I live in Essex county in the Northern part of NJ, but I just shared this with a friend who lives in Vorhees, who told me that most of your claims about Southern NJ are accurate.
We used to have a running joke stating that Rutgers University in Camden had a gym class where they went out into the streets and ran from the gang members shooting at them. If they weren't shot in the back then they passed gym class 😂😂😂😂.
When I was in the USAF, I was stationed in California. I went to the mall, and there was a pizzeria. I said to the lady behind the counter "That I haven't seen pizza like that, since I left NJ." She said that they were from NJ. That was the best pizza in California.
From North NJ. Had cousins come in from California who stayed with us for a Wedding. One night we got a few Pizzas' and let me tell you...we had to get it almost every night at their request..! They also said (at the time) a plain cheese pie in Northern California was like twice the price at what we pay here and of course, no where as good.
You balance it out with all our fresh fruit and vegetables. New Jersey's official nickname is The Garden State. The sad part is all the people who fly into Newark, travel on the highways into NYC or it's immediate surrounding areas, and then fly out again. Their only impression of the state is the refineries along the turnpike, and they miss the best parts altogether.
@@Intronerd YES. Like my childhood town has a ma&pa bagel shop that people who move out will (no joke) beg people to ship bagels to them. It's some kind of cult loyalty, but wholly deserved.
Just recently moved to South Jersey. Being from Texas, I'm beyond proud to say I'm from there. However, South Jersey has already become a great experience and my family plans to call South Jersey our permanent home.
@@dontneednomanstoptelllingm8481 it’s very nice here. Some crazy drivers for sure, but you learn to adapt. My only real complaint is the taxes. Definitely not cheap to live here, but it’s nice to live so close to the beach, Philadelphia, New York, and many other cool places!
South Jersey is crazy. It is literally like the South in parts. I'm from North Jersey but loved visiting the Pineys, Haddonfield, and other charming South Jersey locations. It's very farmy surprisingly and it's a world apart from my Bergen County lifestyle. I quite like it though, it's slower-paced, and there aren't so many jerks in Beamers flashing their lights for you to go 10+ over the speed limit even though you're on the right lane. They actually let you in if you signal too. I don't think I could live their full time, just not enough activity for me, but it's a cool area and it's fun to go down there just for a change of scenery and to be reminded about why we are called the Garden State
I'm an actual Piney descendent. We have our own accent, and yes, kind of a southern accent but distinct. Nice people, and you can forget you're in New Jersey when you're with Pineys. Lots of Country Western music too - at least there used to be.
@@jjbud3124I moved from North to South Jersey in my teens and it walk literally a culture shock. there were phrases and words I used that they just didn’t understand and vice versa.
@@josephmclean515 I've been to sheetz twice the closest one to me I think is like 15 or 20 miles away. So I got to turkey hill and get a personal piazza as an alternative.
This is definitely a South Jersey interpretation but we from the North forgive u 😂 I really enjoyed recognizing all the diners and stories tho!!! (even if u tried devaluing our dialectical differences 😂😜)
dont forget the jersey shuffle. (getting to a empty or full 4 way stop, looking left and right while slowing down (not stopping tho) and then just rolling thru.
I use my proximity to Cherry Hill to explain where I live to out of staters. This video is a really accurate representation of the South Jersey Philly burbs. We usually get left out of the NJ chat. Nice to be included.
I do the same thing. I tell people, I’m from Marlton in Burlington County, it’s near Cherry Hill. And then they all agree and they all light up “Yes yes yes Cherry Hill yeah yeah I’ve heard of that”
If you gave a real Neapolitan pizza to most people in the west, they’d probably wonder what the heck it is lol. Pizza has been so heavily appropriated by Americans that real Neapolitan pizza is no longer the standard. No, ‘pizza’ is a mess of grease and mass produced ingredients thrown on a shitty crust now.
I grew up in New Jersey and moved to England for college and during my first week I called a pizza place and asked for a “large pie”. They had no idea what I was talking about 🥴
I can't believe you didn't mention Jersey bagels...going to college out of state meant I was disappointed with every bagel I got. I can never leave this state.
Yeah I just asked my parents are they from North or South Jersey and they said they were from Central Jersey and I was like Evan never even mentioned that.
And you forget that every diner has the same faux-rock facade on the outside, and they always have fish on the menu, but you only ever get pancakes and the occasional chicken finger because you don't go to diners for fish.
You mean there are other things on the menu besides breakfast and burgers with steak fries? Also lets not forget the red head stepchild of every jersey diner. Cole slaw. They cant even give it away.
It's funny when you're away and people ask where you're from and you say Jersey, they start doing accents and describing things they've seen in movies we quickly stop them and say, " that's North Jersey, I'm from South Jersey". We couldn't be more different.
@chiarac3833 It's a fact that MANY of us, from all over the state, don't have any accent at all. But there are slightly country accents, NYC sounding accents, MD sounding accents and no accent at all.
@@KM-jn7hp i'm not a native english speaker, but my native language (Dutch) has a shit ton of overlap, lots of historic cross-pollination. we get taught proper British English in school, but we speak more like Americans, in fact i've heard serveral expats from the USA say we sound like they should be able to understand what we're saying by how similar many sounds are, but can't, trips them up lol and just throw everything together, lots of false friends between the languages too, so there's a lot of Dutchified stuff that just butchers english even further (or is farther? i prefer to use further unless i'm specifically talking about physically looking in the distance, then it's farther to me) either way, i guess what i was trying to say is: we have really weird adopted figures of speech from just about anywhere in the english speaking world, and have this real thick accent and rhythm to it where we don't sing out the words, everything seems rushed and you barely hear when a sentence ends. it's just a free-for-all shitshow in spoken english (we are generally pretty damn good at written English and grammar though) but we know getting pissed means drunk in english, and means angry in american though, and seem to have an advantage in decyphering dialects and accents too since everyone butchers it in speech over here and we have a linguistic relation that sometimes helps us along, a lot of american people have problems with the scottish tongue when they speak english, but those sounds probably have the most similarities with our dutch tongue of all the english speaking world.
Just go with the NJ specifics and you’ll be good for the rest of the USA. Since the NJ way is generally the right way every where😂😂😂because it makes sense, is efficient and way less corny than other places😂😂😂
Crystal Lake Diner is probably the one I spent the most drunken nights at lol ride the PATCO back from a Philly show and after party, head to the diner and attempt to look sober lol
If you’re driving on a highway in NJ and the speed limit is posted as 65 mph you best be driving at least 80 if you’re in any other lane but the right. Also the concert in Camden thing made me laugh so hard. There’s no worse feeling than when you’re at a show at BB&T pavilion and it’s wrapping up and you have to make the mad speed run to your car that you paid $40 to leave in a questionable lot all while trying not to get shot
See, I don't trust driving above the speed limit in Jersey because the cops love to ticket you for it and there are speed traps when it suddenly drops from 65 to 35!
I never ever drive to a show in camden. I always take the Riverline. $3.20 round trip. Of course, its sketchy as hell riding the train through camden at 11:00pm, but id still rather do that than pay the outrageous parking prices.
@@TheOnlyInformant My grandparent had a second home in Fork'd River. It was my wonderland as a child. Woods and brackish water. when I first heard the word piney
You can take a guy out of Jersey, but you can't take the Jersey out of the guy... Just don't cancel us here in Central Jersey! And all of you not from Jersey, please understand the deeply seated turf wars regarding North/Central/South, Pork Roll/Taylor Ham, or Hoagies/Subs. It's sort of like how you can torture your own sibling, but heaven forbid somebody else tries to. Looking forward to the linguistics video. Djeetyet?
New Jersey* not Jersey. Please stop using just the one word as it confuses us Brits. It’s like people calling NY just York. There is a place called Jersey which is what you are named after. Which is also interestingly where Henry Cavill comes from.
panzerotti are from puglia originally, even though fried pizza was born in napoli but people from puglia made it smaller and put more different fillings in it
It's so wierd hearing him talk about places like Depford and Cherry Hill. I'm so familiar with them. It gives me a nice feeling when a RUclipsr is from were I live.
Yes, agreed! I was born in NJ and spent most of my life in Ocean County. I grew up on Mike’s subs, Italian ice, and definitely said sprinkles. Also, we said pork roll.
evan talking about 'jughandles' just brings back flashbacks from the british vs american driving video, where the solution to most american driving problems was having roundabouts
@@robertewalt7789 Still a bunch on Rt. 70 and Rt. 35. But you are correct, probably the contractors bribed the DOT to get rid of them to make more money.
@@robertewalt7789remember the one on Rt 46? The day they opened the thru lanes, a worker commented that he would throw the barricades and run like hell!
I live near Long Beach Island, and I used to work in an icecream parlor that also served Italian ices. I got requests for "water ice" fairly often, and that term always bugged me. It IS redundant - but it is pretty common. I've also worked in restaurants that served sandwiches, and I was amazed at the different names people used for them. Besides subs and hoagies, I've heard them called "Dagwoods", grinders, and wedges. There may be more. . .it has been over 20 years now since I've worked in restaurants, so I might have forgotten some.
As someone who has driven on 295 into Philly, you people are NUTS. I'm from Jersey, and even I think that's too fast! It's 45 speed limit and EVERYONE is going 60 at least!
@@MorganMalfoy13 you must not travel 295 in Jersey that often then. If you're doing 60 on 295 in Jersey you are going to cause an accident. The speed limit is 65. And nobody goes that slow. Right lane minimum is 70, middle lane minimum is 75, and if you are going slower than 80 to 85 in the left lane, you are a left lane dick and are causing a traffic jam.
The part about going to a concert in Camden and coming back alive had me SCREAMING. I've been wanting to move to AK for years and a women warned me about Anchorage. I was like "girl I live 5 miles from Camden NJ"
We must live in the same zone. A friend and I got lost in Camden going to a concert and I was like girl we’re not stopping at any stop signs till we’re out of here lol
@@mirillis6083 The people who live at the shore. LOL. I'm a lifelong resident of Barnegat. I grew up at the shore. People who live at the shore go to the beach.
from someone who grew up in central jersey who now lives in maryland, jersey drivers are reviled everywhere else and are a frequent topic of frustration lol
YES!!! Finally some south jersey rep!! I am sad to see though the lack of mention of boardwalk fudge. The free samples on the ocean city boardwalk were always *chefs kiss*
Wow I loved this, might have fallen a little in love with the state 😊😍 I’m from New Zealand going to work at a summer camp in NJ next year and now I’m even more excited!!!
WHAT?? You have described our beloved state of NJ better than any other person thus far! Also, you speak in such a rapid fashion, that I know you have spent real time in this unique section of our country as well!
Central Jersey exists... There's this area that North Jersey considers south, and South Jersey considers north. That is in fact Central Jersey. And fun fact, if you live closer to the shore the question of "what exit" refers to the NJ Parkway, not the Turnpike.
You know that place when you driving on the parkway or turnpike and traffic just comes to a complete stop...yeah..that is how you know you are in central NJ..so quite denying it doesnt exist..
I actually laughed out loud when you mentioned driving back from a concert in Camden. Also, this video was the strongest I've ever heard your Jersey accent - someone from Central Jersey
Thank god kids today dont know what the hell mischief night is anymore. Driving through Essex county i would get at least one egg thrown at my car on 10/30
North Jersey pizza and NY pizza are essentially the same. I grew up in NJ and live in NY. I wouldn’t have stayed here if the pizza and bagels weren’t up to my standard.
As a man from the Philadelphia area who spends the summer in south Jersey at the beach(Avalon to be specific) this is pretty accurate. Also we have pork roll and definitely feel the same way about Wawa. Honestly most of the culture is the same in Philly and south Jersey
yea, it’s like south jersey and philly are all kind’ve the same family, we all root for the same philly teams, everyone in south jersey visits philly, everyone in philly visits south jersey especially for the beaches and family etc, we all have good pizza and similar culture. It’s when you hit north jersey, and they’re buddy buddy with nyc.
As a Pennsylvanian....the no left turn thing always kills me. My best friend is also from south Jersey and I never realized diners were such a big thing there, but now it makes sense as to why we'd end up at a diner (usually until 2-5am) every single time we'd hang out.
As someone who literally went to high school with Bongiovi and college with Tony Soprano, I couldn’t afford to retire there. I now live in Alabama, where I can get Pork Roll; I tell everyone I’m in the witness protection program…
As a Pennsylvanian, thank you for allowing us to use the beaches. They are very nice. Also, wawa is love wawa is life. My sister is the unofficial spokesperson for wawa lol :D
By any chance, im from jersey, do yall have as a fucking requirement turn signals in PA? Shit the amount of 2013 Rav 4s or Suburu Outbacks that just scoot their way into other lanes and hope that nobody is there is appalling
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Share this video with your jersey friends if ya liked it 🥰
I live in Essex county in the Northern part of NJ, but I just shared this with a friend who lives in Vorhees, who told me that most of your claims about Southern NJ are accurate.
@@Pwince_Kwopotkin tell your Voorhees friend that Voorhees HS will never get the Milk Can, North Hunterdon HS will always beat y’all
Everything is legal in New Jersey
south jerseyans also pronounce water like wooder. which you did in the video lol
Seppos be like I'm from South NJ.
“Driving to a concert in Camden and coming back alive” 😂😂😂
I lived in Camden for 4 years for college and lived to talk about it.
I had to pause the video because that line gave me a great laugh!
That’s me!! 😂
no Newark
We used to have a running joke stating that Rutgers University in Camden had a gym class where they went out into the streets and ran from the gang members shooting at them. If they weren't shot in the back then they passed gym class 😂😂😂😂.
When I was in the USAF, I was stationed in California. I went to the mall, and there was a pizzeria. I said to the lady behind the counter "That I haven't seen pizza like that, since I left NJ." She said that they were from NJ. That was the best pizza in California.
You will notice that any state that you go to. It’s impossible to find good pizza outside Jersey. If you do the people making it are always from NJ.
From North NJ. Had cousins come in from California who stayed with us for a Wedding. One night we got a few Pizzas' and let me tell you...we had to get it almost every night at their request..! They also said (at the time) a plain cheese pie in Northern California was like twice the price at what we pay here and of course, no where as good.
Was it Trenton Pizza by any chance? Only place I'd get pizza from when I lived in San Diego
Same thing happened to me in Myrtle Beach!!!! Lol
This was a very interesting video
He didn’t point out pot holes once. I’m heated as a north jersey citizen
The video was clearly SouthJersey focused. This guy is a tool.
It's because north jersey sucks
aren't north jersey people always heated...
@@anniesaunders7016 I mean I'm from new Jersey and you aren't wrong lol
south and north jersey can unite on this topic
As a North Jersey-an this is video is very South Jersey-ist xD
Hell yeah North Jersey
South jersey 😌 love it so much better
@@lexii7795 north New Jersey the forgotten suburb rip
Get over it lol
North jersey were they just wish they were im NY lol
"New Jersey the Pizza Capital of the world"
*Italy (Naples) enters the chat*
Bout to comment that
I'm sure he meant of the US.
@@kivzzzz that would be NY, Jersey pizza is gross
@@kivzzzz I meant what I said
@@evan Naples (italy) is the pizza capital of the world (as opposed to Naples FL)
This guy is from south jersey so take everything he says about jersey with a grain of salt
😂😂😆
Facts
Factooo
You must be from North Jersey
says the one from north jersey LMAO
My cholesterol went up by just watching this video....
Same here :))
And itll skyrocket once you step off the plane at their airport. I wanna go so bad XD
You balance it out with all our fresh fruit and vegetables. New Jersey's official nickname is The Garden State. The sad part is all the people who fly into Newark, travel on the highways into NYC or it's immediate surrounding areas, and then fly out again. Their only impression of the state is the refineries along the turnpike, and they miss the best parts altogether.
Okay all this talk about pizza but not a single reference to BAGELS? 🧐
he knows he can't claim jersey has better bagels than ny
Agreed! Best Bagels. NY City beats Jersey for food but the whole state of Jersey bets the whole state of NY.
Bagels 4 U, change my mind.
That’s because he’s from south jersey! North jersey def has the best bagels. I am prepared to die on this hill.
@@Intronerd YES. Like my childhood town has a ma&pa bagel shop that people who move out will (no joke) beg people to ship bagels to them. It's some kind of cult loyalty, but wholly deserved.
Hello from the other side of the Delaware 👋 A comedian once said, "two wrongs don't make a right, but in New Jersey, three rights make a left" 😂
Now that's funny! The jughandles rally are a good idea. There's actually one near the part of Maryland I live. The only one I've seen here so far.
😂😂😂
Omg love it 😂😂😂
Put a North Jersey trigger warning at the start of the vid please. Help save a life
he’s just teaching you how to be correct ❤️
Factual.. north jersey ftw
That is facts
Your basically from new york this is for the rest of us real jersians lmao jk
I'm so sorry you had to grow up in North Jersey
The disturbed twin of NYC
Just recently moved to South Jersey. Being from Texas, I'm beyond proud to say I'm from there. However, South Jersey has already become a great experience and my family plans to call South Jersey our permanent home.
So how do you like it compared to Texas
Welcome!
I’m moving there too! Lol
Btw personal question, do you pump your own gas? Since he said it’s illegal??
@@dontneednomanstoptelllingm8481 it’s very nice here. Some crazy drivers for sure, but you learn to adapt. My only real complaint is the taxes. Definitely not cheap to live here, but it’s nice to live so close to the beach, Philadelphia, New York, and many other cool places!
South Jersey is crazy. It is literally like the South in parts. I'm from North Jersey but loved visiting the Pineys, Haddonfield, and other charming South Jersey locations. It's very farmy surprisingly and it's a world apart from my Bergen County lifestyle. I quite like it though, it's slower-paced, and there aren't so many jerks in Beamers flashing their lights for you to go 10+ over the speed limit even though you're on the right lane. They actually let you in if you signal too. I don't think I could live their full time, just not enough activity for me, but it's a cool area and it's fun to go down there just for a change of scenery and to be reminded about why we are called the Garden State
I'm an actual Piney descendent. We have our own accent, and yes, kind of a southern accent but distinct. Nice people, and you can forget you're in New Jersey when you're with Pineys. Lots of Country Western music too - at least there used to be.
@@jjbud3124I moved from North to South Jersey in my teens and it walk literally a culture shock. there were phrases and words I used that they just didn’t understand and vice versa.
I feel like this entire video is a attack on north jersey
facts lol
Yep, on Philly too. Even though that's were most of them work. Unless they do automotive body work, sell mattresses, or serve food.
It’s is. We’re all one team in this world.
I don't get it. South Jersey sucks.
Yes
"Driving to a concert in Camden and coming back alive" 😂😂😂 that killed me
100%
caught me lackin while i was drinking soda
I will say one thing I'm from Pennsylvania i feel bad for the folks over in the west coast with not a Wawa in sight.
PA also has Sheetz. Both are awesome.
@@josephmclean515 I've been to sheetz twice the closest one to me I think is like 15 or 20 miles away. So I got to turkey hill and get a personal piazza as an alternative.
Sheetz is better
@@michaelstrenkoski4056 I don't know about all that my guy.
What is life without WaWa
This is definitely a South Jersey interpretation but we from the North forgive u 😂 I really enjoyed recognizing all the diners and stories tho!!! (even if u tried devaluing our dialectical differences 😂😜)
Totally agree..
We northerns are superior.
we can also drive to rockland and ocean county ny without tolls..lol but still good video!
@@lif3andthings763 inferior*
LOL! 🤣😂😅
Yeah right, How about the famous “Jersey Slide” from the left lane to the right exit in 2 seconds.
dont forget the jersey shuffle. (getting to a empty or full 4 way stop, looking left and right while slowing down (not stopping tho) and then just rolling thru.
using signals is a sign of weakness.
@@chiprenner oh, you got that right!!
I hate drivers like y’all 😓 this is why insurance is so high
@@chelseamesa2535 move to Georgia and eat roadkill
I use my proximity to Cherry Hill to explain where I live to out of staters. This video is a really accurate representation of the South Jersey Philly burbs. We usually get left out of the NJ chat. Nice to be included.
I do the same thing. I tell people, I’m from Marlton in Burlington County, it’s near Cherry Hill. And then they all agree and they all light up “Yes yes yes Cherry Hill yeah yeah I’ve heard of that”
"New Jersey is the pizza capital of the world"
The actual Italy: Am I a joke you?
Actual China: AM I A JOKE TO YOU
@@hannahbee567 Why China?
If you gave a real Neapolitan pizza to most people in the west, they’d probably wonder what the heck it is lol. Pizza has been so heavily appropriated by Americans that real Neapolitan pizza is no longer the standard.
No, ‘pizza’ is a mess of grease and mass produced ingredients thrown on a shitty crust now.
Italian State of New Jersey :)
@@tacosmexicanstyle7846 Pizza snob trash.
Me, a Pennsylvanian, evil eyeing Evan this whole video.
Eye me from the right lane please
Then stop being a left land dick! Lol!!
@@evan You beat me to it! ROTFLMAO!
@@evan that was perfect, thank you
@@evan 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Central Jersey here! And it’s not water ice, it’s Italian ice, and jimmies are sprinkles!
F*kinA❤️
central jersey here too!!
"New Jersey's the pizza capital of the world"
* S C R E A M S I N I T A L I A N *
* cries in mandarin *
Sorry italian pizza is good but not the real thing..
Gee eee agree to disagree
*hand gestures intensify
haha its acutally "Hi could I please have a half pound..." (American accent) then "MOZZAELLA" (In fake Italian accent)
I grew up in New Jersey and moved to England for college and during my first week I called a pizza place and asked for a “large pie”. They had no idea what I was talking about 🥴
😂😂😂
That’s funny. What do they call it? Ohh actually I don’t think they have sizes, right?
How to Start a Fight in New Jersey:
Pork Roll or Taylor Ham?
or
Does Central Jersey exist?
It doesn’t exist
It exists
No it’s just where New Jersey has an identity crisis
its the jersey dmz and btw its pork roll
Doesn’t exist
Fun fact, we are also the blueberry capital of the world. This made my heart happy
RUclips processed 4K for once!!! Happiest day of my life
Woop!
👏👏👏
"going to a concert in Camden and coming back alive" I'M DEAD that was a good one
I can't believe you didn't mention Jersey bagels...going to college out of state meant I was disappointed with every bagel I got. I can never leave this state.
Most bagels in south jersey suck that's why
This entire video is South Jersey propaganda
Also Central Jersey is real ya bennys
When he said "porkroll egg and cheese,"
*Cries in North Jersey*
@@AxxLAfriku I appreciate the avril reference
Good, more South Jersey propaganda is absolutely necessary
@@AxxLAfriku Why'd you have to go and make things so complicated? I see the way you're acting like you're somebody else, gets me frustrated.
Yeah I just asked my parents are they from North or South Jersey and they said they were from Central Jersey and I was like Evan never even mentioned that.
Bruh I was in New Jersey for 3 months and got rear ended four times.
That must have been the PA drivers that were either passing through or moved to NJ cause it’s an overall better place to live.
probably your fault
LMFAOO welcome to NJ!
It was definitely you, sorry🤷♀️😁
Haha
And you forget that every diner has the same faux-rock facade on the outside, and they always have fish on the menu, but you only ever get pancakes and the occasional chicken finger because you don't go to diners for fish.
Diner food tastes bests at 2am. Pizza fries or disco fries. A black and white milkshake.
@@ericaschaefer8486 There are 3 types of diner moods, breakfast, drunk, and drunk breakfast. Milkshakes are appropriate for all 3.
And fries.
You mean there are other things on the menu besides breakfast and burgers with steak fries? Also lets not forget the red head stepchild of every jersey diner. Cole slaw. They cant even give it away.
It's funny when you're away and people ask where you're from and you say Jersey, they start doing accents and describing things they've seen in movies we quickly stop them and say, " that's North Jersey, I'm from South Jersey". We couldn't be more different.
Yep . Some people in the southern parts have more of a Maryland vs NY accent. It's such a misunderstood state.
😂😂😂
I'm from Bergen County and have no NJ accent. I was taught to speak properly. It sounds awful when I hear how some people speak.
@chiarac3833 It's a fact that MANY of us, from all over the state, don't have any accent at all. But there are slightly country accents, NYC sounding accents, MD sounding accents and no accent at all.
Born in Jersey, a kid when we moved down south. Too city for Alabama. Too country for Jersey. I'm all mixed up
As a Pennsylvanian man, I’ll tell ya, we’ve had our fair shares in y’all’s highways 😂. I think we’re mutual on the driving hate on each other.
Me, a Brit: *not understanding basic American terms*
Evan: *more New Jersey specifics*
Just roll with it, man. Most Americans don't understand other Americans' lingo😂
@@KM-jn7hp i'm not a native english speaker, but my native language (Dutch) has a shit ton of overlap, lots of historic cross-pollination.
we get taught proper British English in school, but we speak more like Americans,
in fact i've heard serveral expats from the USA say we sound like they should be able to understand what we're saying by how similar many sounds are, but can't, trips them up lol
and just throw everything together, lots of false friends between the languages too, so there's a lot of Dutchified stuff that just butchers english even further (or is farther? i prefer to use further unless i'm specifically talking about physically looking in the distance, then it's farther to me)
either way, i guess what i was trying to say is:
we have really weird adopted figures of speech from just about anywhere in the english speaking world, and have this real thick accent and rhythm to it where we don't sing out the words, everything seems rushed and you barely hear when a sentence ends.
it's just a free-for-all shitshow in spoken english (we are generally pretty damn good at written English and grammar though)
but we know getting pissed means drunk in english, and means angry in american though, and seem to have an advantage in decyphering dialects and accents too since everyone butchers it in speech over here and we have a linguistic relation that sometimes helps us along, a lot of american people have problems with the scottish tongue when they speak english, but those sounds probably have the most similarities with our dutch tongue of all the english speaking world.
@@dutchdykefinger Or maybe Frisan, which I heard is the closest to English.
@@dutchdykefinger Wow! That was very interesting to read, thanks!
Just go with the NJ specifics and you’ll be good for the rest of the USA. Since the NJ way is generally the right way every where😂😂😂because it makes sense, is efficient and way less corny than other places😂😂😂
Everyone in Jersey also has their personal favorite diner
Silver diner the best
marlton diner
Crystal Lake Diner is probably the one I spent the most drunken nights at lol ride the PATCO back from a Philly show and after party, head to the diner and attempt to look sober lol
Bro if you live near plainfield you have to get casanova or ferraros, it's so good
Went there before and i'll never forget it
knew this was authentic when I saw a picture of Ponzio's
If you’re driving on a highway in NJ and the speed limit is posted as 65 mph you best be driving at least 80 if you’re in any other lane but the right. Also the concert in Camden thing made me laugh so hard. There’s no worse feeling than when you’re at a show at BB&T pavilion and it’s wrapping up and you have to make the mad speed run to your car that you paid $40 to leave in a questionable lot all while trying not to get shot
Same in the UK. Doing 70 or below? Get in the inside lane, you gotta be doing at least 80 in any other lane or you’re in my way
See, I don't trust driving above the speed limit in Jersey because the cops love to ticket you for it and there are speed traps when it suddenly drops from 65 to 35!
I never ever drive to a show in camden. I always take the Riverline. $3.20 round trip. Of course, its sketchy as hell riding the train through camden at 11:00pm, but id still rather do that than pay the outrageous parking prices.
How I feel making sure I get a spot on the river line after the concert is over
This is why, ” Drive Jersey B****” is the most common phrase I say when on 295.
I appreciated the correct Jersey pronunciation of "Wuder Ice"... as someone who grew up in NJ this video makes me happy
I have heard of Italian ice, seems similar or possibly the same thing, (I am from the midwest)
Yeah we call it Italian ice in Texas
I've lived here my entire life, but I still say "the what?" when my mom says "wooder" and "for-ked river." "Mom, it's wah-ter and fork'd river."
@@TheOnlyInformant My grandparent had a second home in Fork'd River. It was my wonderland as a child. Woods and brackish water. when I first heard the word piney
Thats South Jersey/Philly talk.
I drove by Angelo's diner a lot of times in Glassboro. Cool to see it on youtube
I remember the malls and mischief night to
You can take a guy out of Jersey, but you can't take the Jersey out of the guy...
Just don't cancel us here in Central Jersey!
And all of you not from Jersey, please understand the deeply seated turf wars regarding North/Central/South, Pork Roll/Taylor Ham, or Hoagies/Subs. It's sort of like how you can torture your own sibling, but heaven forbid somebody else tries to.
Looking forward to the linguistics video.
Djeetyet?
Central Jersey? Where’s that? 🥸
Lmaoo jk 😂
Central Jersey, FTW! xD
New Jersey* not Jersey. Please stop using just the one word as it confuses us Brits. It’s like people calling NY just York. There is a place called Jersey which is what you are named after. Which is also interestingly where Henry Cavill comes from.
What the heck is a central Jersey?
I'm surprised this isn't an ad for Tourism New Jersey.
Papa Luigi and the big ass slice is held near and dear to my heart
Watching from North Jersey, and can confirm how wrong he is about Taylor ham egg & cheese.
Pork roll
@@lexii7795 no its taylor ham
@@xsoundxwavex2228 Taylor Ham is a brand of Pork Roll so you’re wrong
@@garrettwyckoff8711 Chapstick, band aids and Velcro disagree
It’s Taylor ham. Sigh.
Evan: "we're very proud to be from new jersey, we like all of it"
also evan: "we don't like to associate with the north"
This so accurate though... The north/south fued lives. And central Jersey is where North Jersey people go to live in denial.
We don’t hate each other just a friendly family fued 🤣
We’re like the Koreans 😆
North Jersey doesn’t like associating with New Jersey either.
panzerotti are from puglia originally, even though fried pizza was born in napoli but people from puglia made it smaller and put more different fillings in it
It's so wierd hearing him talk about places like Depford and Cherry Hill. I'm so familiar with them. It gives me a nice feeling when a RUclipsr is from were I live.
Same I’m from cherry hill and I didn’t realize how “popular it was
Hahhahahahahahahahahahahha
how is cherry hill, it seems like a nice city, and never went there despite living my whole life in new jersey.
for real!
Truth! SJ born & raised
I was really caught off guard when you said "wawa" because it means "power" in the Toki Pona language
Wow, this is obscure. I didn't expect a comment about TOKI PONA of all things.
@@yoyo_ftw lmao, I wasn't expecting anyone here to actually know Toki Pona
“Driving to Camden for a concert and coming back alive” OMFG😭😭😭😭😭😭
Evan: here’s all the things I miss about New Jersey.
Also Evan: food... I miss the food.
That's everyone who grew up in the north and moved away.
When I’m driving my mom always complains about New Yorkers drivers
Okay...you had me until "Hoagies" "Water Ice" and "Jimmies." Everyone knows they're called "Subs" "Italian Ice" and "Sprinkles" LOL! Well done
I’m glad someone said it!!
I’m from NJ and agree with you.
Agree. But those that use the terms would say wooter ice and hoooagie
As he said, he is from south jersey. He definitely used more south jersey terms in the video.
Yes, agreed! I was born in NJ and spent most of my life in Ocean County. I grew up on Mike’s subs, Italian ice, and definitely said sprinkles. Also, we said pork roll.
This is only an accurate representation of South Jersey. I understand all these things in this video but it is definitely not my North Jersey.
An entire video about NJ and no mention of bagels ?!?!?! The absolute #1 thing I miss about North Jersey!
evan talking about 'jughandles' just brings back flashbacks from the british vs american driving video, where the solution to most american driving problems was having roundabouts
NJ has been getting of its traffic circles. Maybe none left.
@@robertewalt7789 Still a bunch on Rt. 70 and Rt. 35. But you are correct, probably the contractors bribed the DOT to get rid of them to make more money.
@@robertewalt7789remember the one on Rt 46? The day they opened the thru lanes, a worker commented that he would throw the barricades and run like hell!
Proud to say i'm from here! haha
From south jersey.
@Benjamin Ronberg what part or county
@Benjamin Ronberg me too what town, long branch born
@Benjamin Ronberg my brother lives in Manalapan too.
How many teeth do you have (counting real ones only).
@Benjamin Ronberg
There's no such thing as "central Jersey".
"Central" Jersey is for people who don't want to admit they're from south Jersey.
This is so true, we used to also get free Philly pretzels on the first day of spring to go with our water ice
This is easily the most accurate depiction of south jersey I’ve seen on RUclips
North Jersey here. Never ever have I heard the term "water ice". It's ITALIAN ICE OK AND YOU'RE GOING TO RITA'S FOR IT!!!
I live near Long Beach Island, and I used to work in an icecream parlor that also served Italian ices. I got requests for "water ice" fairly often, and that term always bugged me. It IS redundant - but it is pretty common. I've also worked in restaurants that served sandwiches, and I was amazed at the different names people used for them. Besides subs and hoagies, I've heard them called "Dagwoods", grinders, and wedges. There may be more. . .it has been over 20 years now since I've worked in restaurants, so I might have forgotten some.
For some reason people think the term italian ice is offensive
Wait til you find out that in parts of South Jersey we call soft serve ice cream “custard”.
I’m glad there’s another one who appreciates the good things in New Jersey
Evan: This is New Jersey Culture!
Evan: talks about Hoagies from Philadelphia, Philly Cheese Steak, Pizza from Italy
North Jersey: Am I a joke to you?
@@erinlong2872 Yes, yes you are hahahaha. Love, Exit 3 😘
Those things are SJ too. South Jersey builds of Philly culture and a deeply Italian immigrant heritage.
@@imamejmg "Builds off of", you mean shamelessly steals >:P /s
@@blehe38 Nah, I'm Philly born of Philly born. Nothing is stolen just shared. @--;--- ✌️
We from Pennsylvania feel the same about New Jersey drivers.
We from Germany feel the same about anyone from the US really with their lacking drivers ed compared to ours.
As someone who has driven on 295 into Philly, you people are NUTS. I'm from Jersey, and even I think that's too fast! It's 45 speed limit and EVERYONE is going 60 at least!
PA drivers are better at city driving and mountain driving, and suck at anything in between lol
And you're objectively wrong. 😉
@@MorganMalfoy13 you must not travel 295 in Jersey that often then. If you're doing 60 on 295 in Jersey you are going to cause an accident. The speed limit is 65. And nobody goes that slow. Right lane minimum is 70, middle lane minimum is 75, and if you are going slower than 80 to 85 in the left lane, you are a left lane dick and are causing a traffic jam.
Subscribed the second I heard "SOUTH Jersey." But then you put Ponzio's on screen?! I feel so SEEN. 😂
I’m from PA and I smiled when you said “wooder” :)
The one thing I'll say is that the best pizza I've ever had in was in New Jersey.
Way too true
Have you ever visited Italy?
My dad was born in Switzerland and moved to NJ for the first 7 years of his life, he has some fond memories of living there.
The part about going to a concert in Camden and coming back alive had me SCREAMING. I've been wanting to move to AK for years and a women warned me about Anchorage. I was like "girl I live 5 miles from Camden NJ"
We must live in the same zone. A friend and I got lost in Camden going to a concert and I was like girl we’re not stopping at any stop signs till we’re out of here lol
@@susierutledge4404 dude for real!
🤣🤣🤣
Camden's getting better these days. If anyone is there, eat at Donkey's Place. Incredible cheesesteak.
Also, an entire section on the NJ Pine Barrens would be a great use of your time :)
"The pizza capital of the world" Apologize to us Italians RIGHT NOW
You forgot "Going down the shore" instead of "Going to the beach."
who is going to the beach?????
@@mirillis6083 The people who live at the shore. LOL. I'm a lifelong resident of Barnegat. I grew up at the shore. People who live at the shore go to the beach.
How to start a Jersey civil war:
I’m from Central Jersey
from someone who grew up in central jersey who now lives in maryland, jersey drivers are reviled everywhere else and are a frequent topic of frustration lol
I feel bad for anyone who’s never had Wawa
... and the people who think Sheetz is better than Wawa because of how many brain cells they’re missing
Ten years ago I would have agreed. Sheetz has really improved their game and I tink they are almost on the same level now.
@@markgaudry7549 There's also the fact that Wawa has depreciated. I miss the good old days when the deli was an actual deli
Grew up a Wawa girl, now I'm all about QuickChek!
@@jamielund7509 QuickChek has stepped up their game, but I still think WaWa has better food and drink.
I'm Quick Chek over Wawa but love going west because of Sheetz.
YES!!! Finally some south jersey rep!! I am sad to see though the lack of mention of boardwalk fudge. The free samples on the ocean city boardwalk were always *chefs kiss*
also i now live in illinois and i STILL talk about how much shoobies suck
My Gloucester County self is very happy for this south jersey representation, especially hearing things so local to me like Dippy’s and 55 lmao
As someone from Glassboro I'm so happy that Angelo's made it in the dinner montage
I’m from Williamstown and when I saw that I let out a shout of joy
As someone from South Jersey (and specifically Mullica Hill) it made my day to hear you reference Dippy’s in Mantua 😀
Wow I loved this, might have fallen a little in love with the state 😊😍 I’m from New Zealand going to work at a summer camp in NJ next year and now I’m even more excited!!!
WHAT?? You have described our beloved state of NJ better than any other person thus far! Also, you speak in such a rapid fashion, that I know you have spent real time in this unique section of our country as well!
Central Jersey exists... There's this area that North Jersey considers south, and South Jersey considers north. That is in fact Central Jersey.
And fun fact, if you live closer to the shore the question of "what exit" refers to the NJ Parkway, not the Turnpike.
True! Central Jersey is from Hamilton (Mercer County) to Woodbridge. Amiright?
@@christinecox7531 you are 100% correct!!!!
Truth!!
wrong
Thank you for all the shout outs for South Jersey!
this made me SO nostalgic for a walk to Seaside and some Kohrs 😭
I came down here to say Central Jersey Rights
Central Jersey? Never heard of it
Me too!
I know right Evan's acting like it doesnt exist.
You know that place when you driving on the parkway or turnpike and traffic just comes to a complete stop...yeah..that is how you know you are in central NJ..so quite denying it doesnt exist..
CNJ- Its even in my user name...
"You have to pay to leave"
People with Ezpass: Am I a joke to you?
You still have to pay
I always said that about NJ. You can come in for free but you must pay to leave.
WOW I just thought Wawa was a NJ way of saying Walmart for the LONGEST time 😂😂😂
No. A wawa is also a hoodlum Canadian goose not a Walmart.
@@1983jcheat oh cool😂😂😂
Dead 💀
Wawa is a very dangerous spot (talkin bout the parking lots) if your learning how to drive holy balls stay away you may get rammed 😂
My very jersey self has been waiting for this video
jersey diners are the best tho!
have never heard it called water ice before--ritas italian ice is the bomb tho
wait im sorry mischief night is an us thing?
@hufflepuff harry potter lover Ik I can but I didnt wanna do that
@hufflepuff harry potter lover multiple comments count as more engagement, and also its just easier for my scatterbrain to do
The irony of this on my feed after having a presentation for an exchange programme with New Jersey 😂
I actually laughed out loud when you mentioned driving back from a concert in Camden. Also, this video was the strongest I've ever heard your Jersey accent
- someone from Central Jersey
Yep being from NJ myself this is an accurate assessment of the state
I’d say it’s more accurate on the South side. The North is pretty diff lol
Thanks.I had once lived in NJ.NICE PLACE.Thank you for sharing extra info about beauiiful New Jersey.
Mischief night Is DEFINITELY a thing in the UK; northern England at least lol!
I recently read somewhere that the only places that celebrate mischief night are New Jersey, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and northern England!
@@AlexxShmalex nope, my dad definitely celebrated mischief night in connecticut!
Thank god kids today dont know what the hell mischief night is anymore. Driving through Essex county i would get at least one egg thrown at my car on 10/30
@@AlexxShmalex no mischief night in South east PA.
Great video coming from a SJ native. Man I’m actually sad that I haven’t experienced a good mischief night in years. It’s dying out.
As a south Jerseyer a can 100% agree with this video
"New Jersey, the Pizza Capital of the world"
**Screams in Italian**
**mutters in mandarin**
Italy got nutten on a slice from Mack's, Wildwood ave and the Boardwalk baby.
I have heard that pizza in Italy isn’t what we’d call pizza here in the states.
North Jersey pizza and NY pizza are essentially the same. I grew up in NJ and live in NY. I wouldn’t have stayed here if the pizza and bagels weren’t up to my standard.
As a man from the Philadelphia area who spends the summer in south Jersey at the beach(Avalon to be specific) this is pretty accurate. Also we have pork roll and definitely feel the same way about Wawa. Honestly most of the culture is the same in Philly and south Jersey
yea, it’s like south jersey and philly are all kind’ve the same family, we all root for the same philly teams, everyone in south jersey visits philly, everyone in philly visits south jersey especially for the beaches and family etc, we all have good pizza and similar culture. It’s when you hit north jersey, and they’re buddy buddy with nyc.
Connecticut also as Mischief Night
"oh you know cherry hill?" that's the story of my life!
As a Pennsylvanian....the no left turn thing always kills me.
My best friend is also from south Jersey and I never realized diners were such a big thing there, but now it makes sense as to why we'd end up at a diner (usually until 2-5am) every single time we'd hang out.
As someone who literally went to high school with Bongiovi and college with Tony Soprano, I couldn’t afford to retire there. I now live in Alabama, where I can get Pork Roll; I tell everyone I’m in the witness protection program…
As a Pennsylvanian, thank you for allowing us to use the beaches. They are very nice. Also, wawa is love wawa is life. My sister is the unofficial spokesperson for wawa lol :D
I agree, I am also from Pennsylvania and we own a beach house down here, didn’t like the road talk though, lol but the pizza there is great
By any chance, im from jersey, do yall have as a fucking requirement turn signals in PA? Shit the amount of 2013 Rav 4s or Suburu Outbacks that just scoot their way into other lanes and hope that nobody is there is appalling