Sent it to my mom, a native Baltimoron, she loved it. She added that Stu forgot to explain "payment"- that's the place where you hit your head when you fall, on the payment.
I never realized how diverse the accents in the U.S. are, even from one city to the next sometimes. I love the Baltimore accent for sure. It makes me want to watch John Waters movies immediately. :P
I can assure any doubters that this is a Baltimore accent. If you don't believe me I'll let you speak to my repair guy. For the most part I only see if in people older than 50, though.
Yea. Or they can talk to my grandparents or my little sisters dad lol. Maybe even me but the people I mentioned above have a much more pronounced accent.
The Baltimore accent is still common in younger working class/ less educated whites in less upscale outlying suburbs and exurban areas around Baltimore. Think Dundalk, Arbutus, Edgemere, Glen Burnie, Westminster etc, -places that few outsiders tend to go to. A lot of Baltimore police and firemen have it. That population isn't in Baltimore itself so much now though and those who are, are not isolated and tend to talk more like their neighbors among the younger generations.
The strongest influence on this dialect is West Country English. but, because of Tidewater influences, it also has East Anglia aspects. Those East Anglia aspects are heard in the Outer Banks of NC. Baltimore then is a Hodge podge accent. It's almost non-distinct to where it can sound accent free with a bit of Southern. It's like what happens when someone from Kentucky moved to Chicago. the Black Baltimore accent is different. they front the "u" sound to a crazy degree where it sounds like they insert a "y" Vowel in there. So "too" sounds like "tyoo". The Black Baltimore accent is more African influenced and is similar to many Coastal Carolina accents heard in Blacks down there.
I'm from Towson (North of the city). (Serial Mom was filmed at my high school.) Anyway, the accent varies from neighborhood to neighborhood, but this is fairly authentic for areas in East Baltimore.
I got quite emotional reading your comment .im a 34 year old man ,Im originally from Israel but moved to the united states as an 8 year old with my brother ,sister and mother the first place we lived was bonnie ridge and then we moved to Towson specifically idlewylde then during the last 1 or 2 years before I left the united states at 17 and a half I lived in rockville Maryland .I learned to speak English from brits when still in Israel as a child ,so i spoke with a thick British accent which I never lost during my time in america ,I had a very rough traumatic time in America I come from a broken home and the accent amongst other things marked me as a different I never learned to feel American I never integrated or assimilated into the culture .so at the first opportunity I left and never returned . because it was all sort of a nightmare I barely ever think about the places I lived back then matter of fact if somebody disbelieved me claiming I use to live in the area your from due to how un-American I sound and asked me to mention somethings about the area in order to prove I had once lived there I would be hard pressed to mention the right information .im proper sentimental I am ,so reading someone commenting they are from Towson brings allot of emotions up I dunno why its not that surprising I mean I went on youtube and typed Baltimore Maryland accent in order to wallow in nostalgia yeah but your one sentence comment caught me off guard ..please pardon my unsolicited oversharing to a comment you made 7 years ago
This is without a doubt “Authentic Baltimore” especially “out’na counee” or Dundalk. Love it! Nicely done, sir! Makes me want an Ol’ Bay sanwich with some mayonnaise on it, Hon.
Thank you soo much I haven't laughed this much since I left Baltimore over 20 years ago. My wife just showed this to me she came acrossed it while researching Polk Audio . For some equipment we purchased.
Love dialects. Now I wanna hear someone say "The Orioles are giving out Oreos" and "Wear your coats to the Colts game" and "The Zinc supplements are by the sink" lol
oh ur good. i lived in hamilton for four years and i do believe that bawler is the lease attractive accent in the us after an eastern shore accent. you do it justice. Ed Walker's version of "Crabs for Christmas" is sublimely Baltimorean.
The Eastern Shore accent is much closer to the NC Outter Banks accent than it is of the ones from Balda-mur. And is closely aligned with Elizabethian English and Welsh. (Fall-arms = Firearms, Hace = House, Mace = Mouse, Wooder = Water, Far = Fire, Cheekin = Chicken, etc and the inflection is heavier and comes more from the chest/lungs) The Baltimore/Philly accents always seemed nasally whiney and sissified to me. The men never sounded like they got a pair. No wonder so many young people are trying consciously to drop that accent.
Thanks for this! It brought back fond memories. As a boy I spent summers in Harford "Cannie" in MD - just north of Ballmer - near "B'lair" (a.k.a. Bel Air) I'm sure there are many words with special "Ballmer" pronunciations and sayings that you missed, but I swear there's one particular saying that kids would tell me when they want to dismissively say "you're weird" --> It's "You're 'fflickted" (as in "you are afflickted" (with something)). And I like the way they say "come on over" -> "kem owen ehw-var"... Do you remember those commercials about Fox Chevrolet - how "Fox" was pronounced? (r-rated lol)
Well, considering the same East Anglians influenced the Virginia Tidewater accent and the Boston accent, I'm sure the Tidewater would have a lot of influence on the Baltimore accent being that the Chesapeake is right there. It's believed that old New England fishing communities and old Tidewater communities share the same "Southernish" accent.
The East Coast shares similarities from New England all the way down to the Deep South. Certain dialect characteristics pervade whether you're in Maine or Georgia.
CaptainDogTags He mightve altered his speech to sound more mainstream. Maybe grew up poor and felt the accent would reflect that when it doesnt necessarily.
Pretty much nails it! By the way, I have a pair of Monitor Series Model 10s I bought in 1977. Best speakers I've ever owned. Still got 'em. Still sound great!
bearclawsrock first of all im 14, second of all how does age have to do with what you hear?? could u not hear when u were 12?? do u talk like that? idk and i honestly dont care
Notorious TSC I was born in Baltimore, this is how they sound, if not worse. Its like someone took west Virginia, staten island, and threw in some Richmond accents and came up with Bawlmorese
is that why here in philadelphia, we say " DOWNYSHORE" (down the shore) ? watchin allot of these accent videos , sean monahan and those linguists r right = baltimore and philadelphia are very similar dialects.
I was born and raised in Baltimore and I cannot for the life of me do the Baltimore “o” sound. My friends and family will laugh at me when I try to do it… I think it’s because my mother didn’t want us to speak Baltimorese.
You'd lose your $100, mehopthe. :) I went to high school with Stu in Bawlmer. Great job, Stu! I moved to Virginia in 1974, and STILL miss the accent! I've lost most of my Baltimore accent after living here for over 37 years, but I still talk about dem O's and miss bowlin' ducks!
I grew up about 40 miles from Pittsburgh and the Baltimore accent sounds a lot like the Pittsburgh accent they say a lot of the same words similarly and they have a word that has been said in the Pittsburgh area for generations that's yinz and that means you guys and they call the accent and words they say there Pittsburghese. Look at Pittsburgh accent videos and you'll see the similarities.
rockinron40 they are similar but in the same vain Bawlmer accent is closest to Philly and even Cincinnati's accent is more like Baltimore than Pittsburgh's
+Vac Sar Great explanation! also Pittsburgh merges caught and cot, so it has a sound that is more rounded and closed. So Don=Dawn. Philly and Baltimore don't do this. The caught Vowel is more rounded and closed but the cot Vowel is more open. In Pittsburgh, the Vowel for caught and cot is the same vowel that Baltimore and Philly use for words like song, on, dawn, and caught. Another thing that's different about Pittsburgh is that they don't really flatten their short a vowels. A Pittsburgh accent is then more like a Boston or a Midwest accent in that they only flatten the short a before a nasal consonant (m or n). In Philly and Baltimore, they flatten it before m, n, f, s, and th BUT in multi syllabic words, the rule changes. tldr version: Baltimore and Philly are more similar than Baltimore and Pittsburgh. But all fall under the Midland umbrella, which is the closest to being "accentless", except that Baltimore to a great extend picks up Southern characteristics
I live in Philadelphia and I do hear some similarities. However, I definitely hear more of a southern influence than we have up here. Yes, I *do* hear a bit of Pittsburghese in there, too. :-)
Right. New York and New England accent are more white working class too but they are still much more common among a more class and ethnically diverse population compared to the Baltimore accent. However in some states Minnesota or Mississippi all segments of at least the native white population (often people of color too) tend to still speak with the regional accent. In much of Texas the twang has faded (though not fully disappeared) among most middle class people under 40, but in most of the West Texas plains it is still very strong. Even younger Mexican Americans from say, Lubbock or small towns West Texas in general, often speak with a very strong West Texas Drawl often mixed with a slight Spanish accent as well but the Southern being prevalant.
Oddly enough, I know not a single Baltimorean who speaks like this. Of course, most accent videos are exaggerated, but...eh, whatever. Kind of funny to hear people imitating your accent.
CharWV Well, of course it's a generalization--I think, also, it has to do with I being a local to the region, I don't hear it as much, and so while some truly don't, those who do don't seem to differ to me.Perhaps it's a class affectation instead? After all, there are great differences between how the, say, hipsters speak, and the poorer people of Hampden.
Aha, I definitely agree with you there. I've never been too Pittsburgh, but I've lived in Baltimore my whole life, in a range of areas within, and while I know it's fairly high in crime, it's really a beautiful and interesting city.
This is the accent of white lower-class neighborhoods. More educated places won't have such a pronounced accent due to speech training in college. This type of accent is mostly heard in Dundalk, Glen Burnie, Brooklyn Park, Pigtown, etc...
That's true in most places. Whether, you're in, for example, Boston, New York, Philly, or Baltimore, the local accent will be more pronounced in working-class people. Upper class or well-educated people are less likely to talk that way.
Yup. Grew up in Glen Burnie, went to school in Brooklyn Park, family was from Dundalk. This is SPOT ON. Only thing he missed was saying "washed" instead of the obviously more correct "warshed" when describing what one does with clothes in the "zinc"
@@mbd501what's different in New York though is that in the outlying areas even a lot of the educated class speaks that way, if not as intensely. It's much more of a working class and class less educated accent in the Baltimore area compared to greater nyc. Also the majority of black (and Puerto Rican) New Yorkers speak much closer to New York city English then African American Vernacular which is a form of Southern US English. So the degree of class or neighborhood or ethnic variability for American accents also varies from city to city, region to region.
@@mbd501Then in certian more provincial states like Mississippi or West Virginia or even Minnesota (the upper Midwest accent), the regional accent is actually still highly prevalant across the class spectrum among natives, even anong younger educated adults in urban areas though the Iater do tend to speak it less strongly then most. So how provincial vs cosmopolitan a region is, is also a huge factor in strength of accents in addition to class and education and neighborhood, rural vs urban etc.
Copacetic I'm watching American Horror Story and I thought forever that Kathy Bates was just really butchering a Dutch/similar European accent really bad
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You forgot the classic "wooder" for Water.
Sent it to my mom, a native Baltimoron, she loved it. She added that Stu forgot to explain "payment"- that's the place where you hit your head when you fall, on the payment.
I never realized how diverse the accents in the U.S. are, even from one city to the next sometimes. I love the Baltimore accent for sure. It makes me want to watch John Waters movies immediately. :P
I can assure any doubters that this is a Baltimore accent. If you don't believe me I'll let you speak to my repair guy. For the most part I only see if in people older than 50, though.
I've been in Baldymore for 20 years. He is spot on.
@@squaregrouperx Yup, I was born there. I can also say he's spot on, though with just a little exaggeration for humorous effect.
Yea. Or they can talk to my grandparents or my little sisters dad lol. Maybe even me but the people I mentioned above have a much more pronounced accent.
The Baltimore accent is still common in younger working class/ less educated whites in less upscale outlying suburbs and exurban areas around Baltimore. Think Dundalk, Arbutus, Edgemere, Glen Burnie, Westminster etc, -places that few outsiders tend to go to. A lot of Baltimore police and firemen have it. That population isn't in Baltimore itself so much now though and those who are, are not isolated and tend to talk more like their neighbors among the younger generations.
I have to play Edna Turnblad in "Hairspray". I'm Australian, so this has helped a lot. Thanks so much!
The strongest influence on this dialect is West Country English. but, because of Tidewater influences, it also has East Anglia aspects. Those East Anglia aspects are heard in the Outer Banks of NC. Baltimore then is a Hodge podge accent. It's almost non-distinct to where it can sound accent free with a bit of Southern. It's like what happens when someone from Kentucky moved to Chicago.
the Black Baltimore accent is different. they front the "u" sound to a crazy degree where it sounds like they insert a "y" Vowel in there. So "too" sounds like "tyoo". The Black Baltimore accent is more African influenced and is similar to many Coastal Carolina accents heard in Blacks down there.
Ed G spot on!
Eddie Ol skool!
I'm from Towson (North of the city). (Serial Mom was filmed at my high school.) Anyway, the accent varies from neighborhood to neighborhood, but this is fairly authentic for areas in East Baltimore.
I got quite emotional reading your comment .im a 34 year old man ,Im originally from Israel but moved to the united states as an 8 year old with my brother ,sister and mother the first place we lived was bonnie ridge and then we moved to Towson specifically idlewylde then during the last 1 or 2 years before I left the united states at 17 and a half I lived in rockville Maryland .I learned to speak English from brits when still in Israel as a child ,so i spoke with a thick British accent which I never lost during my time in america ,I had a very rough traumatic time in America I come from a broken home and the accent amongst other things marked me as a different I never learned to feel American I never integrated or assimilated into the culture .so at the first opportunity I left and never returned . because it was all sort of a nightmare I barely ever think about the places I lived back then matter of fact if somebody disbelieved me claiming I use to live in the area your from due to how un-American I sound and asked me to mention somethings about the area in order to prove I had once lived there I would be hard pressed to mention the right information .im proper sentimental I am ,so reading someone commenting they are from Towson brings allot of emotions up I dunno why its not that surprising I mean I went on youtube and typed Baltimore Maryland accent in order to wallow in nostalgia yeah but your one sentence comment caught me off guard ..please pardon my unsolicited oversharing to a comment you made 7 years ago
This is without a doubt “Authentic Baltimore” especially “out’na counee” or Dundalk. Love it! Nicely done, sir! Makes me want an Ol’ Bay sanwich with some mayonnaise on it, Hon.
I just watched a couple of John Water's films and I this is how they speak in those films. "Oi loike eggz! Puhleeze bring me some eggz!"
Oh I am so going to Bawmer for my post Coronavirus vacation.
Thank you soo much I haven't laughed this much since I left Baltimore over 20 years ago. My wife just showed this to me she came acrossed it while researching Polk Audio . For some equipment we purchased.
Love dialects. Now I wanna hear someone say "The Orioles are giving out Oreos" and "Wear your coats to the Colts game" and "The Zinc supplements are by the sink" lol
Funny
oh ur good. i lived in hamilton for four years and i do believe that bawler is the lease attractive accent in the us after an eastern shore accent. you do it justice. Ed Walker's version of "Crabs for Christmas" is sublimely Baltimorean.
The Eastern Shore accent is much closer to the NC Outter Banks accent than it is of the ones from Balda-mur. And is closely aligned with Elizabethian English and Welsh. (Fall-arms = Firearms, Hace = House, Mace = Mouse, Wooder = Water, Far = Fire, Cheekin = Chicken, etc and the inflection is heavier and comes more from the chest/lungs) The Baltimore/Philly accents always seemed nasally whiney and sissified to me. The men never sounded like they got a pair. No wonder so many young people are trying consciously to drop that accent.
This made me miss home. Living in Texas, but Balmer will always be home, Hon! Go O's
I love the way he gradually slides into the accent in his introduction. (I'm a Bawlmer native, but living in California for 29 years).
Yes but he has a mild but obvious version of it from the very beginning!
@@jKLa Fair enough.
So basically to speak with a Baltimore accent I just need to pretend like I've suffered some blunt force trauma to the head? Ok.
Didja get hit by that C-ment?
The picstcher on the beero was roon ba tha far
Jamie B BITCH
@@enotj found the Balti-moron
Its not talking like you have a head trauma. Its like putting 'ew' were 'o's should be. Like 'tew' blew' and 'yew'.
You forgot one - when we take the train south from Baltimore, we end up in Warshington, hon!
I'm currently writing a chapter of a story set in Baltimore about 30 yrs ago.This is helping a lot. Thank you brother
Please don't use this for the accent. It sounds nothing like a Baltimore accent
Kathy Bates in American Horror Story: Freak Show had a Baltimore accent. I heard that it's pretty accurate.
Brilliant!!! I only lived there for years, but this made me homesick...
Thanks friends. Never thought this would end up here or hang around so long.
Sounds kind of like an exaggerated mixture of western Pennsylvania (e.g. Pitt.) and deep southern.
exactly!! makes my ears bleed
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Its a cross between the Midlands and Tidewater.
Omg spot on man spot on 🤣🤣🤣
way to go, Stu! Miss you friend :)
thank you!
perfect.i had one too!
shed. with work.
now and again, it returns to haunt me...
or to make me smile.;)
Thanks for this! It brought back fond memories. As a boy I spent summers in Harford "Cannie" in MD - just north of Ballmer - near "B'lair" (a.k.a. Bel Air) I'm sure there are many words with special "Ballmer" pronunciations and sayings that you missed, but I swear there's one particular saying that kids would tell me when they want to dismissively say "you're weird" --> It's "You're 'fflickted" (as in "you are afflickted" (with something)).
And I like the way they say "come on over" -> "kem owen ehw-var"...
Do you remember those commercials about Fox Chevrolet - how "Fox" was pronounced? (r-rated lol)
that bumper sticker is hilarious. wish i had that on my car when i lived in natty bo land. they still got Bohager's?
This accent is like a weird hybrid of Southern and New England. It's like Peter Griffin if he became a hillbilly
Well, considering the same East Anglians influenced the Virginia Tidewater accent and the Boston accent, I'm sure the Tidewater would have a lot of influence on the Baltimore accent being that the Chesapeake is right there. It's believed that old New England fishing communities and old Tidewater communities share the same "Southernish" accent.
The East Coast shares similarities from New England all the way down to the Deep South. Certain dialect characteristics pervade whether you're in Maine or Georgia.
Whabow dem annyrundal furinjuns? Ainoo sleep furda sireens.
I grew up in Annyrundal Cowny hon and I gree. Too many furinjuns.
Love it...hilarious...
Impressive Dundalk twang!!
It’s Funky for sure. Great vid man🤘
So perfect!
So I've moved to Cape Cod and people don't unnerstand me heer. Dey gots wickked lobstah though!
Spot on!
My dad was born and raised in Baltimore, so was his father. He never sounded like he was missing a chromosome like in this vid.
If you're trying to say what I think youre trying to say, you mean "had an extra chromosome"
CaptainDogTags He mightve altered his speech to sound more mainstream. Maybe grew up poor and felt the accent would reflect that when it doesnt necessarily.
Pretty much nails it! By the way, I have a pair of Monitor Series Model 10s I bought in 1977. Best speakers I've ever owned. Still got 'em. Still sound great!
This is so perfect hahahahaha
So that's where people who say "pleece" for "police" are from.
Karen Hunter and ambolace=ambulance
Love it! Owny (only) one I thought I was gonna hear but didn't was....libary (library)!
pretty good, but you said "wash" not "wursh"! LOL!
Love him, tell it like it is haha
Bawmor..... love it
I live in Baltimore county, I have never heard any sound like that,
That's because you are like 12
bearclawsrock first of all im 14, second of all how does age have to do with what you hear?? could u not hear when u were 12?? do u talk like that? idk and i honestly dont care
Notorious TSC I was born in Baltimore, this is how they sound, if not worse. Its like someone took west Virginia, staten island, and threw in some Richmond accents and came up with Bawlmorese
Notorious TSC Dude, I've never even been to B-more but I know that Bawlmer and Baltimore County are two different worlds.
+theonlyegg oh...indeed😀
hahaha NAILED IT!
Polk magnifi mini o yas 108?
I'm not sure if this is serious!! I love it haha..
Polk Audio, its a Baltimore pride thing.
Someone needs to send this to Stavros Halkias lol.
Haha Baltimoron my dads from bmore and we always say that
is that why here in philadelphia, we say " DOWNYSHORE" (down the shore) ? watchin allot of these accent videos , sean monahan and those linguists r right = baltimore and philadelphia are very similar dialects.
Soooo stinkin' funny!
Ocean City (Ehw-sh'n Sihtih) has its own weird accent, when coupled with Ball'mer visitors...
That was good and funny
You sure yer not from Pittsburgh?! 😂
Similar to the Philly accent with a few differences.
I was born and raised in Baltimore and I cannot for the life of me do the Baltimore “o” sound. My friends and family will laugh at me when I try to do it… I think it’s because my mother didn’t want us to speak Baltimorese.
Well dun, hun!
you got tell them about them O's hon
*dem
are you a jittleyang or futuluhtoogan???
Michel Thomas of the Baltimore Language
it's funny when you strain to say "bal-TI-more"
dundalllk is all bout bolinn
Random question... What is the opening song?
+Mak Ten troll lol
Is Eric Cartman from Baltimore?
Please dew mora dem videos
Niko this is totally serious
Pohleese 🤣🤣,, reminds me of the wire
Gosh is like other language very hard
You'd lose your $100, mehopthe. :) I went to high school with Stu in Bawlmer.
Great job, Stu! I moved to Virginia in 1974, and STILL miss the accent! I've lost most of my Baltimore accent after living here for over 37 years, but I still talk about dem O's and miss bowlin' ducks!
I grew up about 40 miles from Pittsburgh and the Baltimore accent sounds a lot like the Pittsburgh accent they say a lot of the same words similarly and they have a word that has been said in the Pittsburgh area for generations that's yinz and that means you guys and they call the accent and words they say there Pittsburghese. Look at Pittsburgh accent videos and you'll see the similarities.
rockinron40 they are similar but in the same vain Bawlmer accent is closest to Philly and even Cincinnati's accent is more like Baltimore than Pittsburgh's
I would like but it says 443
it's baldamore to most I saw Baltimore
Sounds similar to Pittsburghese?
+Russell Solomon Nope. Baltimorons do not "redd up," we "warsh the floor."
+Vac Sar
Great explanation! also Pittsburgh merges caught and cot, so it has a sound that is more rounded and closed. So Don=Dawn. Philly and Baltimore don't do this. The caught Vowel is more rounded and closed but the cot Vowel is more open. In Pittsburgh, the Vowel for caught and cot is the same vowel that Baltimore and Philly use for words like song, on, dawn, and caught.
Another thing that's different about Pittsburgh is that they don't really flatten their short a vowels. A Pittsburgh accent is then more like a Boston or a Midwest accent in that they only flatten the short a before a nasal consonant (m or n). In Philly and Baltimore, they flatten it before m, n, f, s, and th BUT in multi syllabic words, the rule changes.
tldr version: Baltimore and Philly are more similar than Baltimore and Pittsburgh. But all fall under the Midland umbrella, which is the closest to being "accentless", except that Baltimore to a great extend picks up Southern characteristics
I live in Philadelphia and I do hear some similarities. However, I definitely hear more of a southern influence than we have up here. Yes, I *do* hear a bit of Pittsburghese in there, too. :-)
^unique Pittsburgh features aren't heard in Baltimore. Stuff like dahn, aht, caught=cot aren't present in the Baltimore accent
When he sings silent night, he sounds English
Aw man... you didn’t say HUN
Don't go downey oshun this summer, hun! Stay home and warsh your hands!!
Not everyone has Baltimore accent. It's a White Working Class thing. If you listen to scanner app lot of White Baltimore police have it.
Right. New York and New England accent are more white working class too but they are still much more common among a more class and ethnically diverse population compared to the Baltimore accent. However in some states Minnesota or Mississippi all segments of at least the native white population (often people of color too) tend to still speak with the regional accent. In much of Texas the twang has faded (though not fully disappeared) among most middle class people under 40, but in most of the West Texas plains it is still very strong. Even younger Mexican Americans from say, Lubbock or small towns West Texas in general, often speak with a very strong West Texas Drawl often mixed with a slight Spanish accent as well but the Southern being prevalant.
Not everybody in bmore talk like that it depends on the area but no body talk like that
LOL
This is south Baltimore not everyone with a Baltimore accent talks like this.
True
Oddly enough, I know not a single Baltimorean who speaks like this.
Of course, most accent videos are exaggerated, but...eh, whatever. Kind of funny to hear people imitating your accent.
CharWV Well, of course it's a generalization--I think, also, it has to do with I being a local to the region, I don't hear it as much, and so while some truly don't, those who do don't seem to differ to me.Perhaps it's a class affectation instead? After all, there are great differences between how the, say, hipsters speak, and the poorer people of Hampden.
Aha, I definitely agree with you there. I've never been too Pittsburgh, but I've lived in Baltimore my whole life, in a range of areas within, and while I know it's fairly high in crime, it's really a beautiful and interesting city.
Once you get out of Bawlmer, or watch TV!, you start to sound like John Waters.
Felix Cooke My grandfather spoke like this. ^^ Our family still uses some of these words as a joke in honor of him.
Ah ha, that's neat! Yeah, I think it's //the// baltimore accent because it's unique to baltimore, but not everyone in the city speaks like it.
This is the accent of white lower-class neighborhoods. More educated places won't have such a pronounced accent due to speech training in college. This type of accent is mostly heard in Dundalk, Glen Burnie, Brooklyn Park, Pigtown, etc...
That's true in most places. Whether, you're in, for example, Boston, New York, Philly, or Baltimore, the local accent will be more pronounced in working-class people. Upper class or well-educated people are less likely to talk that way.
Yup. Grew up in Glen Burnie, went to school in Brooklyn Park, family was from Dundalk. This is SPOT ON. Only thing he missed was saying "washed" instead of the obviously more correct "warshed" when describing what one does with clothes in the "zinc"
@@mbd501what's different in New York though is that in the outlying areas even a lot of the educated class speaks that way, if not as intensely. It's much more of a working class and class less educated accent in the Baltimore area compared to greater nyc. Also the majority of black (and Puerto Rican) New Yorkers speak much closer to New York city English then African American Vernacular which is a form of Southern US English. So the degree of class or neighborhood or ethnic variability for American accents also varies from city to city, region to region.
@@mbd501Then in certian more provincial states like Mississippi or West Virginia or even Minnesota (the upper Midwest accent), the regional accent is actually still highly prevalant across the class spectrum among natives, even anong younger educated adults in urban areas though the Iater do tend to speak it less strongly then most. So how provincial vs cosmopolitan a region is, is also a huge factor in strength of accents in addition to class and education and neighborhood, rural vs urban etc.
It's not Baltimoron, it's Baltimorean
OMG! This guy has to be from Dundalk!
People from Baltimore do not speak like this! Only people from Dundalk do!
I have never heard any person talk like this and I live in Baltimore?..
Ppl so rude to baltimorians
I'm watching The Wire and everytime I hear this accent it makes me want to claw my eyes out. "No" is the most common offence. They say "Noiye". Yuck.
Copacetic I'm watching American Horror Story and I thought forever that Kathy Bates was just really butchering a Dutch/similar European accent really bad
mr hilarious trying to be a "funny entertainer"....whatever....hope for real they left bmore....TY
this accent isnt good. i live in bmore. this aint good hon