Upstate New York Accent

[xxxirockxxxxxx]

Ummmm? Not really.

[blackiebori]

What the hell.....

Well, you sound French or Canadian (French Canadian?), especially since your speech is rhotic (no "r" dropping) as opposed to Albany, NYC or New England dialects. Not to mention traditional Southern accents from Alabama (though modern dialects have turned to Appalachian English), but all of this reflects a British inheritance apart from Scots-Irish immigrants.

[BasicallytoBasics]

Yup, same as mine. Upstate, New York.

[HughGWrekshin]

Your accent is called "meballzaintdropped"

[frrVegeta]

Accents from individuals whose vocal cords have not yet fully developed are misrepresentations.  Also your capture equipment is harming the quality in that it is not isolating the data from outside electrical interference.

[scr09828]

@tammuzid hahaha,that makes me laugh because i say water that exact way you spelled it.

[welleslywon1]

Syracuse isn't general American, in fact why do people think everybody sounds the same because the media won't use any accent that is too strong or regional. I've herd so many people say "I don't hee-ave ayun eeaccent." She sounds of the Mohawk valley. The upstate NY accent runs along the thruway from Utica west through Syracuse, Rochester and Buffalo and further west throughout the Great Lakes region. Her's is not nasal enough haha. Just read William Labovs research on the NCVS.

[impellernut]

this shit is stupid

[tammuzid]

@impellernut Then stop watching. There are other videos and channels. Check them out!

[scr09828]

I'm from Albany! I definitely have a NY accent. Everyone's always asking me if I'm from Brooklyn.

[tammuzid]

@scr09828 You guys do sound like you're from down there, especially someone I knew from Troy. Especially when you say wuotta for water.

[123keryn]

I'm in Syracuse and we have no accent really, if anything just ordinary American.

[marybob321]

im from binghamton new york

[PulSamsara]

Well I can't here your accent because the audio is horrible.

Easy Upstate give away:

Saying the boys/mans name "Allen" like this - Ail en- or - Ale en-

Well - at least that's the huckleberry Upstate accent - upstate is populated with transplants, small town folks and huckleberrys - or a combination of them all.

When I hear the 'Ail en' pronunciation I know to get out before the Ol' Mill starts flowing and the sawed offs come out. ; )

[PulSamsara]

@PulSamsara

Not saying the transplant accent is any more pleasant - usually a caustic LI accent or an old 2nd-3rd generation degraded NYC transplant accent (see Utica accent - degraded NYC meets Huckleberry)

[coaster61]

I agree. This is not a central NY accent. You sound like you picked something up from watching TV.

[tammuzid]

@coaster61 What part of central New York are you from?

Nah, I picked up this accent by living nowheres other than Upstate New York, just north of the Mohawk River valley for all my life.

[coaster61]

@tammuzid I'm actually from Albany, but the Syracuse area is my second home since it's where a lot of my family is from. It just seems like in some spots you imitate a downstate accent, especially between 0:11 and 0:16.

[tammuzid]

@coaster61 I don't know why lol

[tammuzid]

@coaster61 Probably because I'm technically right in between where the Hudson Valley accent meets the Western New York accent? Not sure why. Also, most of the german immigrants from a long while ago came from NYC. I'm guessing that might have something to do with it.

[tammuzid]

@coaster61 Since I made this, I moved to Albany for a week. People from Troy sound like they're froom NYC. Very different accent you guys have. I'm from the mountains lol, we sound different up in the adirondacks.

[Lancerjet123]

Yes! I'm from Syracuse and we definitely sound like this! Good job!!

[tammuzid]

@Lancerjet123 Thanks! Though it's the only accent I can do, as I was born talking this way XD

[tammuzid]

@redmadam There is more than one accent in Upstate New York.