Zman Posted May 9, 2010 Share #51 Posted May 9, 2010 Yup in ways, and with a southern accent, ... Yeah, South Philly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTR Admiralty Posted May 9, 2010 Author Share #52 Posted May 9, 2010 Megabus pointed it out to me.... Inphiladelphiayoudriveacar Apparently, we talk fast down here We talk rather fast here in the apple! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.J. Posted May 9, 2010 Share #53 Posted May 9, 2010 Yup in ways, and with a southern accent, ... I dawnt hev a sauthern accn't B) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTR Admiralty Posted May 9, 2010 Author Share #54 Posted May 9, 2010 I dawnt hev a sauthern accn't And dem southerners speak realllllllllllllllllllllly sloowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwly. Other woids written in the NY accent eye language: Hoid Woid Moida Words popularised in the NY area exclusively: Bodega Sub (what people from Philly would call a hoagie) And others more... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.J. Posted May 9, 2010 Share #55 Posted May 9, 2010 Sub (what people from Philly would call a hoagie) We also call the Broad Street line the "sub" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTR Admiralty Posted May 9, 2010 Author Share #56 Posted May 9, 2010 We also call the Broad Street line the "sub" Worrd? Then that sub really can't be edible! It won't even fit in your mouth. (Oops, twhs) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
East New York Posted May 9, 2010 Share #57 Posted May 9, 2010 I totally agree. I picked up some parts of the accent myself. I dropped the h's in words such as "human". That sounds more like a Spanish accent. Not a New York one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColumbiaDeath Posted May 9, 2010 Share #58 Posted May 9, 2010 That sounds more like a Spanish accent. Not a New York one. It's very New York. 'yoo-men' - human 'yooj' - huge 'yoo-bris' - hubris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTR Admiralty Posted May 9, 2010 Author Share #59 Posted May 9, 2010 That sounds more like a Spanish accent. Not a New York one. No, it's found in the New York accent, and IIRC, the Philadelphian one as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeystoneRegional Posted May 9, 2010 Share #60 Posted May 9, 2010 Please, watch the Nazi Banksters Crimes Ripple Effect at http://jforjustice.co.uk/banksters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.J. Posted May 10, 2010 Share #61 Posted May 10, 2010 Well, you don't but, like wut ZMan said, you are cool in North Philly ... I live in Northeast philly. Where we say woite (white) roight (right) etc. North Philly accent is just ghetto. Instead of saying hey you, its ey YO! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeystoneRegional Posted May 10, 2010 Share #62 Posted May 10, 2010 Please, watch the Nazi Banksters Crimes Ripple Effect at http://jforjustice.co.uk/banksters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTR Admiralty Posted May 10, 2010 Author Share #63 Posted May 10, 2010 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pq2EurArgDk This is a great example of the accent. Fewer people have the accent today than couple of decades ago. I really feel like reviving the thing, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted May 10, 2010 Share #64 Posted May 10, 2010 My Cousin Vinny was f**kin' hilarious. Another good scene highlighting Pescis' accent was the one where he mentions the "utes" to Judge Haller...lo and behold he was really trying to say youths. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTR Admiralty Posted May 10, 2010 Author Share #65 Posted May 10, 2010 My Cousin Vinny was f**kin' hilarious. Another good scene highlighting Pescis' accent was the one where he mentions the "utes" to Judge Haller...lo and behold he was really trying to say youths. I don't think we pronounce "youths" as "ootes" even with the NY accent. That's really new to me, IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R44 5278 Posted May 11, 2010 Share #66 Posted May 11, 2010 I don't think we pronounce "youths" as "ootes" even with the NY accent. That's really new to me, IMO. The "Brooklyn Dialect" had faded (with word varieties) for the past 2 decades and that was considered the NY Accent for almost everyone. The "Brooklyn Dialect," as viewed by native New Yorkers can be split into 2 subdialects; Italian and Jewish. The Jewish dialect has the tendency to elongate all the vows much more extreme than the Italian dialect as the people probably based it off pronouncing Hebrew and Yiddish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTR Admiralty Posted May 11, 2010 Author Share #67 Posted May 11, 2010 The "Brooklyn Dialect" had faded (with word varieties) for the past 2 decades and that was considered the NY Accent for almost everyone. The "Brooklyn Dialect," as viewed by native New Yorkers can be split into 2 subdialects; Italian and Jewish. The Jewish dialect has the tendency to elongate all the vows much more extreme than the Italian dialect as the people probably based it off pronouncing Hebrew and Yiddish. I think the fronting of the "aw" sound, as in law, cross etc... is an Italian feature. The reason for this is that Italian, compared to other Romance languages, tend to dipthongised its vowels. Compare bono (Lat., variant of bonus) and buono (It.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NX Express Posted May 11, 2010 Share #68 Posted May 11, 2010 What accent is it when people say "chrain" instead of "train"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTR Admiralty Posted May 11, 2010 Author Share #69 Posted May 11, 2010 What accent is it when people say "chrain" instead of "train"? I think that feature had affected most English dialects (not just NY). I think that the r had a palatal effect on the t and d (alveolar plosives) during the development of the English language. They probably became palatal plosives which then became postalveolar affricatives. This theory is supported by the fact that the palative plosives sound similar to the postalveolar affricatives. Hence the t and d are known pronounced as affricatives (tch and dj) rather than plosives before an r, except in consonant clusters. What I really am wondering is, that why street is pronounced shtreet in some folks' speech. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EE Broadway Local Posted May 11, 2010 Share #70 Posted May 11, 2010 What I really am wondering is, that why street is pronounced shtreet in some folks' speech. Oh! Ya mean "stweet" - as in "Bleecka Stweet" or "West Fawth Stweet"? It's kinda like "avenoo". "Take da train - it's da fastest way to da block!" "Which block ya fwom, mac?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTR Admiralty Posted May 12, 2010 Author Share #71 Posted May 12, 2010 Oh! Ya mean "stweet" - as in "Bleecka Stweet" or "West Fawth Stweet"? It's kinda like "avenoo". "Take da train - it's da fastest way to da block!" "Which block ya fwom, mac?" Hmm.. I rarely hear it pronounced that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RokuSix Posted May 14, 2010 Share #72 Posted May 14, 2010 People have told me I have an accent. I never realized it until I went to college and spoke to people from across the country. I do know, however, then I tend to emphasize my t's, and I can get a little nasal, especially when excited. I also do a typical "oh my gaaaaaaaaaahhhhd!" when something really grasps my attention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Posted May 14, 2010 Share #73 Posted May 14, 2010 When I visit friends in South Jersey and Pennsylvania they tell me that I have a Brooklyn accent. Then they tell me it's not really an accent but just the way I say things. Of course it's not noticeable to me at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTR Admiralty Posted May 14, 2010 Author Share #74 Posted May 14, 2010 People have told me I have an accent. I never realized it until I went to college and spoke to people from across the country. I do know, however, then I tend to emphasize my t's, and I can get a little nasal, especially when excited. I also do a typical "oh my gaaaaaaaaaahhhhd!" when something really grasps my attention. "Oh my gawwwwwd!!!!!" Yeah college does open you to people from all sorts of places Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2Easy Posted May 17, 2010 Share #75 Posted May 17, 2010 ive been told i speak with a weird accent, i dont think its completely what would be called the "NY accent" though lol I've heard you speak on a couple of videos. You sound normal to me and I don't think that you have any accent at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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