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ok..well... i am work and i just made one of my regular calls and the lady i was calling said she could always tell when its me because of the ohio accent. what exactly does that mean? what type of an accent do we "ohians" have? what does the rest of the country think of ohio or what are ohio sterotypes out there
kelly
10-05-2005, 09:49 PM
Is it ohioans who say "warsh" instead of wash?
Is it ohioans who say "warsh" instead of wash?
no i have never heard "warsh" but i might be "ohionized" that i cant hear it any more
A lot of Ohio people I know say "fer" instead of "for," but PA people do that too. Two of my roomies are from Iowa, and the only thing I've noticed when they're talking is that the tend to enunciate better and talk a little slower than easterners do.
kelly
10-05-2005, 09:53 PM
You probably do say "warsh" and you just think it's how you're actually supposed to say "wash"
I think they also say "roof" oddly... more like ruff
kelly
10-05-2005, 09:54 PM
A lot of Ohio people I know say "fer" instead of "for," but PA people do that too. Two of my roomies are from Iowa, and the only thing I've noticed when they're talking is that the tend to enunciate better and talk a little slower than easterners do.
Yeah, that's the main thing that stands out about my philly accent here I think - I tend to not enunciate enough, so everyone's always misunderstanding me. Well, and I have very nasal vowels.
Benjb
10-05-2005, 10:34 PM
Uhm? Warsh...? Only place I have heard that one is down south in small ass towns. I say fer insted of for sometimes, but Warsh?
kelly
10-05-2005, 10:38 PM
Yeah, my grandma says it and she's from western PA... maybe it stops at the ohio border tho.
Satan
10-05-2005, 10:54 PM
noway my old roommate from NY city said that ****. i gotta warsh my car, it's dirty
nextplan
11-09-2005, 03:03 AM
eh, i move here (ohio) from georgia a while back, THAT was a big accent to get used to.
Type_0
11-09-2005, 03:10 AM
whenever i go out to ohio... well anywhere for that matter, people tell me that i have a funny accent. tho i dont think i have one compared to some other people around here.
thedude
11-09-2005, 03:13 AM
yeah, i noticed a few times when i had to go through Ohio when we went on family trips to the Smoky Mountains, that Ohioans sound the same as michiganders, btu have a little different twang in the voice.
PapaHerb
11-09-2005, 03:21 AM
Anyone who is different than you is weird, and should be made fun of.
thedude
11-09-2005, 03:23 AM
lol, spoken liek a true *******
karen
11-09-2005, 04:00 AM
Anyone who is different than you is weird, and should be made fun of.
well said.
i personally have never been to ohio or talked to an ohian that i know of.
kelly
11-09-2005, 04:08 AM
Well, you can all just talk to me, and I'll analyze your accent from my no-accented colorado perspective. People in colorado are more convinced than anyone I've ever met that they have absolutely no accent. It's kinda funny.
thedude
11-09-2005, 04:09 AM
i hsoul make a trip otver there and inquire about this
asteink1
11-09-2005, 01:21 PM
im from ohio..ive been told i say my "o" wierd and accenty.
xbethamphetamine
11-09-2005, 02:14 PM
haha coloradoans do talk with an accent, though! my step-mom was born and raised and lives there now and she has talked funny since the day i met her. funny thing is that she says she doesnt have an accent at all too.
lies!
People in colorado are more convinced than anyone I've ever met that they have absolutely no accent. It's kinda funny.
See, at least I can admit that I have an accent. I'm fully aware of the fact that I saw water funny.
electricmisfit
11-09-2005, 09:20 PM
my friend Suze once said Benjb had an hick accent.. haha it was funny.. and she is from Mass.. hmmm.. ****ing hillbilly haha :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
kelly
11-09-2005, 09:24 PM
Now I wanna hear ben's accent.
TheDanger-Zone
11-09-2005, 09:39 PM
All I know is I live in Ohio now, and they all say I have a west coast accent.
I ask what does that sounds like? they say like the guy from "fast time at ridgemont high". ;) <rolls my eyes>
kelly
11-09-2005, 09:40 PM
Uh oh, do you talk like a stoner surfer guy? ;)
noway my old roommate from NY city said that ****. i gotta warsh my car, it's dirty
yeah both of my parents are from NY and they say warsh instead of wash every now and then. they have been out of NY for so long it only happens on occasion but yeah...i think its a NY thing
TheDanger-Zone
11-09-2005, 10:02 PM
Uh oh, do you talk like a stoner surfer guy? ;)
Hmmmm I am not sure if I do or if I don't. I do not think so. ;)
Type_0
11-10-2005, 08:05 PM
i always get made fun of when i go to ohio, my friend went to hawaii once, and they were like willing to pay him just to say "pak the ca at havid yad"
xbethamphetamine
11-10-2005, 09:33 PM
i always get made fun of when i go to ohio, my friend went to hawaii once, and they were like willing to pay him just to say "pak the ca at havid yad"
isn't that like boston or something? not ohio?
TheDanger-Zone
11-10-2005, 10:10 PM
Yep beth they talk like that in most of new england. I like the New England accent though.
it is a wicked accent.
Type_0
11-11-2005, 09:42 PM
yeah, people only comment on my accent or use of words in maine or rhode island. but RI is just weird :-P
TheDanger-Zone
11-12-2005, 12:10 AM
my ex is from MA, N. Chelmsford area. I liked it living around there as long as you stayed out of lowell.
locciola
12-18-2005, 08:30 PM
i have ALWAYS been told that i have an accent!! i have lived in ohio my whole life so i have that accent and then i used to not be able to say my r's right so people would get REALLY confused! people always thought i was from somewhere else - i have had a lot of people think i was from new york and i have even had england (still trying to figure that one out!)
i duno i have relitivs in ohio.. and i rember i went ther like 2 years ago.. i went to a " fast food" place.. like i duno wut it was MC donalds or sumthing.. but lets just say they should not have classified that as Fast.. because s***.. i could walked back to new york in the time i got my food... lol i duno just a life experiance
ciaxtrinity1
12-26-2005, 05:44 AM
accent? what accent? I dont think midwesterners have accents unless you're from the farm...otherwise i can't tell the difference
ciaxtrinity1
12-26-2005, 05:47 AM
i duno i have relitivs in ohio.. and i rember i went ther like 2 years ago.. i went to a " fast food" place.. like i duno wut it was MC donalds or sumthing.. but lets just say they should not have classified that as Fast.. because s***.. i could walked back to new york in the time i got my food... lol i duno just a life experiance
lol i feel ya man. Everything's fast paced around chicago so whenever I go to a vacation spot or a small town mann they are sooooooooooooooooooo slow it gets on my nerves! It's like everyone's on vacation taking their sweet ass time.
Midwestern generally gets labeled as the region without an accent. Like how newscasters talk, there is no real accent to it.
kelly
12-26-2005, 02:11 PM
lol i feel ya man. Everything's fast paced around chicago so whenever I go to a vacation spot or a small town mann they are sooooooooooooooooooo slow it gets on my nerves! It's like everyone's on vacation taking their sweet ass time.
That just means you're too stressed out, if you're used to things moving slow, it's ok, because you're relaxed and moving slow too.
kelly
12-26-2005, 02:12 PM
Midwestern generally gets labeled as the region without an accent. Like how newscasters talk, there is no real accent to it.
Actually technically I think the newscaster accent is from nebraska... people in ohio or indiana say some words funny, as do people in chicago.
locciola
12-26-2005, 11:34 PM
Like how newscasters talk, there is no real accent to it.
most newscaster are from the midwest area. ever go down south and hear a southern accent on the news? probably not!
I would hope not. But it'd be funny for gag news.
ivegotnoclue
12-27-2005, 05:06 AM
i dont know about the ohio accent but i've been told by several people here in washington and california that alaskans talk to fast
SnoChica
12-27-2005, 10:07 PM
Now I wanna hear ben's accent.
So... does he sound like a hick Kel?
kelly
12-28-2005, 12:23 AM
No, just like a regular midwesterner... well, except slightly druggy-ish ;)
LivingItUp19
01-19-2006, 07:51 PM
What bout us coloradens, Kelly? I have been told by Tenessee southerners that we either have absolutly no recogizable accent, or that we have a nothern accent, in my opinion when i compare Colorado "accents" to others, i think we have none.
e. totally has a midwestern accent. He's just fooling himself into thinking he doesn't have one. Ben too.
All I've noticed about Colorado people is that they talk slow. But then, since I'm from the east, I think pretty much everyone talks slow.
redace24
01-19-2006, 08:11 PM
An accent is evident in just about any region. Jerseyians have as much of an accent to a southerner as and ohianan has to a Canadian. It's all relative!! I'd much rather deal with an Ohio accent instead of all the foreigners I have to work with on a daily basis!
redace24
01-19-2006, 08:13 PM
What bout us coloradens
I would say that's because alot of Coloradians are Transplants from the North East. Just like in a lot of parts of FL and NC there's tons of NJ transplants that have picked up little or no accent.
LivingItUp19
01-19-2006, 08:30 PM
I would say that's because alot of Coloradians are Transplants from the North East. Just like in a lot of parts of FL and NC there's tons of NJ transplants that have picked up little or no accent.
I think we are not just from the Noth East, we are from everywhere therefor we dont really have any accent, it all blends into notingness.... See, when people come here to visit, the just saty forever... it is the best place for tourist traps, that dont let you go
See, when people come here to visit, the just saty forever... it is the best place for tourist traps, that dont let you go
So true....Damn you, Colorado!
LivingItUp19
01-19-2006, 08:43 PM
So true....Damn you, Colorado!
Damn us?? But why? Whats wrong with Colorado? Aside from the amazing snow this season
redace24
01-19-2006, 09:13 PM
yeah can ya put some of that snow on the east bound shuttle to Jersey?!!?
Thanks!!
:yo:
SnoChica
01-19-2006, 09:32 PM
I think Ben & e. both have OH accents... can't say it's specifically midwestern. And it's definitely slower than the way I talk. Then again, we talk fast out here in the Northeastern cities. I think when we were in CO though, I got laughed at the most for the way I talked. And my Philly accent isn't even as thick as it could be.
SnoChica
01-19-2006, 09:32 PM
Uhm? Warsh...? Only place I have heard that one is down south in small ass towns. I say fer insted of for sometimes, but Warsh?
Didn't I get called out on this, the fer thing that is?
That's okay, Chica, I got made fun of for saying wooder.
LivingItUp19
01-20-2006, 03:44 AM
yeah can ya put some of that snow on the east bound shuttle to Jersey?!!?
Thanks!!
:yo:
Lol sure y not.... lemme get right now that. I would love to hear you all talk... sounds entertaining, i have never really thought about eastern vs western or miswest accents... sounds like fun!
SnoChica
01-20-2006, 11:23 PM
Believe me... we are entertaining fer sure.
elmoiscool45
01-21-2006, 02:21 AM
I dont have an accent b/c i went from PA, to GA, to IL and i never pick up accents and i pronounce everything how it should be.
FJB_Timeless
01-27-2006, 07:02 PM
I had a middle school teacher from the Midwest... and she said Missoura instead of Missouri... She also said Warshington... She explained that it was a geographical thing... People from the other side of the Mississipa River!
SnoChica
01-27-2006, 07:30 PM
I miss me some Midwestern accents!
JesterBOOM
01-28-2006, 02:39 PM
I never thought I had an accent until I went to chicago for business. Apparantly, us New yorkers pronounce "Walk" "Caught" "Ball" and any other word that involves an "a" as the second letter.
Me and all my friends (From NYC) say "caught the ball" like we're throwing an extra "W" in there.
It sounds like "Cawught the baw'll"
Actually, it could be a Queens thing too, because my girlfriend often says that i have a "Queens" Accent (for those of you who arent in the know, Queens is one of the five NYC boroughs)
We should choose a Sentence and have everyone record their voice, just to see the differences
Queens does have a very distinct accent. So do Brooklyn and Staten Island. I can't understand what people from Staten Island are saying half the time. Even the different parts of Manhattan have different accents. (For instance, the bitchy old rich ladies on the Upper East Side all talk with fake British accents. It's amusing.)
phillyboy
01-28-2006, 04:18 PM
I noticed that fake British accent thing too. Wtf?
JesterBOOM
01-28-2006, 04:18 PM
I have clients all across the US and the most fun ones are either Deep manhattanites or deep southern women.
I noticed that fake British accent thing too. Wtf?
It's to make them sound posh. Most of them are aristocratic bitches from old money, so they think they're better than everyone else.
I have to schmooze with these people on a daily basis. Every day, a little part of me dies.
phillyboy
01-28-2006, 04:22 PM
There was this bagel place near my ex's apartment that I used to go for breakfast everyday and they swarmed around there. They made breakfast a harrowing ordeal for everyone involved, including the people that worked there. Note to these people: it's a bagel place, not a gourmet restaurant. Take your bagel and your cream cheese, eat it, like it, and shut the **** up.
Yeah, these women complain on a regular basis about the wine that we have at our receptions. I really would like to point out to them that we're giving it to them FREE, but I'm supposed to be super gregarious, so I'm not allowed.
BTW, like most people from the Philly area, I say wooder.
JesterBOOM
01-30-2006, 06:58 PM
wooder.
Water? Would've?
icewired
03-15-2006, 05:44 PM
I've lived in Ohio all my life and when I travel people never say I have an accent. BUT when I moved from Cleveland to Toledo for college people told me I had a Cleveland accent whatever that is....
La Honda
03-15-2006, 07:41 PM
I think I have somewhat of a midewestern accent. People in the midwest say certain vowels (such as WiscOnsin) differently than those living elsewhere. I know I do that, but I don't have the other speech patterns that many midwesterners have. You know, the habit of chopping words and sentances off at the end. "It's broke" instead of "It's broken". That sort of stuff drives me absolutely insane. Any "aints" "I seen that" "Can I go with?" make me want to ask these people if they've ever had any schooling. I don't think that actually constitutes as an accident, but I just had to get my venting out :happy:
wow, i reckon i must sound like a real hick then. surprised you all still talk to me.
hey if i sound funny then so does levi, cause i thought he sounded normal
kelly
03-16-2006, 01:30 AM
Haha, levi has a different accent than you though.
Although you have picked up on the proper useage of "right on"
DnBsuperhero
05-26-2006, 01:06 PM
the midwest says a lot more short A's in their words. and we say pop (i don't personally but w/e).
Corkscrewed
07-16-2006, 04:44 AM
You probably do say "warsh" and you just think it's how you're actually supposed to say "wash"
I think they also say "roof" oddly... more like ruff
thats funny cuz all the people that i know that say warsh are from Colorado! being from Michigan, people used to tell me all the time that i had a midwest accent. i never knew such a thing existed! by now, i've ruined whatever accent i had cuz it's now mixed w/ West Coast/Canadian/East Coast accents!
Southside Hero
07-22-2006, 10:00 PM
i got the upstate NY accent...pronouncing rochester "rawchester", Milk "melk", Boston "bawston".
I think I have somewhat of a midewestern accent. People in the midwest say certain vowels (such as WiscOnsin) differently than those living elsewhere. I know I do that, but I don't have the other speech patterns that many midwesterners have. You know, the habit of chopping words and sentances off at the end. "It's broke" instead of "It's broken". That sort of stuff drives me absolutely insane. Any "aints" "I seen that" "Can I go with?" make me want to ask these people if they've ever had any schooling. I don't think that actually constitutes as an accident, but I just had to get my venting out :happy:
that pretty much describes me. I geuss I have the midwest accent, but all the people on TV talk just like me? (I got satillite, so non-local) when I went to NC they complained about our accent, and we said "how do the people on TV talk? local shows, yeah southern, but nonlocal? we ponted some out, and their like "we never noticed that"
how do other people saw milk. I pronounce it like Melk.
in california, every other word is "dude" or "gnarly"... and we all talk like we're high on something... dude. and we call each other "brah" instead of anything normal.
rosstheboss2009
07-29-2006, 04:52 PM
i have a midwestern accent i say stellar every other sentence
anna1bananna
08-08-2006, 03:39 AM
Do Michigan people say things weird too?
icewired
08-08-2006, 04:02 AM
I work in Michigan and I can't notice a difference but I'm also from Toledo, OH so we're only 10minutes away.
rosstheboss2009
08-08-2006, 03:40 PM
Do Michigan people say things weird too?
yes we do,, melk
SBDR_FLATEN
08-08-2006, 03:47 PM
Ppl from other states always like minnesotans and iowans and wisconianas and those other states talk weird but ussualy im to busy laughin at them to notice
Chelly
08-11-2006, 04:04 AM
I'm from Chicago and apparently I have a slight accent. I went to California a couple weeks ago and they would make me talk forever because they loved my "accent" haha. I never noticed it before they pointed it out but I guess we do say things a little funny. Mostly our "a"s.
spetz
08-12-2006, 04:11 AM
I'm from Iowa and I've been told that we have bland and uninteresting accents, not a lack of one but just a boring one, whatever that's supposed to mean.
t.hitch
08-12-2006, 05:05 AM
i dont know about ohio but minnesota has an accent to i guess. we dont pernounce out "T"s or something
sammyrae
09-26-2006, 08:38 PM
^^ people from minnesota have accents
we hold our "O"'s, we say Yeah instead of yes, we say Minnesooda instead of minnesota. alot of people say that they know right away when someone is from MN due to our vowels,
rosstheboss2009
10-02-2006, 02:57 AM
everyone has and accent, you cant tell until you here other ones, and im from michigan I say pop, not soda, not realylaccent
ilikesnow
10-06-2006, 02:21 AM
i've never talked to anyone from ohio,
i wanna know what it sounds like now
and yes chelly, chicago people deffinitly have an accent.
not everyone has an accent. i don't have an accent, (mid-state? ny)
i talk like the people on T.V. where they'r trained to talk accent-free.
the worst accent is the super thick born and raised-boston accent. i have family that i cannot understand. Just about every sound is said funny.
rosstheboss2009
10-06-2006, 02:42 AM
i've never talked to anyone from ohio,
i wanna know what it sounds like now
and yes chelly, chicago people deffinitly have an accent.
not everyone has an accent. i don't have an accent, (mid-state? ny)
i talk like the people on T.V. where they'r trained to talk accent-free.
the worst accent is the super thick born and raised-boston accent. i have family that i cannot understand. Just about every sound is said funny.
like i said before everyone has an accent, the people on t.v. have a northern accent, you prob. have a north eastern accent, you think you dont got an accent but go to the south they will say yoou have an accent and not them
ilikesnow
10-06-2006, 02:55 AM
no i've been south
no1 said i have an accent.
its just kinda plain speech, like no letters are accented or words aren't said weird, everyone here speaks the "proper" way, as far as pronunciation goes atleast.
rosstheboss2009
10-06-2006, 03:05 AM
no i've been south
no1 said i have an accent.
its just kinda plain speech, like no letters are accented or words aren't said weird, everyone here speaks the "proper" way, as far as pronunciation goes atleast.
no we dont, if you lived somewere else you would say that u didnt have an accent and the north east did
irish-dude
10-07-2006, 04:56 AM
So most places I go I do notice a slight accent at least. But there is only ONE place i've been where the people sound the same as right here in Michigan, and oddly enough, that's San Diego, California. (I mean older, more educated californians sound like us, not the teenagers that sound like they're on drugs)
The mIlk/mElk is about 50/50 in SE Michigan as far as I can tell, but the vast majority of us call it POP
rosstheboss2009
10-07-2006, 01:59 PM
So most places I go I do notice a slight accent at least. But there is only ONE place i've been where the people sound the same as right here in Michigan, and oddly enough, that's San Diego, California. (I mean older, more educated californians sound like us, not the teenagers that sound like they're on drugs)
The mIlk/mElk is about 50/50 in SE Michigan as far as I can tell, but the vast majority of us call it POP
i say melk and pellow
ilikesnow
10-10-2006, 10:52 PM
well its a gosh darn i, so say it like its an i,
thats what i mean, most people in the north east(excluding boston, nyc, and the hicks) say everything the way its spelt, or meant to be ssaid,
what your saying is that the absence of an accent is actually an accent, i guess that makes sense. so your right. congratulations!
Leo B. Jibbins
10-17-2006, 07:51 PM
isn't that like boston or something? not ohio?
yea thats boston/new england, and i hate there accent so much.......i had to pak my ca to go to da potty(party)....and the NY wasing warsh, its more of the older NY people, like i dont say warsh, they say soder(soda) idear(idea) and its not everyone, its only some ppl, my parents dont say any of that, but my one aunt is affluent with it....i love my NY accent and cannot wait to floss it when i move to cali in a few weeks.....tawk to me, lets get cawfee....lol yeaaaaa yesteday is another word we butcher....no er in yesteday
Eckstream1
10-17-2006, 11:31 PM
I was born in Island Lake,Ill. and raised in New London,Wis. so yeah I have to agree the people in the mid-west have an accent... I live in Pa. now and people always ask me where Im from. The best example I can think of is the accent in the movie "Fargo". Or if youre a lil older the old cartoon "Bobbies World" with Howie Mandel...Bobbies mom had an accent. They also have different words for things like soda=pop
rosstheboss2009
10-20-2006, 08:15 PM
I was born in Island Lake,Ill. and raised in New London,Wis. so yeah I have to agree the people in the mid-west have an accent... I live in Pa. now and people always ask me where Im from. The best example I can think of is the accent in the movie "Fargo". Or if youre a lil older the old cartoon "Bobbies World" with Howie Mandel...Bobbies mom had an accent. They also have different words for things like soda=pop
your right and bobby's world was the sh!t
I just took this quiz on accents yesterday, and I thought it was really interesting:
http://www.gotoquiz.com/what_american_accent_do_you_have
I came up having a Philly accent (surprise surprise) followed closely by a Midland accent, and my roommate, who is from Iowa, ended up having a Midland accent, which is also correct. And for the record, people with midland/midwest accents do come as close to having "no accent" as you can get. Meaning, if you compare the way they speak to say, an computerized dictionary with pronunciation audio, they pretty much sound the same.
Anyway, if you have the time, take the quiz. It's very well done. Rather than relying on regional terms for things (like soda vs. pop or sub vs. hoagie vs. hero vs. grinder) it focuses on comparing pronunciations of words. It's really neat, especially because as you're taking it, the answers seem SO obvious to you until you compare what you answered with your friends from a different area.
Your accent is as Philadelphian as a cheesesteak! If you're not from Philadelphia, then you're from someplace near there like south Jersey, Baltimore, or Wilmington. if you've ever journeyed to some far off place where people don't know that Philly has an accent, someone may have thought you talked a little weird even though they didn't have a clue what accent it was they heard.
These are the other regions that the quiz gives:
The Midland
The South
The Inland North
The Northeast
Boston
The West
North Central
djstealth
11-03-2006, 11:58 PM
what ta fuk!!!
You may think you speak "Standard English straight out of the dictionary" but when you step away from the Great Lakes you get asked annoying questions like "Are you from Wisconsin?" or "Are you from Chicago?" Chances are you call carbonated drinks " pop
The Northeast
The South
Philadelphia
The Midland
The West
North Central
Boston
No I don't I say give me a soda nigga!
La Honda
11-06-2006, 07:09 PM
"You have a Midland accent" is just another way of saying "you don't have an accent." You probably are from the Midland (Pennsylvania, southern Ohio, southern Indiana, southern Illinois, and Missouri) but then for all we know you could be from Florida or Charleston or one of those big southern cities like Atlanta or Dallas. You have a good voice for TV and radio
I guess Sara (IceCoastChick) was right about my 'accent' or lack there of :smile:
Boffmann_wXc
11-06-2006, 11:08 PM
i moved to N.H. from Iowa and a fue people think i have an acsent.... idk, wierd i geuss
electricmisfit
11-07-2006, 07:56 AM
why are people stiil posting on this. this started like an year ago. someone please delete this.
heel_touge
11-07-2006, 12:35 PM
Queens does have a very distinct accent. So do Brooklyn and Staten Island. I can't understand what people from Staten Island are saying half the time. Even the different parts of Manhattan have different accents. (For instance, the bitchy old rich ladies on the Upper East Side all talk with fake British accents. It's amusing.)
haha! my moms side of the family is all from brooklyn but some of them moved to the island. when ever i see them i can't understand a damn word. this is so true haha.
some of my favorite brooklynisms:
"tree" =3
"mahwk" = Mark
"ya's" = You (ploural and some tme even singular)
as far as ohio goes im cincinnati, there are a few characteristic things over here. but as yu move more north, you can hear the wisconsin/michigan "o" and "a" for instance:
"soe, i was over ayt my friends yesterday." can usually pick out the northern ohioans pretty easily. They get suprised like "oh my god,how did you know thayt!"
haha. im good athearing and reproducing accents.
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