Check out the Dead Milkmen for Philly accents. Especially the song "Bitchin' Camaro." The Bloodhound Gang's lead singer has a pretty thick Philly accent, too.
I'm originally from Fishtown/Kenisington, and now I live outside of New York. I've done quite a bit of research on this, an' yer awlmoss spot awn... eggsep ya gah' yer dees stess't teo mutch, an'ya don't tern 'em inna' uh "T" saoun, innerchange 'da tew 'a'dem, or turn 'em inna uh "N" saoun wen it'zapropriute.
I'm originally from Fishtown/Kenisington, and now I live outside of New York. I've done quite a bit of research on this, an' yer awlmoss spot awn... eggsep ya gah' yer dees stess't teo mutch, an'ya don't tern 'em inna' uh "T" saoun, innerchange 'em, or turn 'em inna uh "N" saoun wen it'zapropriute.
This kid's from Bensalem?! Ha! I lived in Croydon for a while, and I gotta say the working class Mid-Atlantic accident that so many of you think he's exaggerating is alive and well - even in Bucks County! I moved to Jersey (near Trenton) where the accent starts to gradually merge with the North Jersey accent, and they think the Philly accent is funny as hell. "Philadelphians say wooder, we only say wuder..."
I love these videos, thank you for making them. My boyfriend is always like "Baby, hann me-att jawn.." and I'm like "WHAT JAWN??? It's always jawns with you!!", haha. And I've learned to stop asking him if he wants a sub sandwich, I've learned it's either hoagies or 'nuh-in'. I haven't been up to Philly with him yet, and you're helping me expand my Philly education before I do. Great stuff!
south philly isnt the only 'philly accent', according to people who study language its the entire area, not just the city accents, but the suburbs and parts of jersey and Delaware. This guy sounds like he is trying to make his stronger than it actually is but the clips he chose for the most part showed philly accents. Baltimore is related but isnt in the same group.
I love your videos! I'm from South Philly and Delaware County, but I've lived in Texas for over 10 years now. People here can identify me as a "Yankee", but can't pinpoint it because, as you've mentioned, movie & tv does a poor job of duplicating the dialect and accent. Of course, mine is probably more diluted because I've lived in the south since 1995, and married a southerner!
@voodootexas I'm glee-ad my videos speak to you so much. My Aunt from moved from North Philadelphia to Houston and has lived there for many years, and they still tell her she has a funny accent!
i bet a lot of you from the east hate it when everyone thinks you all sound like someone from new york and the same for people from new york like im from the mid-west born in Chicago and most of my life in Minneapolis
LOl, I went to Kentucky for school and almost everyone ask me why I spoke the way I do. One dude asked if I had a speak impediment too. I just laughed it off because I love my accent!!! (makes me feel special)
@riffers exactly... sounds australian/irish... I honestly cannot remember a time when I had a hard time understanding someone from Philly or the rest of the mid-Atlantic.... this is absurdly exaggerated
worder [water] Oh and by the way, Philadelphia is in Philadelphia county, not montgomery, bucks, delaware, or chester county, so stop trying to include philly in the "delaware valley"! We're separate from all of that.
We don't tawk like people from baltimore or even delaware or south jersey.
yuse [you plural} - yo [yo] - bruva [brother] - muver [mother]- baldamor [baltimore] - zinc [sink] - jawn [jawn] - tawk [talk] - cousin [gus } you gotta say the g real fast] - mouf [mouth]. It also infuses according to race - African - Spanish - Arab - Italian - Irish- Polish, etc. To be honest it sounds close to new yorkers accent with different, but with different words.
This idiot is from Bensalem, you can obviously tell he's TRYIN way to Hard to talk like a real south Philadelphian..... Take your ass back up the 95!!!!!
where the fuck does baltimore come into play here??? "philadelphia" is represented by the burbs, south jersey and delaware + a few randoms dispersed throughout the world
@bzes10 You're right - "Philadelphia" is the Delaware Valley. But the Baltimore accent is very closely related - there are really only minor differences. If you were at a ski resort in Switzerland and ran into an American who said "wooder" instead of "water", they could either be from the Delaware Valley or the Baltimore area. That's why the correct name for it is "Mid-Atlantic English", not the Philly accent. I just say Philly instead cuz it's shorter and I'm biased.
@bzes10@bzes10 The Philly accent has much in common with the Baltimore accent due to its similarity in background, and those who settled it. You can read more about it here on Wikipedia - search for "Philadelphia dialect" - it's been very well-studied. (I tried to link it, but youtube wouldn't let me!).
Glad you included Chris Matthews. He grew up in the Northeast (Somerton) close to my family and has the same nasal intonation as my father and my brother. When he pronounces his "a's" and "o's," it makes me laugh.
That's because you're from Philly. People from other parts of the country won't be able to tell the difference. People on Long Island think that people from Boston and Rhode Island sound alike, I thought so too until I moved to Rhode Island and what's even funnier is people from Boston think that Long Islanders and Rhode Islanders sound alike (they certainly don't) and people from Rhode Island think that People from Philly have Southern accents.
@ohso41 Those idiots! It's not even close to a southern accent. Rhode Island and Boston do sound alike right? All I really know about that state is that there are no counties and the capital is Providence.
Actually Rhode Island does have 5 counties- Providence, Bristol, Newport, Kent and Washington Counties.
There is a distinct difference between the Rhode Island and Boston accent- its subtle and it took a while for me to figure out. To me the accents from South Jersey all the way down to Northern Virginia (DC area) and including Philly do sound very similar- I know there is a difference but its subtle.
I don't think the Philly accent sounds trashy at all- at least it doesn't sound that way when I visit Philly.
Northern Virginia is basically a suburb of DC so the Virginia accent doesn't sound red neck at all- actually it really doesn't sound that much different from the Philly accent. It's not until you get about an hour south of DC that the accent begins to sound "red neck"
@ohso41 Well, I mean it kind of depends. By that I mean the accent is REALLY trashy in the few trailer trash neighborhoods i guess that is everywhere though.
Virginia, I think of that as a redneck state. I've been there once and that was when I was two months old, when my parents moved back to PA from Louisiana. so i really wouldn't no about it for any reason other than tv, or videos.
Northern Virginia is nothing like the rest of the state- it's basically a suburb of Washington DC and has a very urban/cosmopolitan feel, not much different from the Mainline suburbs of Philly
@ohso41 Yeah I guess that is true, because there is a lot of government work in DC, South Maryland, and North Virginia. Is it redneck down by Richmond
It's not until you leave Philly and go down South...that you realize you have an accent, the Southerners will tell you...and they sound "country" telling you about your accent.
Funny stuff. A few things. 1) It almost sounds like you were going slightly Australian on us at the beginning. 2) It's a funny note to point out that Passyunk is often pronounced Pas-shunk. 3) LOL at Cheese steak with wiz! 4) Wawa = best place ever 5) I kinda hate that Philly accents sometimes get lumped in with Baltimore. I HATE the Baltimore accent. It's like a disjointed southern mid-Atlantic accent. That is all :)
I'm trying to learn a Philly accent for a play "In the Boom Boom Room" - - having some trouble!!! Skype date?!
krystynaahlers 1 month ago
@krystynaahlers Just want I like to see - actors who try to get it right! I'll message you.
smonahan09 1 month ago
you try way to hard.
RwR28NJ 2 months ago
Check out the Dead Milkmen for Philly accents. Especially the song "Bitchin' Camaro." The Bloodhound Gang's lead singer has a pretty thick Philly accent, too.
Callmarcus77 4 months ago
you sound austrailian dude.
rizurisu 4 months ago
I'm originally from Fishtown/Kenisington, and now I live outside of New York. I've done quite a bit of research on this, an' yer awlmoss spot awn... eggsep ya gah' yer dees stess't teo mutch, an'ya don't tern 'em inna' uh "T" saoun, innerchange 'da tew 'a'dem, or turn 'em inna uh "N" saoun wen it'zapropriute.
bernardoh4 6 months ago
I'm originally from Fishtown/Kenisington, and now I live outside of New York. I've done quite a bit of research on this, an' yer awlmoss spot awn... eggsep ya gah' yer dees stess't teo mutch, an'ya don't tern 'em inna' uh "T" saoun, innerchange 'em, or turn 'em inna uh "N" saoun wen it'zapropriute.
bernardoh4 6 months ago
LOL good thing I don't live on turdy turd street.
YamiMillennium 6 months ago
@YamiMillennium Yeah, 'specially up by the Park. That's Sh-trawburry Mansion.
Tubes12AX7k 5 months ago
Sounds very similar to the Baltimore accent.
ChickenNoodlePops 7 months ago
PHILLY GO HARD AND WE DONT TALK LIKE THAT , THAT ACCENT SOUND DUMB AS S**T
pytdesmoney 7 months ago
u sound like an austrailian
MrDaviator 7 months ago
Wow you guys in the comments are insulting >:-( and to the maker of this video, you sound Austrailian. Work on that
NightOwl879 7 months ago
danda bahk der
TheSchmidt3000 7 months ago
Zees guys wan godowda wawa fer a hoagie anda wooderice
TheSchmidt3000 9 months ago
Ya..As a Philadelphian living in South Carolina....I stand out like a sore thumb!
shawndw1000 10 months ago
Any time I want to hear a great Philly accent I just turn on Chris Matthews. Love him.
hegemonster 10 months ago
shit..cant wait to get home from school and get me some fuckin peach ice tea from wawa and then hit up steves
zachatack727 10 months ago
I appreciate your effort, but that does not sound like a Philadelphian accent
Sweden8990 11 months ago
This kid's from Bensalem?! Ha! I lived in Croydon for a while, and I gotta say the working class Mid-Atlantic accident that so many of you think he's exaggerating is alive and well - even in Bucks County! I moved to Jersey (near Trenton) where the accent starts to gradually merge with the North Jersey accent, and they think the Philly accent is funny as hell. "Philadelphians say wooder, we only say wuder..."
minipyro88 1 year ago
You need to throw some Jim Cramer clips in.
bowes77 1 year ago
turdy turd street?
PredragTV 1 year ago
I love these videos, thank you for making them. My boyfriend is always like "Baby, hann me-att jawn.." and I'm like "WHAT JAWN??? It's always jawns with you!!", haha. And I've learned to stop asking him if he wants a sub sandwich, I've learned it's either hoagies or 'nuh-in'. I haven't been up to Philly with him yet, and you're helping me expand my Philly education before I do. Great stuff!
TheLadyOphelia 1 year ago
You sound like an Australian trying a Philly accent. LOL!
ksb78 1 year ago 5
wow, this really doesn't sound like a philly accent.
zummo42 1 year ago
you just sound like your making a bad british attempt
brjp128 1 year ago 6
south philly isnt the only 'philly accent', according to people who study language its the entire area, not just the city accents, but the suburbs and parts of jersey and Delaware. This guy sounds like he is trying to make his stronger than it actually is but the clips he chose for the most part showed philly accents. Baltimore is related but isnt in the same group.
ArtificialCornstarch 1 year ago
I love your videos! I'm from South Philly and Delaware County, but I've lived in Texas for over 10 years now. People here can identify me as a "Yankee", but can't pinpoint it because, as you've mentioned, movie & tv does a poor job of duplicating the dialect and accent. Of course, mine is probably more diluted because I've lived in the south since 1995, and married a southerner!
voodootexas 1 year ago
@voodootexas I'm glee-ad my videos speak to you so much. My Aunt from moved from North Philadelphia to Houston and has lived there for many years, and they still tell her she has a funny accent!
smonahan09 1 year ago
@voodootexas Me too. Texas (6years) by way of Philly (40+yrs). agree with you!
rankinesq 1 year ago
@voodootexas im from delaware county!
DaNitheG1rL 1 year ago
love it!!!
cjrmommy 1 year ago
Pah-Shunk
Blues4TheRedSun 1 year ago
i bet a lot of you from the east hate it when everyone thinks you all sound like someone from new york and the same for people from new york like im from the mid-west born in Chicago and most of my life in Minneapolis
and everyone thinks we sound like the movie Fargo
hiphopson 1 year ago
LOl, I went to Kentucky for school and almost everyone ask me why I spoke the way I do. One dude asked if I had a speak impediment too. I just laughed it off because I love my accent!!! (makes me feel special)
PhillyComputerSpot 1 year ago
i actually say wooder hahaha.
cowboyzsuk81 1 year ago
scottish?
youngbutter 1 year ago
This ones even worse. He's over exaggerating and it's making it hard to understand, even to a native.
riffers 1 year ago
@riffers exactly... sounds australian/irish... I honestly cannot remember a time when I had a hard time understanding someone from Philly or the rest of the mid-Atlantic.... this is absurdly exaggerated
KJ4120 1 year ago
worder [water] Oh and by the way, Philadelphia is in Philadelphia county, not montgomery, bucks, delaware, or chester county, so stop trying to include philly in the "delaware valley"! We're separate from all of that.
tayite 1 year ago
I'm from North Philly - allegheny ave.
We don't tawk like people from baltimore or even delaware or south jersey.
yuse [you plural} - yo [yo] - bruva [brother] - muver [mother]- baldamor [baltimore] - zinc [sink] - jawn [jawn] - tawk [talk] - cousin [gus } you gotta say the g real fast] - mouf [mouth]. It also infuses according to race - African - Spanish - Arab - Italian - Irish- Polish, etc. To be honest it sounds close to new yorkers accent with different, but with different words.
tayite 1 year ago
This idiot is from Bensalem, you can obviously tell he's TRYIN way to Hard to talk like a real south Philadelphian..... Take your ass back up the 95!!!!!
Boom622 1 year ago
im from south philly. like walking distance from east passyunk ave. but u talk odd to me.lollike not even an american accent at somepart.
xspshortiex 1 year ago
where the fuck does baltimore come into play here??? "philadelphia" is represented by the burbs, south jersey and delaware + a few randoms dispersed throughout the world
bzes10 1 year ago 2
@bzes10 You're right - "Philadelphia" is the Delaware Valley. But the Baltimore accent is very closely related - there are really only minor differences. If you were at a ski resort in Switzerland and ran into an American who said "wooder" instead of "water", they could either be from the Delaware Valley or the Baltimore area. That's why the correct name for it is "Mid-Atlantic English", not the Philly accent. I just say Philly instead cuz it's shorter and I'm biased.
smonahan09 1 year ago
@smonahan09 you can hear this in John Waters' early films, he used his Baltimore pals as his actors. they tawk just like us.
alburtise 1 year ago
@bzes10 Pay, Attention. "Part two of my exposition of the MID-ATLANTIC DIALECT." Stoopit.
aalbert2011 1 year ago
@bzes10 @bzes10 The Philly accent has much in common with the Baltimore accent due to its similarity in background, and those who settled it. You can read more about it here on Wikipedia - search for "Philadelphia dialect" - it's been very well-studied. (I tried to link it, but youtube wouldn't let me!).
voodootexas 1 year ago
Glad you included Chris Matthews. He grew up in the Northeast (Somerton) close to my family and has the same nasal intonation as my father and my brother. When he pronounces his "a's" and "o's," it makes me laugh.
ste3021878 1 year ago
Love the Philly accent <3
Oh and what was that song in the video about Wawa?
lorzakat 1 year ago
@lorzakat Phanks! The song's called Pennsylvania, by the Bloodhound Gang.
smonahan09 1 year ago
Baltimore Accents are not like ours.
flyersfan345 1 year ago
@flyersfan345
Are you kidding? They're almost identical I can't tell them apart and I grew up on Long Island
ohso41 1 year ago
@ohso41 I've heard them and I can see a distinct difference.
flyersfan345 1 year ago
@flyersfan345
That's because you're from Philly. People from other parts of the country won't be able to tell the difference. People on Long Island think that people from Boston and Rhode Island sound alike, I thought so too until I moved to Rhode Island and what's even funnier is people from Boston think that Long Islanders and Rhode Islanders sound alike (they certainly don't) and people from Rhode Island think that People from Philly have Southern accents.
ohso41 1 year ago
@ohso41 Those idiots! It's not even close to a southern accent. Rhode Island and Boston do sound alike right? All I really know about that state is that there are no counties and the capital is Providence.
flyersfan345 1 year ago
@flyersfan345
Actually Rhode Island does have 5 counties- Providence, Bristol, Newport, Kent and Washington Counties.
There is a distinct difference between the Rhode Island and Boston accent- its subtle and it took a while for me to figure out. To me the accents from South Jersey all the way down to Northern Virginia (DC area) and including Philly do sound very similar- I know there is a difference but its subtle.
ohso41 1 year ago
@ohso41 Really? I read somewhere that it has no counties...We have like 61 counties.
Anyway, there is a difference. Isn't Virginia more redneck and us more trashy?
flyersfan345 1 year ago
@flyersfan345
Yes, we do have counties just not many.
I don't think the Philly accent sounds trashy at all- at least it doesn't sound that way when I visit Philly.
Northern Virginia is basically a suburb of DC so the Virginia accent doesn't sound red neck at all- actually it really doesn't sound that much different from the Philly accent. It's not until you get about an hour south of DC that the accent begins to sound "red neck"
ohso41 1 year ago
@ohso41 Well, I mean it kind of depends. By that I mean the accent is REALLY trashy in the few trailer trash neighborhoods i guess that is everywhere though.
Virginia, I think of that as a redneck state. I've been there once and that was when I was two months old, when my parents moved back to PA from Louisiana. so i really wouldn't no about it for any reason other than tv, or videos.
flyersfan345 1 year ago
@flyersfan345
Northern Virginia is nothing like the rest of the state- it's basically a suburb of Washington DC and has a very urban/cosmopolitan feel, not much different from the Mainline suburbs of Philly
ohso41 1 year ago
@ohso41 Yeah I guess that is true, because there is a lot of government work in DC, South Maryland, and North Virginia. Is it redneck down by Richmond
flyersfan345 1 year ago
It's not until you leave Philly and go down South...that you realize you have an accent, the Southerners will tell you...and they sound "country" telling you about your accent.
moormagic1 1 year ago
yeah kinda australian but the intonation is slightly different... I think
jacobdongon 1 year ago
in the other video, you sound more mid atlantic... in this one, you sound australian on many occasions to me... odd
postmatty 1 year ago
@postmatty There are definitely weird similarities between Mid-Atlantic and Australian. I think I'll talk about that in video #3. It's interesting.
smonahan09 1 year ago
I SPILLT WOODER AWN MY POCKABOOK
philly for life
AssMantis 1 year ago 22
@AssMantis haha
9phillyphan9 1 year ago
@AssMantis
LOL!!!!
lyricaladaud 1 year ago
@AssMantis
LOL!!! You dassit!!!! You dat bawl!!! Philly all day!
lyricaladaud 1 year ago
Funny stuff. A few things. 1) It almost sounds like you were going slightly Australian on us at the beginning. 2) It's a funny note to point out that Passyunk is often pronounced Pas-shunk. 3) LOL at Cheese steak with wiz! 4) Wawa = best place ever 5) I kinda hate that Philly accents sometimes get lumped in with Baltimore. I HATE the Baltimore accent. It's like a disjointed southern mid-Atlantic accent. That is all :)
JaydeeVonJ 1 year ago
cool.
LaurieJames 1 year ago
AWESOME AGAIN!!!!
blaquefrancisii 1 year ago