Don and Mike were the best. When Dons wife was killed in a car accident the show dissolved, understandably. She was a big part of the show. I don't think any team has come along since that can compare. I miss the show, made my afternoons at work fly by.
Long-time DC area residents who's families go way back can sound very much like Baltimoreans. I know several. The accent has been diluted greatly because DC attracts so many outsiders, but there's an accent there.
I’m on vacation with my sister. Were in Maine but from TN. I wanted her to hear why my accent had changed having lived in Baltimore for 20 years. In the process I became proud and nostalgic. Thanks!!!
They had a discussion on the show about whether or not there was any black people with Baltimore accents... Most people called in and said no black people have that accent.
I've lived in Baltimore for 4 years. I have heard this accent once by a local in his 60s. It does exist but seems to be dying off. I also don't spend time in Dundalk so it's possible it's more prevalent there.
Yes, my maternal grandmother was from central VA and said warsh and warter, I knew someone from WV that said the same although my dad’s family is from WV and they don’t say that at all, they have a specific Appalachian southern accent. Weird how it can be so different in such a small area. Endlessly fascinating!
This is definitely a classed speech pattern though... I grew up middle class in Perry Hall, so I don't talk like that at all. However my stepfather's family (from Cockeysville) was lower/lower middle class and they definitely spoke like this all the time.
Towson University is basically 13th grade ..... ha ha ha. I graduated there. BTW Druid Hill Park is near the middle of the city, not a suburb. Just sayin, hon.
I had to play this for my husband (who isn’t from the DC area and therefore had no idea about the Balmer accent). We were watching something on tv and I heard that accent and said holy crap those people are from Balmer and they were! Lol such a specific regional accent that I guess isn’t known outside of the DC area.
Classic! The Baltimore towny accent is similar to the DelCo accent which makes sense as PA's Delaware County is between Philly and Baltimore (but on the edge of Philly). The DelCo accent is an exaggerated Philly accent but with a lil Baltimore accent.
He’s still around? And woke? UGHHHH that is a shame. I loved them, I listened to them for literally my whole life and they were hilarious. So sad to hear that 😫
The Don Geronimo Show on KHTK 1140 in Sacramento, weekdays 6am-10am, listen online at their website (like I do in NY, 9am-1pm)! Still full of awesomeness!
Oh god, I miss Ron and Fez from WJFK. I'd get home after school and turn on 106.7 every day, starting with Don and Mike, then Opie and Anthony, and then ... finally ... Ron and Fez. The show I'd look forward to.
@ShermitCrab Yeah, it sounds like a bad British or maybe even Irish accent. I ain't know what they was talkin about. And that accent is for the most part only found in Dundalk and through Southern Baltimore because the city is over 60% black now.
yeah, i've lived in baltimore my whole life, and had grandparents with really thick baltimore accents. i say some thing like wooder (water) and sometimes awn (on). some of these were right, but most were overexaggerated, like the snow one. nobody says that. we speak badly, but not that badly. still i wish i could do the accent better
Born and raised in Bmore, we don't say droodle for Druid Hill. Wooder for water, awrite for alright, take the g off of ING and replace T and Th with D and you got it. Lol
The eastern shore does sound more "Tidewater Virginia" however Baltimore and DC (although both accents are only slightly different) sound more like folks from Philadelphia. Those from the western part of the state (Cumberland and Hagerstown) actually sound more West Virginian
actually the Maryland accent is very similar to Cockney English. I think these guys are dead on. Some people who are trying to mimic the accent are making it sound too Southern. Being an ex New Yorker I can confidently say the Maryland or Baltimore accent has more in common with the NYC accent that it does with the Southern accent.
I'm from the Baltimore area and I didn't know the majority of the quiz words...i think these pronunciations represent a very small subset of the population. Still very funny though.
i agree, but i also think it's a location thing, b/c im from baltimore, nd some of these words, i do pronounce like that, but i've NEVER heard ppl around my way tlk like this......for example----pronouncing "aisle" like "oil"---no one does that...we say it like "owl" but im from the hood so like i said, i think location has a lot to do with it
Wow this is nothing like how any sort of accent I've ever heard in baltimore. That sounds like.. Canadian or something, if I heard someone talking like that I would uppercut them.
Why is it that when people do a Baltimore accent they put on an annoying high pitch squeeling voice. Like if you lived in baltimore and picked up the accent your voice goes up an octave.
Baltimore born and bred....i'm 54 years old and have never heard of half of this nonsense. This is not how a native Baltimorean speaks. Only thing remotely similar was Murlin for Maryland. and its Balmur not Balt ti more.
@TheBaltimoreKnight I was born and raised in Dundalk. I don't know one person who speaks this way. Highlandtown, Hamden and pigtown are another story. Bk, you must have listened to too much B-104. But it Is one of the worst accents in the english language, the worst of boston new york and the south all in one,
oh my gosh. this is aweful. i hope somebody really called them out when they did this. This is not the real thing at all. It's a HORRIBLE imitation that kinda makes me angry.
these are terrible!!! they suck at the Baltimore accents!! there are two and they didnt hit on any of them!!! i have lived in baltimore since i was born in '87 till 2015
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Don and Mike were the best. When Dons wife was killed in a car accident the show dissolved, understandably. She was a big part of the show. I don't think any team has come along since that can compare. I miss the show, made my afternoons at work fly by.
Long-time DC area residents who's families go way back can sound very much like Baltimoreans. I know several. The accent has been diluted greatly because DC attracts so many outsiders, but there's an accent there.
I've lived in Maryland all my life, and I can't do a Balmer accent to save my life, hon!
Come back, Don and Mike! God how I miss you!
I’m on vacation with my sister. Were in Maine but from TN. I wanted her to hear why my accent had changed having lived in Baltimore for 20 years. In the process I became proud and nostalgic. Thanks!!!
Thank you for posting this. I love these guys and miss them. I'm in another state now.
thanks for uploading. Sure do miss Don, Mike, Rob and BTK (Buzz the Killer)
Used to listen to them back in the early 90’s 👍
Wish this show was still on I miss it!!!
This is perfect radio! Thanks gentlemen.....
They had a discussion on the show about whether or not there was any black people with Baltimore accents... Most people called in and said no black people have that accent.
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I've lived in Baltimore for 4 years. I have heard this accent once by a local in his 60s. It does exist but seems to be dying off. I also don't spend time in Dundalk so it's possible it's more prevalent there.
When I was in va I would listen to the Don and Mike show
I'm here because of Don ald Trump and Mike Pence. Another Don and Mike. Yew neoh....
LOVE YOU...LOVE YOUR SHOW!
"Warsh" is a pretty common interpretation of "wash" here in SW VA.
Yes, my maternal grandmother was from central VA and said warsh and warter, I knew someone from WV that said the same although my dad’s family is from WV and they don’t say that at all, they have a specific Appalachian southern accent. Weird how it can be so different in such a small area. Endlessly fascinating!
This is definitely a classed speech pattern though... I grew up middle class in Perry Hall, so I don't talk like that at all. However my stepfather's family (from Cockeysville) was lower/lower middle class and they definitely spoke like this all the time.
Towson University is basically 13th grade ..... ha ha ha. I graduated there. BTW Druid Hill Park is near the middle of the city, not a suburb. Just sayin, hon.
I had to play this for my husband (who isn’t from the DC area and therefore had no idea about the Balmer accent). We were watching something on tv and I heard that accent and said holy crap those people are from Balmer and they were! Lol such a specific regional accent that I guess isn’t known outside of the DC area.
Classic! The Baltimore towny accent is similar to the DelCo accent which makes sense as PA's Delaware County is between Philly and Baltimore (but on the edge of Philly). The DelCo accent is an exaggerated Philly accent but with a lil Baltimore accent.
I miss those guys. Funniest guys ever in the history of radio.
goddamn I miss this show
I miss the old Doni nowadays he is too woke :(
He’s still around? And woke? UGHHHH that is a shame. I loved them, I listened to them for literally my whole life and they were hilarious. So sad to hear that 😫
some of these are outrageous but for the most part they are right on haha
a few of these are right on.. but last time i checked there weren't many english accents in maryland. and it's BALDAmore.
Loved the bob doyle guy
Fucking radio gods
I got all the words right!....maybe because I've lived in Baltimore my whole life..O_o lol
I went to Baltimore 2 weeks ago, and someone put "hon" at the end of the Welcome to Baltimore sign on the parkway, hmmmm
God I miss this show.
The Don Geronimo Show on KHTK 1140 in Sacramento, weekdays 6am-10am, listen online at their website (like I do in NY, 9am-1pm)! Still full of awesomeness!
But woke
KHTK 1140 👍
I'm white and i live in Baltimore and neither I nor anyone else I know talks likes this
Gaaawwww..dammit, the Don & Mike Show
Radio gods forever
I’m a life long resident and struggled with these. I don’t have much of a Baltimore accent, though.
My principal pronounces each syllable in Baltimore.
listing to the podcast from todays O & Dukes n its mooooooooooolney
i'm from baltimore but i've honestly only met one person ever that talks like this. so...
I remember this intro.
don and mike, more importantly, mike and mike, are NOT from Baltimore.
I've heard some, especially granite.
God forbid I should EVER talk like that
so much for that
Oh god, I miss Ron and Fez from WJFK. I'd get home after school and turn on 106.7 every day, starting with Don and Mike, then Opie and Anthony, and then ... finally ... Ron and Fez. The show I'd look forward to.
Oh man, farngine got me, hahahahah.
I live in DC and NO ONE talks like this haha
@ShermitCrab Yeah, it sounds like a bad British or maybe even Irish accent. I ain't know what they was talkin about. And that accent is for the most part only found in Dundalk and through Southern Baltimore because the city is over 60% black now.
yeah, i've lived in baltimore my whole life, and had grandparents with really thick baltimore accents. i say some thing like wooder (water) and sometimes awn (on). some of these were right, but most were overexaggerated, like the snow one. nobody says that. we speak badly, but not that badly. still i wish i could do the accent better
Born and raised in Bmore, we don't say droodle for Druid Hill. Wooder for water, awrite for alright, take the g off of ING and replace T and Th with D and you got it. Lol
The eastern shore does sound more "Tidewater Virginia" however Baltimore and DC (although both accents are only slightly different) sound more like folks from Philadelphia. Those from the western part of the state (Cumberland and Hagerstown) actually sound more West Virginian
That means people from Philly sound like they're from the south too.
just kidding. i just realized that i say "granite" instead of granted.
crap.
i miss don and mike :(
actually the Maryland accent is very similar to Cockney English. I think these guys are dead on. Some people who are trying to mimic the accent are making it sound too Southern. Being an ex New Yorker I can confidently say the Maryland or Baltimore accent has more in common with the NYC accent that it does with the Southern accent.
I'm from the Baltimore area and I didn't know the majority of the quiz words...i think these pronunciations represent a very small subset of the population. Still very funny though.
i agree, but i also think it's a location thing, b/c im from baltimore, nd some of these words, i do pronounce like that, but i've NEVER heard ppl around my way tlk like this......for example----pronouncing "aisle" like "oil"---no one does that...we say it like "owl" but im from the hood so like i said, i think location has a lot to do with it
You better not listen to the Big O and Dukes Show on 10:00 AM- 3:00 PM on WJFK
hows waldorf have you been there?
@jadeddrifter
This actually sounds alot more real than "Andy's Baltimore accent"
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Wow this is nothing like how any sort of accent I've ever heard in baltimore. That sounds like.. Canadian or something, if I heard someone talking like that I would uppercut them.
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Bal-TI-more!? I've never said it like that, i've always pronounced it Baldimowre. Sounds weird when I hear other people pronounce the T.
Sebm’ Lebm’
@JeffBDemented It is from 1996
Don't nobody talk like that here we probably got a accent but not like this thank u very much bmore represent
+Naynay Bgb They used to, Hon... they used to.
We still kinda do hon.
@screw67 There's a reason they only have 2 major sports teams.
seven eleven iant that accurate but murlyn is sometimes merlin and baltimore is always baldimore or balmore. they sound more britiah than baltimore
ok, I'm going to have to ask you to use your vowels
Maybe 98, 99, or 2000? I'm not sure exactly.
either like baltimore or just a regular american accent.
A bit Anglish like. But that's White Baltimore.
@screw67 :) it is far from its glory days
Miss this show,.... no satellite receivers, or podcasting, just shitty radios on the jobsite, made work fun.
Raymond Paul listened in Philly back in the day ..Stern followed by Don&Mike followed by Opie&Anthony
Michael McHale those were the radio daze! O&A pushed it to the edge. D & M then Tom Lykes. 101 baby!
Don't you want to mention Don and his 3 hour CBS radio show in California?
Doni got woke
sounds a little british/australian
@kevindniemann I've seen The Wire....Where's the beauty?
Only Maryland, Europe, and geraffe
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Baltimore is ok a lot easier to drive around then ole dc
I get it!lolyall just still dont get it i suppose
Similar to Pittsburgese?
How dare you compare us to Pittsburgh
It's Bal'mer, Merland, not however they said it. GET IT RIGHT! They almost sounded British.
Most of the quiz words I didn't get and I've lived in Baltimore my whole life. They're pretty bad with the accent. Sounds more like Australian to me.
Why is it that when people do a Baltimore accent they put on an annoying high pitch squeeling voice. Like if you lived in baltimore and picked up the accent your voice goes up an octave.
Anyone else say wursh?
Not quite southern, not quite eastern.
some of the words, thats not even how we say it
Baltimore born and bred....i'm 54 years old and have never heard of half of this nonsense. This is not how a native Baltimorean speaks. Only thing remotely similar was Murlin for Maryland. and its Balmur not Balt ti more.
Yes it is lol
this is 100% off, ive lived in bmore my whole life and we sound nothing like that
Yes y’all do lmfao
Baltimore born and still residing... these are terrible examples...
I agree. I kinda get what they are going for, but I've never heard anyone talk like this that I grew up with
@TheBaltimoreKnight I was born and raised in Dundalk. I don't know one person who speaks this way. Highlandtown, Hamden and pigtown are another story. Bk, you must have listened to too much B-104.
But it Is one of the worst accents in the english language, the worst of boston new york and the south all in one,
These two can't hold a candle to Opie and Anthony!!
listened to 2 mins and started to wonder why i lasted that long...kill radio
WE DON'T EVEN SAY NONE OF THIS SHIT.
fail...
You guys are actually really bad at the Baltimore accent.
oh my gosh. this is aweful. i hope somebody really called them out when they did this. This is not the real thing at all. It's a HORRIBLE imitation that kinda makes me angry.
No one said anything about DC, dude.
these are terrible!!! they suck at the Baltimore accents!! there are two and they didnt hit on any of them!!! i have lived in baltimore since i was born in '87 till 2015
You can tell right away by how they pronounce “Baltimore”. Boat-a-mo for one accent, and Ball-imer for the other.