it has always seemed to me, that it is disrespectful to try mimicking them. Is there an honest and kind way to try? How do we tell the difference between mocking and actual, real, appreciation and attempts at mimicking? Cuz there are so many black American accents that I find beautiful, so many accents, I'd like to try (and lets be honest, mostly fail at) but, it seems wrong because attempting to mimick and mocking are not easily differenciated.
@@meganstevens4196 I know exactly what you’re talking about lol I have seen a few situations where a white person & tbh people of other ethnicities would clearly try to mock our accents in a disrespectful/degrading way. Trying to be funny and it’s cruel. You can just tell when one Is doing It with malicious intent. However if a person is genuinely trying to mimic our accents because of their love for It, me personally I see no harm in It at all. I don’t see how one could get offended, unless the person Is like ignorantly doing the most, then it’s like alright you can calm down now lmao. I think it’s dope that other ethnicities find our different accents cool, I sure as hell love all kinds of accents and would love to try to mimic them.
My cousins are from Southern Minnesota and I am from North Iowa and I notice how different their accent is to mine. I also notice that mine is different to those in Central Iowa.
The Minnesota accents used to be a lot thicker. They’ve really diminished over the decades and it seems are dying out somewhat. I say accents because there has usually been two main Minnesota accents. One is more of the older folks thick truer old Scandinavian brogue. The other one is more use by younger generations and has that “bayg” sound as well as other different vowel sounds but is not the same as the older people’s Scandinavian brogue. I have had older relatives who people in other states were certain they were from Europe. And my younger relatives have a more recognizable Minnesota accent as far as being understood and recognized by people from other states.
Joel, that NY statement is absolutely false. You’re only a New Yorker if you were born there, lived there for 10 years, or have been mugged. You can move there but the locals won’t consider you a NYer unless you were born and raised, just like anywhere else. - a Bostonian
I almost had a heart attack when he said that.And he didn't have a clue that it didn't make any sense.lol Listen, NY'ers that are from the boroughs feel if you're from Long Island NY you aren't a "Real NY'er so I know for sure they wouldn't accept you calling yourself a New Yorker just because you relocated there from somewhere else.lol
Idk about the mugged part...but yes I don't consider someone a New Yorker unless you were born and raised there or lived there for a long time. Why is that hard to believe?
A friend of mine who studied voice acting in college said that her voice teacher explained that people who live in places that are colder tend to speak with their mouths more closed and people who live in warmer places speak with their mouths more open. It's about energy output/keeping warm or cool depending on your environment.
American children at least in my generation (70's/80's) were taught that it is rude to mumble. Enunciate your words and speak clearly or you are disrespecting the person you are talking to. It leads to a lot of Americans talking louder than they really should and not realizing its an issue at all.
So many Minnesota people have Scandinavian ancestry, which explains most of their accent. People in the deep south are descended from: English and Scottish mostly, but also some Irish. In Texas we have all those ancestries along with a heavy German and Czech influence.
@@stevenarsenal1 Yes, I live in New Orleans, and transplants get so upset when I tell them that they are not New Orleanians. It's a culture you gotta be raised or born into. Same with New York.
Interesting you spotted similarities between American Southern and English accents, I was visiting Savannah, GA and our tour guide had a thick southern accent, and he said the Southern accent is like the English accent just spoken slower.
Native from around Savannah. The Coastal Georgia accent is about the purest depiction of the Georgia Peach accent. But also, Savannah has a heavy mix of the Gullah accent in certain households. It's about the only place in the U.S. that the Gullah exists anymore.
I've heard that a lot but you'd think if Southern accents were that close to British accents then I'd be able to do one 😭 but I just sound more Southern
I’m a Minnesotan from Minneapolis and what he was saying was uff da, it comes from our Scandinavian back ground! The Minnesota country accent is much thicker and a bit sing song. Even people here think it’s a bit weird!
The Southern Accent is a derivative of the Upper Class British accent with a southern lilt. There was a good video on the History Channel describing the origins of the southern accent from a speech coach to Hollywood
@@martimbe LOL I was thinking the same thing that they should have at least gotten somebody on here that was the real deal. :-) Geeeesh. Also, I wanted to mention another Minnesota thing. Its called "Minnesota Nice" Yes I said nice not ice. :-)
@@BlueGoat682 That's right. I never knew what the big deal was until I moved out of MN and to the DC area. Every time I went home, I was struck by how nice people were.
I'm from the bayou and I can tell you we talk really fast compared to the city folks. Look up coach Ed Ogeron from LSU. Will tell you all you need to know. #GeauxTigers
I would love to see that one. As a southerner, even I have trouble understanding what's being said in Creole (is that the proper name for the true Cajuns down there?). I remember the first time hearing a Cajun speak and thought they were visiting from another country bc of their accents.
@@honeybadgerusa5689 no Creole is differnt. More of a New Orleans kind of thing. Cajuns got kicked out of France and then kicked out of Canada and exiled to the swamp. The lafyette, New Iberia dialect is different than the New Orleans dialect. Its a real melting pot in South Louisiana. Thats why we talk so funny. You can notice the accent change from Baton Rouge to Lafayette to New Orleans if your from here. The Creole, mullato, aspect is completely differnt. I'll let you Google that. I dont want to say the wrong thing on social media LMAO. If you have any questions I'll be happy to answer em'. Where you from in the south?
My husband is a true New Yorker - born and raised in “Da Bronx”, with a very strong ( strawng) New Yawk accent. While I am from Connecticut - in between NYC and Boston (Bawston) - an interesting mix of the two accents.
Wisconsinite here, we "ope" too! The Northwoods/Yooper (Michigan's Upper Peninsula) accent is just a hoot, dontcha' know! Awe yah, de should definitely check out dat one der, hey!
Fun fact- slowing down most (not all) southern accents can reveal British-sounding traits. Theres a whole video on it and also Louisiana accents with the French.
I’m a truck driver from Cali, and I hear all of the different accents throughout the country and I’m always intrigued. I always have a smile at all the different accents.
"Hey I'm walking here" is a famous line spoken by Dustin Hoffman in the classic movie, "Midnight Cowboy". BTW, good Minnesota accents can be heard in the movie "Fargo".
Those are stereotype accents....I've never heard a person talk like that in Minnesota. Maybe someone's Great Grandma who came from Finland. And Fargo is North Dakota.
@@KB-xd5wq You're darn tootin" Kevin. Yes, Fargo is in North Dakota, but the movie takes place in Minnesota. It was some kind of a Coen Brothers joke, you betcha.
apparently that line was ad libbed when the taxi almost hit them in real life, completely unscripted! it's crazy how a chance occurrence like that gave rise to such an iconic line
@@KB-xd5wq THANK YOU! I live in North Dakota all my life and we do not talk like in the movie Fargo. We sound more like that Minnesota kid in this RUclips video.
I feel like you need to do a cajun Louisiana version. The last episode didn’t sound super Cajun. It wasn’t what you think when you Louisiana. I’m from NC btw.
@@marlysmithsonian5746 Paula Deen is from Georgia. I don’t know how Georgia’s accent became what people concider the official southern accent, but it sounds fake to me. Probably because so many California actors attempt to use that accent when playing a southern character.
Exactly. Girl in last video sounded more like after the purchase of louisianna and british colonizing it. I've heard people from Louisiana...it took time to learn it lol. I'd love to see their reaction to true bayou.
Some Americans are pretty damn quiet, but some Britons are pretty damn loud 😂 The moral of the story is not to make sweeping generalizations about people 😁
I’ve been to Europe and visited multiple countries there and I promise you Americans are way louder and extroverted, you can instantly tell who the Americans are there even our clothes are “loud” not really a bad thing though lol
Very true, I have been in London the last month. My neighbors the first night had this party, and I was wondering if the walls were thin. Naw, the walls were alright, those people were just being loud as heck LOL
I'm from Louisiana and when I went to New York I ended up in a three hour long conversation with my tour guide because we both really loved each other's accents.
I'm originally from Indiana. I've moved to the gulf coast of Mississippi, its been a challenge at times understanfing people who have a strong creole/Cajun accent.
I was born and raised in MinnesOda. When I joined the Air Force at 18, I thought I talked with a standard American accent. People were pointing out the things that I wasn't aware that I did. I told my classmates in technical training that a came about 10 minutes from Minneapolis. Then everyone was saying abot. One guy asked me if I lived part of my life in Canada. He said, "you sound Canadian."
@@thecneeley holy sh-t you’re right I never picked up on that. I think it depends on the following sound. It’s a glottal stop in button, but in butter it would be replaced by a d sound. I’m going to be muttering words to myself now trying to find a pattern...(mutter, pattern, matter, flatter, d sound; mutton, flatten, glottal stop)
I'm from Arkansas and I married a Brit man. My accent is more generic middle US but my mom had a deep southern accent. It was hilarious watching them communicate. To her, Oil was pronounced "Ool" and window was "winder". She was totally baffled with his accent.
My Grandma is from Minnesota, but hasn’t lived there in more than 50 years. She still says “super” and “oh, my”! Also, she was born in the US of Norwegian parents. So she says “oof da” and there’s lots of Ole and Lena jokes. As a Texan, I think it’s hilarious and adorable!
I call it a bay-gel. (Wisconsin) I noticed my husband and I say 'crayon' different. He calls it a 'cran' and I call it a 'cray-on.' He has a bit of Yooper from living in northern Michigan.
The two women from Alabama are playing up their accents. While Professor Foote was talking for Mr. Burns documentary the two ladies if they were talking to other people their accents wouldn't be as heavy.
A unique and dying American accent is the Baltimore accent. Not just saying it because that's where I'm from. We use a non regional dialect nowadays, but we love going into the old time Baltimore accent. See if you can find a video on it. It's funny like a new Yorkers
I once heard a linguist talk about why some Southern accents sound similar to British accents. Accents are derivative of the people who immigrated and settled there. If you take certain southern accents and slow them down, you can pick up similar consonant or vowel sounds. Another example is southern Louisiana (those with more of a Cajun accent), since the land was settled by the French.
Love watching the accent vids. It amazes me how many accents there are in the UK and USA. Being from Canada, we don't really have a lot. We have the "neutral" one, the Quebec one, Maritimes (excl Newfoundland) and then the Newfoundland accent. Can't wait to see/hear more!
@@rickchamberlain637 I think when you go into the country side it gets thicker, what I mean was there isn't a hug variance in change across the country. Campared to countrys in Europe. I think it has to do with the age of Canada, and population.
Minnesotan here, born and raised. We definitely hold our vowels. My favorite Minnesotan phrases are "ya sure, you betcha", "ope, just gonna sneak past ya real quick", "oh fur sure", "uffda", and I even add the word "ay" onto the end of a sentence if I'm looking for a reply or an agreement to what I said lol. I hope our accent doesn't sound too weird.😅🌲
MN native myself. So I am curious, do you actually know anyone who genuinely says things like "ya sure, you betcha" or is it more of a playing it up since we are supposed to sound that way? I am in the Twin Cities and I generally think that most people around here do not have a strong accent and definitely not the stereotypical Minnesota accent. My dad would always say "oh fur sure" to be funny. I started saying "uffda" to be funny, but I have said it so much it is now normal. I only think of Canadians saying "ay". Now I do say "ope". I have always said that and I never knew it was a "thing" until social media pointed it out a few years ago. So, I am curious, do you live rural or metro? Do people around you genuinely speak with a "Fargo" Minnesota accent? I think it is only a northern Minnesotan thing, but maybe I am wrong.
@@InHimAlone I am in rural Minnesota and grew up in a small town so that's probably why people say I have a stronger MN accent. I did also spend a lot of time in Northern Minnesota growing up. My theory is that the movie Fargo messed us all up. They were so over-exaggerated with the accent that we all started copying them as a joke and now we're stuck with it. 😆 I do agree that people who live in and near the cities don't have that thick MN accent, but still have a cute lil mini accent! I have heard (mainly older people) say "ya sure, you betcha". I say "ya sure" more than I like to admit lol. I know out of state people have told me that we say "bag" and "about" weird, but I don't hear it. 😅
I'm a New Jerseyan. Growing up I was put in speech therapy because I had a slight New York accent having been raised by New Yorker parents with all New Yorker relatives. My family was not happy that they kept saying I had a speech problem.
Do more Alabama. A good channel to check out is “It’s A Southern Thing” to get a comedic, but scarily accurate sometimes, glimpse into the culture here.
Ten days after I turned eight, got my lips stuck in a gate. My friends all laughed. And I just stood there until the fire department came and broke the lock with a crowbar and I had to spend the next six weeks in lip rehab with this kid named Oscar who got stung by a bee, right on the lip. And we couldn't even talk to each other until the fifth week 'cause both of our lips were so swollen, and when he did start speaking he just spoke Polish, and I only knew like, three words in Polish, except now, I know four because Oscar taught me the word for lip. "Uffda!"
Yes, Minnesotans use an “a” sound that is slightly more toward a long vowel than the short vowel sound. You hear this in “bag” and “bagel.” There’s a few variations within the Minnesota dialect. One I refer to as “church lady.” A second variation, which you typically only hear from young men, I call “hockey talk.”
Correct. Although everyone is speaking English, each area has a spin on it coming from the people who originally settled in that area. In East TN where I live, it's Scot's Irish.
@@icesk8ergal1123 I was born/raised in East Tennessee and watched a lot of TV as a kid. I don't live in the south anymore and people are generally surprised to find out where I am from.
If you're over a certain age, or maybe just between certain ages, in the American South, you were raised to try to get rid of your accent. Maybe it was just in certain states or areas of them. I grew up being shown and told that if you "talk like a hick" meaning having a strong accent like those 2 women from Alabama, you would never get a respectable job, or maybe no job at all. I don't think the stereotype is as bad as it was years ago now, but there was a time when it was a fairly certain thing that you were assumed to be a huge idiot if you had a thick Southern accent like those two women.
New York: New York City, Long Island, and the rest of the state. A roommate of mine from college said that each of the five boroughs of NYC have differences in accent. He claimed, you can sometimes narrow it down to a specific neighborhood based on accent. I didn't have enough experience to hear the difference. BTW, Bugs Bunny was supposed to speak with a Brooklyn accent.
nah the accents don't differ based on borough, it's more based on your ethnic background. If you're an Italian New Yorker, your accent is gonna be the same in any borough, as well as Long Island
Absolutely, the Bronx and Brooklyn are different, or at least they used to be. Then there’s the Long Island accent, but that varies by western vs eastern (more New Englandish) and South Shore vs. North Shore.
I used to like the Astoria Queens accent on "All In The Family". Archie Bunker would be like, "How long are you gonna berl (boil) that water Ee-dit (Edith)? "Don't leave the milk out, or it's gonna sperl (spoil)"
There is no specific accent for each state, there are regional accents depending upon what part of the state. States are much larger in the U.S. I can tell approximately where someone is from in the U.S. when I hear them speak. In New York there are five boroughs and each borough has different neighborhoods where people speak differently. Walt in Miami
In the movie, "Notting Hill", a New Yorker tries to teach the British actor Hugh Grant to speak the New York accent. It is hilarious. My paternal grandmother had a pronounced eastern Virginia accent and she would say things like, "Please put some woe-dah own the ge-yah-den." (Please put some water on the garden.).
Yeah, Texas is so large there's a bit of difference between the East and West dialects. Cities are losing the accent a bit. And I think Latinx and Black Texans have their own spin on the dialects as well.
One recommendation for the future (even though this is pretty old at this point) of equalizing your volume by using headphones. Half of the sample videos are almost inaudible.
Minnesota and the Dakotas have a lot of Scandinavian influence because that’s were they immigrated in groups. They came in big families and settled there to make their own towns back in the day. I love the history books written about those times. I’m from the South but I don’t feel like I’m loud LoL. There are so many versions of Southern accents. Virginia is posh, Lower Alabama is thick and slow, North Alabama tends to have serious twang, S Georgia can be so thick they are hard to understand if they talk fast. I’m from the center of Florida where it’s still Southern (Northerners have changed the coastal areas). I think inland Florida is like Lower Alabama with less twang. Some may argue that Florida isn’t Southern - come inland. My Dad was a Deputy Sheriff and a Rancher in a small town - we do speak Y’all down here.
@@SumnerLine Native Minnesotan here--I'm from the cities so my accent isn't nearly as strong as what that guy was saying, but my family from up in northern Minnesota does talk like that and they say "uff da" and other Scandinavian interjections to this day! There is still an incredible amount of Norwegian and Swedish influence here. Minnesota has the highest number of people of Scandinavian descent in the country, so it does make sense.
I'm from north central FL. The accent around here is a mixture of south GA and lower AL. I used to believe that I didn't have an accent until I met a girl from Lawn Guyland (Long Island). Then I learned just how wrong I was.
@@brynnsundgaard9594 There was a commedienne name Diane Ford who said that the Scandinavian immigrants came all the way from their freezing countries to settle in the states that have the same cold and miserable climates as the places they left (then she hits her head with her microphone to express the word "Duh")
quite a few years back I was in Buffalo, NY looking for a hackey sack (the little bean bag toy thing). When I asked the store employee if they had any hackey sacks, she led me directly to the hockey socks. LOL.
agnesnutter I’m from Pittsburgh, and my step siblings are from Buffalo. We used to argue over how to say “God.” I insist he says “gad,” as in “gad fly.”
I remember an Okie telling me about a man in her neighborhood who was caught bowling a head. I said, "...bowling a head? ...bowling a head?" And she said "Yea-uh. Like in a pot... on the stove... bowling.." Oh you mean boiling? That's what I said, bowling
I'm from Minnesota and many of us have even heavier accents than that man - that man in the video wasnt born and raised in minnesota and was just talking about his own experience while he was living in that state. Yes, we say "bag" and "tag" and "rag" a bit odd. We also say "home" and "boat" and "house" differently, too. I recommend watching a video from an actual native Minnesotan. Our accent is heavily influenced by the Scandinavian settlers from the late 1800s. I am mostly Danish and Swedish, and I absolutely have a thick Minnesotan accent - which is thicker in the state the more you head out to the rural areas. We also have phrases like "You betcha" and "Dontcha know".
My parents' friend who is originally from Brooklyn (one of the New York City Boroughs) is a retired French teacher. At one point she and her family lived in South Carolina. She got a kick out of the fact that she was a person with a Brooklyn accent teaching French to kids with Southern accents.
I'm told Frank Perdue (Perdue chickens) had a heavy Brooklyn accent, and he did his own Spanish translations for Spanish Perdue commercials, he sounded very Span-glish but with a Brooklyn accent.
I’m from Tennessee and I work with this couple that came down from New York and every time I see them and I say “he how are you” they say “hey what’s gohin’’ ahhhn” hahaha 😂 Also I went to Minnesota once and I was so shook the whole time, I’ve never heard everyone around me talk like that it was so funny and awesome!
Remember everything is coke in the south. All soda in Alabama is coke. "Hey going to grab a coke, what do you want? Ya grab me a Dr Pepper or Mountain Dew"
My wife is from NYC and when I met her she had a very thick accent. She was in college and had just moved away from NY. She has lost her accent over the years, only showing up on occasion with some words. The exception is when she is back in NY, it all comes back again. We have two daughters, 17 and 20 and they haven't been to NYC with their mom since they were too young to remember. Well, my 17 year old went to NY with her mom a few months ago and when that full NY accent came out, she was stunned. She thought it was hysterical.
Absolutely! If you are really interested in hearing a truly unique accent that is found only in western PA, then I recommend Pittsburghese! Check out a native You Tuber, "Pittsburgh Dad" to hear a good example of it.
The English settled in the South - so the Southern English accent reflects how the early English accents sounded. Shakespearean English was “ rhotic “ , for example- meaning English people used a hard “ r” when they came over here.
It is now official. Joel was the first English person I have ever heard who said he enjoyed listening to an American accent. Whereas Americans frequently are in chanted with English accents. Great job guys!
Amen! Screenplay was written by a Minnesotan. As soon as I heard they were covering our accent I put on my Kirsten Dunst as Amber Atkins hat and yelled "OH GAHD OH CRAP OH GAHD OH CRAP"
I'm a Wyoming native, and our accent here is very different than what is portrayed on TV and in movies. On tv, it seems that Wyomingites have southern or Texas accents. In reality, the Wyoming accent is quite neutral, similar to the guy from Kansas in your first video. I have friends in the south who can't tell my accent from a Canadian accent!
Disappointed with the representation of Minnesota. If you decide to do Wisconsin check out Comedian Charlie Berens. It will give a much better idea of the accent of the Midwest.
Manitowoc Minute! Yeah, that guy's great. I keep wanting to believe that he's playing things up for the sake of comedy, but nope, this is about as WISCONSIN as it gets!
For certain areas in Wisconsin maybe... definitely not everywhere! I've lived here all my life (I'm in my 40's), and it is exceedingly rare for me to hear that sound in person. No one I personally know talks that way. To me, it sounds more Yooper, almost like a caricature.
It’s not just the long "o" sound, in the name of the state, we say "minna-soda" where the "t" is soft, and it makes the o sound more pronounced. It's also more about specific words and phrases, doncha know. Ya, you betcha.
@@Dreasura I don't think it's the soft T, so much as the inferior cheese and insufficient quantity of lakes that does it... (All in good fun! Much love to my fellow mid-westerner, even if we DO have more lakes than you. ;-P)
When it comes to that type of Italian NY accent, it's much more apparent with older generations. Some younger Italians will have that accent, especially on Long Island, but much less thick
It's funny that you bring up how open the mouth is in the southern accent as opposed to the closed accent because there are linguistics studies that talk about how languages that are closer to the equator have more open mouths and the further you get from the equator/closer to the poles the more closed mouthed the languages. So it's sort of affected by the climate
That would be funny. Especially considering most of our attempts at British accents are all in the same awful generic style🤦🏼♀️, unless some people actually learn a true one intentionally.
Minnesota, Michigan and Wisconsin speak with a trace from the Scandinavians who settled there. Check out the accents from Maine and Louisiana cajuns. Americans have trouble understanding cajuns. When they speak creole it's full of creatively spoken french. Interesting to hear. And don't forget the Appalachians. Their speech has been related back to old English and some Scottish.
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Pittsburgh accent please.
Boston accents don't pronounce the r's and have a nasal sound. "Park the car" -- pawk the caw
Quit blaming Ava ..whoever smelt it dealt it
Watch the sheriff in the movie Fargo for a Minnesota accent.
Minnesota accents are from Scandinavian influence.
Even within New York, there are many different accents depending on ethnicity and borough, this one was an Italian NY/LI/NJ one
My thought was Brooklyn.
My dad is a NJ Italian Cuban so yeah that is what he sounds like
Brooklyn and long island are close but long island is more drawn out. NJ and Staten Island are pretty much the same. The north bronx is like Brooklyn but shorter A and U sounds
@@grodri01 I agree. I think LI sounds more like Brooklyn, not so much Queens. Queens has the last ssss being hissed out. See: The president
And as you go upstate, it becomes a mix of Midwestern Canadian and general NYC
Them: *Gracefully explaining why Americans sound louder*
Me, an American: No, we're actually just loud.
We are loud because we are all so far away from each other. 😂
I could see them getting anxious from her yelling in public but that is completely normal in the us. Yelling is how we show affection lol
@@TheTabaK23 Nah bruh
@@CertifiedSunset it’s a joke bud
And depending on how passionate we are or what our emotions are, we get even louder
In Texas and Down South: “Y’all want a coke?”
“Yes please.”
“What kind?”
“Dr. Pepper.” 😊
Fax
100% accurate.
I swear like, I'm Mexican but live in Texas and I just say soda, so whenever I get asked what kind of coke I want I always get so confused and I'm just like "uhm, coke??" lmao
So true, this is Alabama
No sprite please.
You missed the point in the answer to "what do you call a carbonated beverage?"
It's not the way they pronounce the word...it's the word itself. There are regions of the US where they call it soda, pop, soda pop, or coke (regardless of what brand it is).
It's really strange to have someone ask you what kind of coke you want, and Pepsi is considered a valid answer.
In other words, there's Coke, the brand and coke, the generic for any carbonated beverage.
I’ll say all of the above, but not usually pop without soda in front of it. I do use soft drink a lot.
I use soda sometimes, but mostly I just call it by the brand
I call it a soft drink (California)
In the south we call them all Coke. Lol
lived in Kansas for a year and that was the first time I heard pop
The Minnesota guy's accent isn't very strong...there are people whose MN accent is much harsher. It is influenced by Scandinavian ancestry, BTW...
The Minnesota guy was not actually from Minnesota and that’s why he didn’t sound Minnesotan. He was new to Minnesota and was trying to analyze the Minnesota accent but he missed most of the the classic sounds and phrases. Sadly.
Lots of fins in this area
Bingo!!
A lot of states have different regional accents. The Alabama accents were from rural areas. Different region in the state have different accents & even word usage. Many states are this way.
I just sound Canadia. I should have done it
My southern accent tends to come out more when I’m talking to another person with a southern accent
Or when I’m drinking.😉
Freagin same girl
Me too. And with the drinking.
Seem to be my Fargo accent to
True. I used to contact banks across the US for work. My accent when calling the south really slowed down.
Them: laughing at Americans
Americans: laughing at them
Canadians: laughing at them both
And both laughing at Canadians, eh? ...
What are you talking aboot
@@deegeef lol nice comeback.
FU Shorsey :)
I swear, I will send my pet moose after anyone who says “aboot” 😂 No one says that here!
The Alabama accents were very authentic. The more urban the speaker, the less noticeable it will be. Because of this, many Southerners will work to neutralize their accents if they move West (like me) or North. Unfortunately, it is not uncommon for non-Southerners to think you are less educated than you are simply due to accent.
I feel that. I was born and raised in Sparta, TN
Same in Minnesota; the accents are less noticeable closer to the city.
I've heard even STRONGER Alabama accents.
Yes! I grew up in South Alabama and moved to north. It's so different.
Yeah I mean in Huntsville, most of the young people at least don’t have that prominent of southern accents tbh
As a native Minnesotan, I have family members with the strongest Minnesota/Midwestern accent I have ever heard. We say stuff like "dat dare" when talking about something. Like "I'm going to sit on dat dare couch." We also say "duck duck gray duck" instead of duck duck goose. We also have a distinctive "oh, let me sneak past ya, dare."
yesss😂😂 the "oh let me sneak right past ya dare" I swear every minnesotan has said that in there life, just like ope. the way we say snow or spoon also if unique
And ope sorry
And how about saying “ya” instead of “yeah.”
@@elijahseymour6867 this is all the way in Southern Virginia too. Ope sorry
I honestly say both duck duck goose or grey duck
You should listen to cajun accents from South Louisiana.
So fun!
Yeah
😬😂
Lmao
Cajun is my favorite American accent
Southern dialects originated mostly from a mix of immigrants from the British Isles, who moved to the American South in the 17th and 18th centuries. “Y’all” is actually derived from scots-Irish “ye all” and was shortened over time to “y’all”. I love it when Brits notice the similarities.
RayS2able ye all is slang of you all, making your statement true. Technically 😉
@@jjarci5995 rays2ablenis correct. It couldn’t have been “ye all” because no one ever said that because “ye” is already always plural.
@RayS2able It is indeed today considered a contraction for “you all”. But y'all" can be traced back to the Scots-Irish phrase "ye aw” or “ye all”, itself a derivative of the pre-Anglicized language of the Scots.
Very interesting
@@JefferyHunt In academic circles, many subscribe to Michael B. Montgomery’s suggestion that “y’all” descends from the Scots-Irish “ye aw” and not directly from “you all.” He cites a 1737 letter by a Scots-Irish immigrant in New York as an example: “Now I beg of ye aw to come our [over] here.”
I’m a native New Yorker living in a NYC suburb. That guy’s accent is real for sure. But his is an example of the accent at its heaviest. It ranges from heavy to mild to none at all. It depends on ethnicity, education, socioeconomic class, etc. Whenever I go anywhere else in the US and tell people I’m from NY, they always say, “but you don’t have the accent.”
yep! i live on long island and am told by all of my online friends that i have a heavy accent. people can always tell where im from and my grandmother once told me a story where someone from out of state asked if she was from ny because she folded her pizza haha
As a New Yorker I can really relate, like I think you couldn't tell my accent while I'm talking more slowly and what people would consider normal past but when I'm talking fast or what I normally talk at when with close friends or jokingly/telling a funny story etc.. you can kind of hear it like if I'm reading to group of people I would say "cawhfee" in a very soft accent but when im really just ranting or with friends it can turn into that iconic stereotypical "Cawwqfee" with a very much more confidence and a little but of a Q noise in it?? Idk I took pronunciation classes when I was younger without my parents consent idk if it's normal or not but it did kind of alter my accent a little maybe it was because i actually just wasn't saying words correctly or the accent to non New Yorker teachers sounded really weird and thought something was wrong idk Its weird-
There's gotta be a better example of the Minnesota accent. He was difficult to hear. Maybe you can do a redo on Minnesota... it's actually adorable in its full glory. I don't think he was a great example.
I thought the same thing.I know I sound triggered but these two don't take the time to really put content together.They seem to just throw things together.Im just a stickler for doing things properly if you're going to do it.Come up with a concept for how you want to present your material then execute for Pete sake! Lol
Agreed. They should watch Mn Millennial Farmer's channel for a real Minnesota accent.
I agree, it was the Minnesota one that I wanted to hear, but I just couldn't bloody hear it, I had to switch it off. I've driven through there a few times and think it has a very distinct and strange accent.
I know it's a bit exaggerated for comedic effect but this guy does the upper Midwest/Minnesota accent pretty well for his videos. ruclips.net/video/AHISDsmSsDg/видео.html
Here's some fun with Minnesota lingo.
ruclips.net/video/qb_-taYLRfY/видео.html
Born and bred New Yorkers would RARELY if ever consider someone born and raised outside of New York a New Yorker. I also feel like only people from NYC call themselves New Yorkers. Often people from upstate New York specifically say that they're from upstate because anytime anyone thinks of New York, they think of Times Sq, Central Park, and Manhattan in general.
I agree 100% everytime I tell anybody I'm from New York they always ask if its New York City and I have to tell them where I'm from
I guess I'm the rarity, but to me, that's the difference between someone from New York, and a native New Yorker. As soon as someone starts talking, you can tell if they are a native or not. Then again, I'm from East New York, and New Yorkers always thought I was from the midwest. My mom's family is from The Bronx, and she said if I ever talk with a Brooklyn accent, she'd "hit me up the side of my head."
We're not rare I mean Queens and Brooklyn are one of the most populated places in the US lol
I always have to tell people I’m from Western NY or else they automatically assume I mean the city
People from NY state get very mad when you call them upstate, lol. Only people from say Albany to NYC will accept being called upstate. You say Western New York, Central New York, or wherever you're from. Upstate is from the NYC perspective.
New York has a very strong Italian influence, like how he says "calamari". Tons of Italians settled New York a century ago.
It was funny that he saw the word Calamari and had no idea what it was
Southern Italians dropped the ends of lots of words. Like manicotti became manicott
In NY it's usually people with Italian, Jewish, Irish, African American or Puerto Rican backgrounds that carry that strong accent.
Yup that “NY dad” accent is a man of Italian descent living in the NY area which could include NJ and southwestern Connecticut. It’s weird because depending on the origin country you’re from, you add that to a “NY accent” and they all sound different yet similar if that makes sense. Like an Italian New Yorker sounds different than a Puerto Rican or Dominican New Yorker.
Isn’t JLo a New Yorker?
@@ginacodding4135 She's from the Bronx
Very true.
Yeah I was gonna say he’s probably from Long Island or something. There’s no one single NYC accent though
@@MikeTaffet yea theres a nyc accent my nigga whether you choose to believe it or not and those that dont are bound to die
Me, a Minnesotan: I don't make my A's that long, do I? "Hey, can you grab my bay-g?" Holy crap! I do! Uff duh! My shirt is turning flannel as I type.
Most Minnesotans in my experience (I lived there for 10 years) have no idea they're even doing this one. But oh, they are.
'Sconnie here.... saaammmmee!! Lol
@@aqualls I was military so I met people from all over. One of my best buddies was from Minnesota, but didn't really have a Minnesota accent (maybe because it was southern MN?) He did say melk though. But a girl from northern Wisconsin would put a bag-le in her lunch bay-g.
The funny thing is we don't say "Gray-b", but it's grab. However, with bag, we give it a long a sound. I had never really thought about it, until this video. Not sure why some words it's a short a, and others it's a long a.
Apparently we do it north of the border as well. Now I'm going to be listening to everyone to see if it's just me.
C'mon Minnesota, not a single "yeah suurre" "ya betcha" or "don't cha know"?
Watch the movie Fargo a lot, ya?
@@laurakiner3942 no, I just live in MN.
I agree with you. I was born in MN and moved to AK as a kid but came back to MN every year to see relatives. I actually deliberately worked hard to get rid of my Minnesota accent as a kid when we first moved to Alaska because everyone who heard our MN accent or brogue, thought we were not Americans and that we were from somewhere in Europe! Lol! I didn’t know at first what they were talking about because I didn’t realize we had an accent. Then we received a tape recording from a bunch of relatives as part of a Christmas greeting. They all sounded like complete foreigners to us! It was like, “Yah, vell den, vee better comb up and goh huhwnting den. Yah, you betcha!”
We all busted a gut when we realized we all used to sound like that!
I notice too though that Minnesota actually has two sets of accents. There’s the old timers or older folks accent which is much more like the accent I typed above and is more of a true old Scandinavian accent.
Then there is the younger generation accent which has more of the bayg and the rounded O in boat and things like that but not as thick of an old Scandinavian brogue.
I also notice that both Minnesota accents are becoming less noticeable and are sorta dying out some these days, especially compared to a few decades ago.
I think that Joel and Lia got a bit short changed correctly cheated out of hearing some true Minnesota accents because the guy wasn’t originally born or raised in Minnesota and it seemed he was explaining it as though it was rather new to him. He didn’t give much for examples.
People in Minnesota also end their sentences with the word “with”, like “Can I go with?” That’s something not said in other parts of America.
Another one is they end some sentences with the word “then”, such as, “What then?”
That always throws other people off with total confusion.
So, did you have sopper yet, er no?
😉
Donna from Supernatural!
They need to find old clips from Bobby's World. That mom has my favorite representation of a Minnesota accent 🥰
The only place where Brits pronounce the letter, "R" is in words that have no "R."
That's not exactly true. People like the actor who played Hagrid in the Harry Potter films come from basically the only area of England where there is a rhotic R pronunciation like Americans. That said, some American Southerners didn't pronounce it at times either over history.
Like when Joel said Louisianer. 🤣
@@spiffokeen Yep, and then they call that organ in their chest that pumps the blood a "hot."
If you notice, Joel often says Joel and Lia(r). It drives me nuts...her name is Lia, not Leer...lol
@@flu4pdmt its called a linking or intrusive "r". Its happens in UK English when a word ends with a vowel and the word following it begins with a vowel. For example: Lea and I, becomes Lear and I.
And THAT is why Southerners are so self conscious about their accents.
Why?
Southerners shouldn't be. Everyone I know loves the accent. I also had a friend in college from Louisiana and she doesn't have an accent because her mom told her that it makes them sound uneducated. Kind of sad actually.
@@BP-or2iu because some of us get offended, and take it wrong
@@tehboi3866 Well don’t.
The fact that some people are ashamed of their accents is bullshit. You aren’t uneducated just because of where you’re from.
You guys should include black American accents, our accents can typically sound different from white American’s.
I'm white and tend to flip randomly from a "black" accent and a "white" accent, personally I think the biggest factor in accent is where you grew up
@@rogerstatz6502 exactly, thats why I'm saying that I dont believe its just minorities that have different accents, I believe that the biggest influence on a person's accent is the place and people they grow up around
Honest question as a white girl... it always seems very disrespectful to try to mimic any sort of African American accent, or, really any culture that isn't white. Is it disrespectful? Now, I'm thinking it's all about context. There are so many examples of people mocking accents of different cultures, so it has always seemed to me, that it is disrespectful to try mimicking them. Is there an honest and kind way to try? How do we tell the difference between mocking and actual, real, appreciation and attempts at mimicking? Cuz there are so many black American accents that I find beautiful, so many accents, I'd like to try (and lets be honest, mostly fail at) but, it seems wrong because attempting to mimick and mocking are not easily differenciated.
Kids true tho
@@meganstevens4196 I know exactly what you’re talking about lol I have seen a few situations where a white person & tbh people of other ethnicities would clearly try to mock our accents in a disrespectful/degrading way. Trying to be funny and it’s cruel. You can just tell when one Is doing It with malicious intent. However if a person is genuinely trying to mimic our accents because of their love for It, me personally I see no harm in It at all. I don’t see how one could get offended, unless the person Is like ignorantly doing the most, then it’s like alright you can calm down now lmao. I think it’s dope that other ethnicities find our different accents cool, I sure as hell love all kinds of accents and would love to try to mimic them.
The “Minnesoooooda” accent is probably my favorite American accent. It’s a bit of a more subtle accent, but I love the long O sounds.
I always think we sound boring, but I'm glad someone enjoys it.
Definitely influenced by the many Scandinavians who immigrated here.
Thank you!
My cousins are from Southern Minnesota and I am from North Iowa and I notice how different their accent is to mine. I also notice that mine is different to those in Central Iowa.
The Minnesota accents used to be a lot thicker. They’ve really diminished over the decades and it seems are dying out somewhat.
I say accents because there has usually been two main Minnesota accents. One is more of the older folks thick truer old Scandinavian brogue. The other one is more use by younger generations and has that “bayg” sound as well as other different vowel sounds but is not the same as the older people’s Scandinavian brogue.
I have had older relatives who people in other states were certain they were from Europe. And my younger relatives have a more recognizable Minnesota accent as far as being understood and recognized by people from other states.
Joel, that NY statement is absolutely false. You’re only a New Yorker if you were born there, lived there for 10 years, or have been mugged. You can move there but the locals won’t consider you a NYer unless you were born and raised, just like anywhere else. - a Bostonian
I almost had a heart attack when he said that.And he didn't have a clue that it didn't make any sense.lol Listen, NY'ers that are from the boroughs feel if you're from Long Island NY you aren't a "Real NY'er so I know for sure they wouldn't accept you calling yourself a New Yorker just because you relocated there from somewhere else.lol
True. You can apply to be adopted as a New Yorker after 7 years, but you have to pass a test.
@@Kim-427 i feel like he heard one non native New Yorker say it and he went with it. I heard that and was like uhhhh.....honey bunches of no! 😂😂
Yeah that was a crazy statement. I dont think it’s like that for state to be honest. I wonder where he heard otherwise.
Idk about the mugged part...but yes I don't consider someone a New Yorker unless you were born and raised there or lived there for a long time. Why is that hard to believe?
A friend of mine who studied voice acting in college said that her voice teacher explained that people who live in places that are colder tend to speak with their mouths more closed and people who live in warmer places speak with their mouths more open. It's about energy output/keeping warm or cool depending on your environment.
American children at least in my generation (70's/80's) were taught that it is rude to mumble. Enunciate your words and speak clearly or you are disrespecting the person you are talking to. It leads to a lot of Americans talking louder than they really should and not realizing its an issue at all.
Shouting in people's faces is rude.
So many Minnesota people have Scandinavian ancestry, which explains most of their accent.
People in the deep south are descended from: English and Scottish mostly, but also some Irish. In Texas we have all those ancestries along with a heavy German and Czech influence.
A “New Yorker” is definitely someone who was born in or who lived in New York for a very long time haha
Wrd2. I’m trynna find out how this guy came up with that or who told him otherwise.
not at all your only a new yorker if you are raised there, only ppl that say tht are ppl tht move in from other states and want to be newyorker
@@stevenarsenal1 Yes, I live in New Orleans, and transplants get so upset when I tell them that they are not New Orleanians. It's a culture you gotta be raised or born into. Same with New York.
Interesting you spotted similarities between American Southern and English accents, I was visiting Savannah, GA and our tour guide had a thick southern accent, and he said the Southern accent is like the English accent just spoken slower.
I have family in Virginia, and I have often noticed that their accent has a lot of similarity to British.
That's exactly right in most cases. :)
Native from around Savannah. The Coastal Georgia accent is about the purest depiction of the Georgia Peach accent. But also, Savannah has a heavy mix of the Gullah accent in certain households. It's about the only place in the U.S. that the Gullah exists anymore.
I was born in Savannah and it is so true. It's hot so we talk slower and hang on to those vowels -
I've heard that a lot but you'd think if Southern accents were that close to British accents then I'd be able to do one 😭 but I just sound more Southern
I’m a Minnesotan from Minneapolis and what he was saying was uff da, it comes from our Scandinavian back ground! The Minnesota country accent is much thicker and a bit sing song. Even people here think it’s a bit weird!
America is bigger, so we have to talk louder to be heard way over there.
You win the Internet. 😂
…or…over yonder.
The Southern Accent is a derivative of the Upper Class British accent with a southern lilt. There was a good video on the History Channel describing the origins of the southern accent from a speech coach to Hollywood
The Minnesota guy was from Utah. He served an LDS mission in Minnesota, so he was explaining what their accents are like.
There really should be a video from a native Minnesotan, whose family originated in Scandinavia!
@@martimbe LOL I was thinking the same thing that they should have at least gotten somebody on here that was the real deal. :-) Geeeesh. Also, I wanted to mention another Minnesota thing. Its called "Minnesota Nice" Yes I said nice not ice. :-)
@@BlueGoat682 That's right. I never knew what the big deal was until I moved out of MN and to the DC area. Every time I went home, I was struck by how nice people were.
@@martimbe - the “my pillow” guy has a good MN accent.
Y’all should react to the Cajun accent in Louisiana! It’s really cool
They wouldn’t get it. They probably think it’s too French if I had to guess. 🤷♂️
They wouldn't be able to understand it lol
I'm from the bayou and I can tell you we talk really fast compared to the city folks. Look up coach Ed Ogeron from LSU. Will tell you all you need to know. #GeauxTigers
I would love to see that one. As a southerner, even I have trouble understanding what's being said in Creole (is that the proper name for the true Cajuns down there?). I remember the first time hearing a Cajun speak and thought they were visiting from another country bc of their accents.
@@honeybadgerusa5689 no Creole is differnt. More of a New Orleans kind of thing. Cajuns got kicked out of France and then kicked out of Canada and exiled to the swamp. The lafyette, New Iberia dialect is different than the New Orleans dialect. Its a real melting pot in South Louisiana. Thats why we talk so funny. You can notice the accent change from Baton Rouge to Lafayette to New Orleans if your from here. The Creole, mullato, aspect is completely differnt. I'll let you Google that. I dont want to say the wrong thing on social media LMAO. If you have any questions I'll be happy to answer em'. Where you from in the south?
My husband is a true New Yorker - born and raised in “Da Bronx”, with a very strong ( strawng) New Yawk accent. While I am from Connecticut - in between NYC and Boston (Bawston) - an interesting mix of the two accents.
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I’m from Fargo, North Dakota, the guy from Minnesota missed another word, “Ope,” pronounced “Ohp” the e silent.
Wisconsinite here, we "ope" too!
The Northwoods/Yooper (Michigan's Upper Peninsula) accent is just a hoot, dontcha' know!
Awe yah, de should definitely check out dat one der, hey!
@@kman5475 I’m going to safely assume you’ve heard the song “Da Turdy Point Buck” by Bananas at Large? 😂
@@rachelwinchester2320 Absolutely! Also, my college friend's uncle wrote "Da Bears Still Suck Polka"!
Oop is also part of this group. All midwestern.
I used to think I never said that but then I realized that whenever I bump into a stranger I always let out a little "Oop!"
Fun fact- slowing down most (not all) southern accents can reveal British-sounding traits. Theres a whole video on it and also Louisiana accents with the French.
"That just finished me off" has a rather inappropriate meaning in the states! lol
Thank you! I was thinking the same thing!
Valid point there, sir!
Yup! I laughed at that too.
I’m a truck driver from Cali, and I hear all of the different accents throughout the country and I’m always intrigued. I always have a smile at all the different accents.
"We don't open our mouths as much" Lol brits literally have stiff upper lips.
😂
Due to a lack of orthodontists.
@@PIANOPHUNGUY what? 😂
"Hey I'm walking here" is a famous line spoken by Dustin Hoffman in the classic movie, "Midnight Cowboy". BTW, good Minnesota accents can be heard in the movie "Fargo".
Those are stereotype accents....I've never heard a person talk like that in Minnesota. Maybe someone's Great Grandma who came from Finland. And Fargo is North Dakota.
@@KB-xd5wq You're darn tootin" Kevin. Yes, Fargo is in North Dakota, but the movie takes place in Minnesota. It was some kind of a Coen Brothers joke, you betcha.
@@KB-xd5wq I have friends from Minnesota who do sound straight out of Fargo.
apparently that line was ad libbed when the taxi almost hit them in real life, completely unscripted! it's crazy how a chance occurrence like that gave rise to such an iconic line
@@KB-xd5wq THANK YOU! I live in North Dakota all my life and we do not talk like in the movie Fargo. We sound more like that Minnesota kid in this RUclips video.
I'm sure British people talked louder when they had an empire...
Bwaaaahaaaaaaaahaaaahaha!
Oh burn
Nice!
The loudest people arguing over which one is louder. Lmao.
My cousin from Minnesota and she says bagel like “BAG- ul”
I feel like you need to do a cajun Louisiana version. The last episode didn’t sound super Cajun. It wasn’t what you think when you Louisiana. I’m from NC btw.
And New Orleans southeast Louisiana are a world unto their own.
Get Mrs Paula Dean to do it. I'm in Florida and can hardly understand her!!
@@marlysmithsonian5746 Paula Deen is from Georgia. I don’t know how Georgia’s accent became what people concider the official southern accent, but it sounds fake to me. Probably because so many California actors attempt to use that accent when playing a southern character.
Creole
Exactly. Girl in last video sounded more like after the purchase of louisianna and british colonizing it. I've heard people from Louisiana...it took time to learn it lol. I'd love to see their reaction to true bayou.
Some Americans are pretty damn quiet, but some Britons are pretty damn loud 😂
The moral of the story is not to make sweeping generalizations about people 😁
yes. Just yes.
@Funny For Fun im American and im like the quietist Person
@Funny For Fun ikr not all of us r that loud
I’ve been to Europe and visited multiple countries there and I promise you Americans are way louder and extroverted, you can instantly tell who the Americans are there even our clothes are “loud” not really a bad thing though lol
Very true, I have been in London the last month. My neighbors the first night had this party, and I was wondering if the walls were thin. Naw, the walls were alright, those people were just being loud as heck LOL
I'm from Louisiana and when I went to New York I ended up in a three hour long conversation with my tour guide because we both really loved each other's accents.
I'm originally from Indiana. I've moved to the gulf coast of Mississippi, its been a challenge at times understanfing people who have a strong creole/Cajun accent.
i often confuse Cajun/Creole with that thick New York accent in this video, and I'm originally from neighboring Arkansas.
Growing up in Mobile Alabama as a kid I'd find some of the older cajuns very hard to understand
Cajun is French slang. I took French in high school in hopes of being able to communicate with my mom's family. Nope! It was a total wasted class. Lol
@@ladysmom87 You must have heard that New Orleans accent.
@@moontrucker8939 the time I remember hearing it that way, I was in Houma...
The TV series Fargo had British actors speaking with Minnesota accent. That’s pretty awesome!
yah, sure, you betcha!
Has
Fargo came to film in my town.
The accent they used in the Fargo movie was very intense
@@faithcox8316 To be fair though, some of the old, Swedish farmers, do sound like that.
I was born and raised in MinnesOda. When I joined the Air Force at 18, I thought I talked with a standard American accent. People were pointing out the things that I wasn't aware that I did. I told my classmates in technical training that a came about 10 minutes from Minneapolis. Then everyone was saying abot. One guy asked me if I lived part of my life in Canada. He said, "you sound Canadian."
I feel like in American the neutral accents are in the west coast and mid west America and the heavy accents are in the east and south
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As a Canadian I find California accents pretty mild.
@@thecneeley I'm Midwestern and drop the double t too- maybe it depends on state?
@@thecneeley that would make sense!
@@thecneeley holy sh-t you’re right I never picked up on that. I think it depends on the following sound. It’s a glottal stop in button, but in butter it would be replaced by a d sound. I’m going to be muttering words to myself now trying to find a pattern...(mutter, pattern, matter, flatter, d sound; mutton, flatten, glottal stop)
I'm from Arkansas and I married a Brit man. My accent is more generic middle US but my mom had a deep southern accent. It was hilarious watching them communicate. To her, Oil was pronounced "Ool" and window was "winder". She was totally baffled with his accent.
I’m from South East Tennessee and I think we’re very blessed to live in a country with such a wide variety of dialects.
My Grandma is from Minnesota, but hasn’t lived there in more than 50 years. She still says “super” and “oh, my”! Also, she was born in the US of Norwegian parents. So she says “oof da” and there’s lots of Ole and Lena jokes. As a Texan, I think it’s hilarious and adorable!
Joel, you might enjoy a channel called, “It’s a Southern Thing”. They do skits re: all things southern. 😁
Yes, that channel is fantastic!
viewergreg I think Joel would love it!
My favorite is their "Bless their heart" video.
I love their channel! Bless your rank is the best!
In Minnesota/Wisconsin they say bagel like “Bag-el” like a bag.
I call it a bay-gel. (Wisconsin) I noticed my husband and I say 'crayon' different. He calls it a 'cran' and I call it a 'cray-on.' He has a bit of Yooper from living in northern Michigan.
Look up Shelby Foote. He was a historian from the Mississippi delta. He's a great example of the old, genteel Southern accent.
We call his accent the syrup and butter southern accent. My uncles all sound just like him.
Shelby Foote was one of the guest historians on Ken Burns the Civil War. He had that old refined southern accent. A real joy to listen to him.
Thanks for the recommendation! Both my grandparents that have passed had that accent. It was nice to hear their tone again.
The two women from Alabama are playing up their accents. While Professor Foote was talking for Mr. Burns documentary the two ladies if they were talking to other people their accents wouldn't be as heavy.
"Americans must have big mouths"
Girl you've seen what we eat hahahah
You guys should watch that video of the guys with Baltimore accents saying “Aaron earned an iron urn”, they realize how much they butcher it
Just for the record, not all Southerners sound like that.
Of course not we have tons of accents in the south.
This, this, this! My grandma is from Florida and still has an accent. Most people don't even know since it's not common.
A unique and dying American accent is the Baltimore accent. Not just saying it because that's where I'm from. We use a non regional dialect nowadays, but we love going into the old time Baltimore accent. See if you can find a video on it. It's funny like a new Yorkers
Baltimore and Philly accents are alive and well and going nowhere.
LOVE a baltimore accent! lmk if you find a good one would love to hear it
Aaron earned an iron urn
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RideShareGold haha I love it! Sounds just like my family
I once heard a linguist talk about why some Southern accents sound similar to British accents. Accents are derivative of the people who immigrated and settled there.
If you take certain southern accents and slow them down, you can pick up similar consonant or vowel sounds.
Another example is southern Louisiana (those with more of a Cajun accent), since the land was settled by the French.
Love watching the accent vids. It amazes me how many accents there are in the UK and USA. Being from Canada, we don't really have a lot. We have the "neutral" one, the Quebec one, Maritimes (excl Newfoundland) and then the Newfoundland accent. Can't wait to see/hear more!
I think that has the do with population. Give it time and it will happen.
Yes people from Canada don't have a real noticeable accent except when you say words like out. The O sound is very noticeable.
@@rickchamberlain637 I think when you go into the country side it gets thicker, what I mean was there isn't a hug variance in change across the country. Campared to countrys in Europe. I think it has to do with the age of Canada, and population.
Canadian raising - it’s a sound that doesn’t occur in American accents.
@@deegeef no its doesn't, but does that mean the accent is different, because I minor difference, no.
Minnesotan here, born and raised. We definitely hold our vowels. My favorite Minnesotan phrases are "ya sure, you betcha", "ope, just gonna sneak past ya real quick", "oh fur sure", "uffda", and I even add the word "ay" onto the end of a sentence if I'm looking for a reply or an agreement to what I said lol. I hope our accent doesn't sound too weird.😅🌲
MN native myself. So I am curious, do you actually know anyone who genuinely says things like "ya sure, you betcha" or is it more of a playing it up since we are supposed to sound that way? I am in the Twin Cities and I generally think that most people around here do not have a strong accent and definitely not the stereotypical Minnesota accent. My dad would always say "oh fur sure" to be funny. I started saying "uffda" to be funny, but I have said it so much it is now normal. I only think of Canadians saying "ay". Now I do say "ope". I have always said that and I never knew it was a "thing" until social media pointed it out a few years ago. So, I am curious, do you live rural or metro? Do people around you genuinely speak with a "Fargo" Minnesota accent? I think it is only a northern Minnesotan thing, but maybe I am wrong.
@@InHimAlone I am in rural Minnesota and grew up in a small town so that's probably why people say I have a stronger MN accent. I did also spend a lot of time in Northern Minnesota growing up. My theory is that the movie Fargo messed us all up. They were so over-exaggerated with the accent that we all started copying them as a joke and now we're stuck with it. 😆
I do agree that people who live in and near the cities don't have that thick MN accent, but still have a cute lil mini accent! I have heard (mainly older people) say "ya sure, you betcha". I say "ya sure" more than I like to admit lol. I know out of state people have told me that we say "bag" and "about" weird, but I don't hear it. 😅
I'm a New Jerseyan. Growing up I was put in speech therapy because I had a slight New York accent having been raised by New Yorker parents with all New Yorker relatives. My family was not happy that they kept saying I had a speech problem.
Do more Alabama. A good channel to check out is “It’s A Southern Thing” to get a comedic, but scarily accurate sometimes, glimpse into the culture here.
A southern thing is great they get 5 stars say Rick from LA Lower Alabama.
I agree, I watch his channel and he is funny. Gadsden here.
@@toddperman8265 Cherokee County here! Love Joel and Lia
Love its a southern thing so much!
Lee County, Alabama here! They definitely should review some It's a Southern Thing videos!
“Uffda” is just Scandinavian expression of something like “Oh my God/gosh/goodness!” or similar.
Uff da. Yah, sure. Ya betcha.
Oh, ya, you got that right, then.
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Ten days after I turned eight, got my lips stuck in a gate. My friends all laughed. And I just stood there until the fire department came and broke the lock with a crowbar and I had to spend the next six weeks in lip rehab with this kid named Oscar who got stung by a bee, right on the lip. And we couldn't even talk to each other until the fifth week 'cause both of our lips were so swollen, and when he did start speaking he just spoke Polish, and I only knew like, three words in Polish, except now, I know four because Oscar taught me the word for lip. "Uffda!"
@@organicio Veggie Tales????
I still can't get over how Lia says Alah-bah-ma XDXD so funny 😂😂😂love it
Right?! I was thinking “Ollie-bomma.” I’ve never heard Alabama pronounced so fancy 😂
Yes, Minnesotans use an “a” sound that is slightly more toward a long vowel than the short vowel sound. You hear this in “bag” and “bagel.”
There’s a few variations within the Minnesota dialect. One I refer to as “church lady.” A second variation, which you typically only hear from young men, I call “hockey talk.”
i live in minnesota and tbh we dont talk anything like that. -north mpls
FYI, many of the accents derived from European speaking settlers.
Correct. Although everyone is speaking English, each area has a spin on it coming from the people who originally settled in that area. In East TN where I live, it's Scot's Irish.
@@Overhill_Farm The accent on the Outer Banks of North Carolina is similar to a Cockney accent.
Yes! In Minnesota we do say "Oofda" a LOT but we just changed it to "Oof" haha Also, the word I hate the most is Milk, where some say "Melk"
Something sad about accents in general, TV is slowly killing them all.
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I know! And I hear so many of kids in my southern town slowly losing it and it makes me very sad.
@@icesk8ergal1123 I was born/raised in East Tennessee and watched a lot of TV as a kid. I don't live in the south anymore and people are generally surprised to find out where I am from.
TV and internet. The sad downside to such interconnection of the world
If you're over a certain age, or maybe just between certain ages, in the American South, you were raised to try to get rid of your accent. Maybe it was just in certain states or areas of them. I grew up being shown and told that if you "talk like a hick" meaning having a strong accent like those 2 women from Alabama, you would never get a respectable job, or maybe no job at all. I don't think the stereotype is as bad as it was years ago now, but there was a time when it was a fairly certain thing that you were assumed to be a huge idiot if you had a thick Southern accent like those two women.
New York: New York City, Long Island, and the rest of the state.
A roommate of mine from college said that each of the five boroughs of NYC have differences in accent. He claimed, you can sometimes narrow it down to a specific neighborhood based on accent. I didn't have enough experience to hear the difference.
BTW, Bugs Bunny was supposed to speak with a Brooklyn accent.
nah the accents don't differ based on borough, it's more based on your ethnic background. If you're an Italian New Yorker, your accent is gonna be the same in any borough, as well as Long Island
Correct and correct, although Bugs was from 70 years ago. The Brooklyn accent has changed a little since then.
That is definitely true. I can tell what borough ppl are from when they speak. Especially Staten Island. They’re the more aggressive speaker
Absolutely, the Bronx and Brooklyn are different, or at least they used to be. Then there’s the Long Island accent, but that varies by western vs eastern (more New Englandish) and South Shore vs. North Shore.
I used to like the Astoria Queens accent on "All In The Family". Archie Bunker would be like, "How long are you gonna berl (boil) that water Ee-dit (Edith)? "Don't leave the milk out, or it's gonna sperl (spoil)"
Thank you for being respectful to people with an Alabama accent. Oftentimes we get made fun of and get told that we sound like idiots.
There is no specific accent for each state, there are regional accents depending upon what part of the state. States are much larger in the U.S. I can tell approximately where someone is from in the U.S. when I hear them speak. In New York there are five boroughs and each borough has different neighborhoods where people speak differently. Walt in Miami
I think its both.I think states do have accents and certain cities areas of town do have there distinct accent as well.
Minnesota. Hell yeah. As someone that's born and raised yes.
Also yeah that's what I've heard. We have longer Os and sometimes longer As.
All of our vowels are long.
also I noticed you guys pronounce the word "about" like Canadians do
@@rubiginosaa Yeah, I do that
Yah, me too, you betcha!
@@rubiginosaa In MN it's more like uh-boat. In CA it's more like uh-boot
In the movie, "Notting Hill", a New Yorker tries to teach the British actor Hugh Grant to speak the New York accent. It is hilarious. My paternal grandmother had a pronounced eastern Virginia accent and she would say things like, "Please put some woe-dah own the ge-yah-den." (Please put some water on the garden.).
Yes, some New Yorkers do sounds like that. Basically, each Southern state has its own accent. Some have more than one...
Yeah, Texas is so large there's a bit of difference between the East and West dialects. Cities are losing the accent a bit. And I think Latinx and Black Texans have their own spin on the dialects as well.
I don’t know about others but I can barely hear the person from Minnesota speaking on your video.
One recommendation for the future (even though this is pretty old at this point) of equalizing your volume by using headphones. Half of the sample videos are almost inaudible.
Minnesota and the Dakotas have a lot of Scandinavian influence because that’s were they immigrated in groups. They came in big families and settled there to make their own towns back in the day. I love the history books written about those times. I’m from the South but I don’t feel like I’m loud LoL. There are so many versions of Southern accents. Virginia is posh, Lower Alabama is thick and slow, North Alabama tends to have serious twang, S Georgia can be so thick they are hard to understand if they talk fast. I’m from the center of Florida where it’s still Southern (Northerners have changed the coastal areas). I think inland Florida is like Lower Alabama with less twang. Some may argue that Florida isn’t Southern - come inland. My Dad was a Deputy Sheriff and a Rancher in a small town - we do speak Y’all down here.
Did NOT know that the used "Uff da!" in Minnesota. Fun! Never heard it other than here in Norway.
@@SumnerLine Native Minnesotan here--I'm from the cities so my accent isn't nearly as strong as what that guy was saying, but my family from up in northern Minnesota does talk like that and they say "uff da" and other Scandinavian interjections to this day! There is still an incredible amount of Norwegian and Swedish influence here. Minnesota has the highest number of people of Scandinavian descent in the country, so it does make sense.
Born in Minnesota, living in South Dakota! Scandinavian heritage and yes I use the “uff-da” and the u-betcha all the time!
I'm from north central FL. The accent around here is a mixture of south GA and lower AL. I used to believe that I didn't have an accent until I met a girl from Lawn Guyland (Long Island). Then I learned just how wrong I was.
@@brynnsundgaard9594 There was a commedienne name Diane Ford who said that the Scandinavian immigrants came all the way from their freezing countries to settle in the states that have the same cold and miserable climates as the places they left (then she hits her head with her microphone to express the word "Duh")
I had a Bostonian ask me "you going to the potty?". I replied...."well maybe later...that's kinda personal". He meant party.
quite a few years back I was in Buffalo, NY looking for a hackey sack (the little bean bag toy thing). When I asked the store employee if they had any hackey sacks, she led me directly to the hockey socks. LOL.
agnesnutter I’m from Pittsburgh, and my step siblings are from Buffalo. We used to argue over how to say “God.” I insist he says “gad,” as in “gad fly.”
Paw tee
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I remember an Okie telling me about a man in her neighborhood who was caught bowling a head. I said, "...bowling a head? ...bowling a head?" And she said "Yea-uh. Like in a pot... on the stove... bowling.." Oh you mean boiling? That's what I said, bowling
I'm from Minnesota and many of us have even heavier accents than that man - that man in the video wasnt born and raised in minnesota and was just talking about his own experience while he was living in that state.
Yes, we say "bag" and "tag" and "rag" a bit odd. We also say "home" and "boat" and "house" differently, too. I recommend watching a video from an actual native Minnesotan. Our accent is heavily influenced by the Scandinavian settlers from the late 1800s. I am mostly Danish and Swedish, and I absolutely have a thick Minnesotan accent - which is thicker in the state the more you head out to the rural areas. We also have phrases like "You betcha" and "Dontcha know".
My parents' friend who is originally from Brooklyn (one of the New York City Boroughs) is a retired French teacher. At one point she and her family lived in South Carolina. She got a kick out of the fact that she was a person with a Brooklyn accent teaching French to kids with Southern accents.
I'm told Frank Perdue (Perdue chickens) had a heavy Brooklyn accent, and he did his own Spanish translations for Spanish Perdue commercials, he sounded very Span-glish but with a Brooklyn accent.
I’m from Tennessee and I work with this couple that came down from New York and every time I see them and I say “he how are you” they say “hey what’s gohin’’ ahhhn” hahaha 😂
Also I went to Minnesota once and I was so shook the whole time, I’ve never heard everyone around me talk like that it was so funny and awesome!
I'm dying! Had to crawl back to the couch from the floor around 6:00. Haha, too funny guys! Love you!
Remember everything is coke in the south. All soda in Alabama is coke. "Hey going to grab a coke, what do you want? Ya grab me a Dr Pepper or Mountain Dew"
Mmm dr pepper
Arkansas too. You wanna a coke? We've got Sprite, Dr. Pepper, .....
If you want to hear the Minnesota accent, watch the film Fargo.
Be forewarned, it is very dark... Some people think it is funny, but I have a very British sense of humor, and I hated it.
Fargo is in North Dakota... not Minnesota
Fargo is in North Dakota, but Most of the movie took place in Minneapolis.
@@andrewbradyaas979 being from the twin City's we do not talk like.its more northern minnesota sounds more like Fargo.
Yes, but it's the same accent zone, with all those "You betchas"...
My wife is from NYC and when I met her she had a very thick accent. She was in college and had just moved away from NY. She has lost her accent over the years, only showing up on occasion with some words. The exception is when she is back in NY, it all comes back again. We have two daughters, 17 and 20 and they haven't been to NYC with their mom since they were too young to remember. Well, my 17 year old went to NY with her mom a few months ago and when that full NY accent came out, she was stunned. She thought it was hysterical.
They should do one on the difference between French Cajun, French Canadian and French European accents
There are mulitple French Canadian accents. :)
@@loosilu thank you for letting me know
You should try Pittsburgh Pennsylvania they have their own language kind of like pittsburghese we have words like yinz.
I agree.
Yesssss philly and Pittsburgh accents are super unique - almost like a blend of Boston New York and the Midwest.
@@BookishDark most definitely and with their own dictionary lol
Absolutely! If you are really interested in hearing a truly unique accent that is found only in western PA, then I recommend Pittsburghese! Check out a native You Tuber, "Pittsburgh Dad" to hear a good example of it.
I've been told that's from a Scottish phrase.
The English settled in the South - so the Southern English accent reflects how the early English accents sounded. Shakespearean English was “ rhotic “ , for example- meaning English people used a hard “ r” when they came over here.
It is now official. Joel was the first English person I have ever heard who said he enjoyed listening to an American accent. Whereas Americans frequently are in chanted with English accents. Great job guys!
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If you want a load of Hilarious Minnesota accents, watch the movie “Drop Dead Gorgeous” with Kirstie Alley and Kirsten Dunst!
OMG, Yes! Plus just a hysterical movie in general! We constantly use the line "Are we on Cops?"
@@2Blessed 100 percent!!
Yes! That is pretty much a perfect example. From a pretty much perfect movie. 😂
Amen! Screenplay was written by a Minnesotan. As soon as I heard they were covering our accent I put on my Kirsten Dunst as Amber Atkins hat and yelled "OH GAHD OH CRAP OH GAHD OH CRAP"
I'm a Wyoming native, and our accent here is very different than what is portrayed on TV and in movies. On tv, it seems that Wyomingites have southern or Texas accents. In reality, the Wyoming accent is quite neutral, similar to the guy from Kansas in your first video. I have friends in the south who can't tell my accent from a Canadian accent!
Disappointed with the representation of Minnesota. If you decide to do Wisconsin check out Comedian Charlie Berens. It will give a much better idea of the accent of the Midwest.
Manitowoc Minute! Yeah, that guy's great. I keep wanting to believe that he's playing things up for the sake of comedy, but nope, this is about as WISCONSIN as it gets!
For certain areas in Wisconsin maybe... definitely not everywhere! I've lived here all my life (I'm in my 40's), and it is exceedingly rare for me to hear that sound in person. No one I personally know talks that way. To me, it sounds more Yooper, almost like a caricature.
No one I know talks like that in Wisconsin.
It’s not just the long "o" sound, in the name of the state, we say "minna-soda" where the "t" is soft, and it makes the o sound more pronounced. It's also more about specific words and phrases, doncha know. Ya, you betcha.
@@Dreasura I don't think it's the soft T, so much as the inferior cheese and insufficient quantity of lakes that does it...
(All in good fun! Much love to my fellow mid-westerner, even if we DO have more lakes than you. ;-P)
When it comes to that type of Italian NY accent, it's much more apparent with older generations. Some younger Italians will have that accent, especially on Long Island, but much less thick
I'm not Italian at all and grew up in Brooklyn have the accent. A lot of people do. Look at Action Bronson!
It's funny that you bring up how open the mouth is in the southern accent as opposed to the closed accent because there are linguistics studies that talk about how languages that are closer to the equator have more open mouths and the further you get from the equator/closer to the poles the more closed mouthed the languages. So it's sort of affected by the climate
"Is that a common New York accent or are they usually playing it up for the movies?" Yes.
Video Idea: Have you American fans record themselves doing British Accents for you guys to rate. I’d like to see what you’d get.
That would be funny. Especially considering most of our attempts at British accents are all in the same awful generic style🤦🏼♀️, unless some people actually learn a true one intentionally.
I am American but have been told by British people that I can do a convincing Scottish accent, Edinburgh specifically
@@solojones1138 Send it in!
Minnesota, Michigan and Wisconsin speak with a trace from the Scandinavians who settled there.
Check out the accents from Maine and Louisiana cajuns. Americans have trouble understanding cajuns. When they speak creole it's full of creatively spoken french. Interesting to hear.
And don't forget the Appalachians. Their speech has been related back to old English and some Scottish.