Learn A Different New York Accent- the Rochester Accent

[cardiak5050]

Who the fuck talks like this man?!?!?!?!!???

[ER0L]

I didn't know Beavis was from Rochester

[NBachers]

Oh man, that's great. I didn't know 'till I went away to cahllige how "differently" I spoke. I've tried all my life to soften my Rahchister aaccent, but still get called out all the time on it. "Put yer haat baack in yer baackpaack before you haave a heart attaack!" If I moved back there from San Francisco, I'd probably relapse in no time. Whenever I go back home, I think it's nice to be around people who all have the same affliction I do.

[MzRaj]

LOVE this!! Just moved back to Rochester, and it's exactly right---I think he forgot a couple things. :p Yes, helpful AND funny. :D

[shes2nice]

This must be for white people in the suburbs because no one in the city talks like that and I have lived here all my life.

[Ambalicious7]

i agree with this video. right on. rochestarian represent

[theOnlyCrashh]

585. we do talk like this

[xXxAnnaxCorexXx]

HAHAHA I'm from Rochester, born and raised, I live here, and this is SO accurate! Exactly how people here talk. I hate the accent, I try to not speak like this hahahah.

[575slipknot]

my last name is rochester! thats the only reason i looked this up.

[NightBeaglezz]

I am a Rochester native..... You got it on the ball.... I hate the accent though. I sound like a weird random annoying person lol

[Azunyan1025]

Ahaha!! Ive lived her all my life and ive been told i say penguin funny. Instead of: pen-gwin, i say panggwin. Lmfaooo, yes rochester has damn good hot dogs, tho.

[FratiSiciliani2790]

As a Rochester native, he's right on. Everyone speaks different even in New York. I've met people from SI and Brooklyn that don't have "accents". It depends who you surround yourself with, but I love the accent. I've been in Jersey for a long time, so I've lost it a little. Good job bro, keep up the good work.

[martyrdeangelis]

Frog = frahg, beg = bayg, fire = fihre

[parranoya100]

Say "fire". When I moved away from Rochester everyone told me I pronounced the word "fire" strangely. Most people pronounce it with 2 syllables; FIGH-UR. Its hard to describe how a Rochesterian pronounces it.

[RomeoEbony]

lmao this is hilarious but sooooo true lol

[christinefresh]

lmao i got a lil new york rochester accent too so ive been told !

[phineasfinn1]

Pop was what we called it growing up - but that's dieing out I'm afraid. The soda drinkers are slowly taking over. I thought this was a cute video. It's exaggerated - but people do sound VERY nasal up here..

[TheMastaPlan]

you forgot "tired"....booo

[Kopious11011]

Yes. You have to say RAAAHCHESTER instead of Rochester. It's so boring otherwise :I I've also noticed that I don't say "t"s instead I say "d"s x_X

[Sinestro6]

For the record saying "rahhchester" isnt really irregular, its the same O sound in rock octopus oblong or oscilate. And the original term for a carbonated beverage was soda pop so theyre both applicable :D

[phuck777yue]

i say rochester not rOOOchEster

[Ch3ls4wy]

I'm an international student , i " was " thinking to study @RIT but , after this video , i will leave after the language program . i will properly go to chicago!

[0vaDaWudz]

@unforgivensin188 amen :D

[TheRoccity14]

OMG LMFAO

[ttthe1st]

\i want to punch this kid in the face!!!!! i live in Rochester and this guy if fucking dumb he just got me so mad, or maybe is cause im really high

[dviantgrrl25]

Who doesn't know how to pronounce Rochester?



[paleo99]

I'd take a Rochester accent any day over the obnoxious Brooklyn Accent with such adherents like the Fran Drescher.

[Theshadowman62]

rooooooooocheeeessteerrr

[XoCortnyyy]

LMAO!!! We always exaggerate!! Like, Raaaachester!! :) Were cool!

[kadeem121]

upstate new yorkers sound so cartoony !! haha

[userlooker1]

YES GOOD JOB, HOW OLD ARE YOU?

[bulldogbarks55]

A lot of older folks pronounce it Raach-ster, basically forgetting the "e." Speaking of white hot dogs, when I was growing up we always called them "porkers" because they are made with pork. You also forgot Rochester-area towns like Avon (Av-on), Lima (Lye-ma), Nunda (Nun-day) and Honeoye (Honey-oy).

[LUMOSMAXIMAx]

i really sound this? oh my god.

[bflogrl25]

This is awesome.



[RocketRodder]

So... do you all pahk the cah by the rivah? :P

[matumiiz]

ROAAAAAARchester

[AirsoftWarz101]

yayyyy rochester

[monkpie101]

Damn.... I was gonna insult the way the accent sounds, until i remembered that I have the same accent, being from Rochester. shit.

[lemonrind]

We used to get some Rochester channels on our cable TV here in Ottawa, Canada. There was one commercial for a car dealership that always used to crack me up:

"Come to Irandaquoit Dadge, een Rachester. Or, visit our wabsite, aat w w w dat Irandaquoit Dadge dat cam."

[DWdrums25]

represent raaaaaachester!

[xxa455xx]

what a toy 

[jdgoods66]

people in pittsburgh say pop as well

[zacharyvangelder]

Damn it. I do talk like this. Mannn

[karissa990]

This isnt just Rochester, its all of WNY! haha Gotta Love it!! Im from buffalo!

[jdgoods66]

@karissa990 people from buffalo don't sound like people from rochester, you've probably never left buffalo which is one of the reasons why people in upstate new york are made fun of every where else in the country, thank you.

[karissa990]

@jdgoods66 Ive acutally been to Rochester several times. And who fuckin cares if upstate NY gets made fun of, they dont live here so how could they possibly know how it really is. And another thing, why are you so hostile? I wasnt being mean at all and you took it upon yourself to be really rude...shows how Rochester people are huh??

[jdgoods66]

@karissa990 all i know is buffalo is not very awesome and people talk way funnier than in rochester, it is also larger in population but smaller in economy than rochester which basically means it blows, buffalo also smells like methane, and there's a difference between being hostile and telling the truth, but seeing as you're probably a woman you have a hard time deciphering between the two.

[suckmayteet]

everyone says pop in rochester i noticed new enland areas like boston their accent is way different they laugh at me when im there and we laugh at them when they are here haha

[schooter78]

Dude from one Raaachester native to another, well done!!!!!! You nailed it

[vdubbap]

This is the most embarrassing thing that I have ever seen. My friend now makes fun of me because I am from Rochester and you created this video. Please do me a favor and removed this video ASAP because I am not getting picked on more than you ever have. I know that is hard to believe but it is true.

[Tony8048]

LOL this guy is a Jets fan no doubt!



[yurismir1]

This is very much like a Chicago, Michigan or Wisconsin accent too. They should call it a Great Lakes accent maybe.

[welleslywon1]

I like how people think that "they" don't have an accent or that there is a "neutral "accent that they seem to think they have. EVERYBODY has an accent on this planet! Even the standard american speach news anchors use is an accent. Trust me the accent this gentleman is wearing is standard where I live. They really say Dahctor, fayuntayustic, even heard black for city block. People that live in the great lakes region, maybe you don't hear but outsiders definitely hear it.

[lemonrind]

@welleslywon1 Yes, thank you for pointing that out. All accents are relative. To say "I don't have an accent" makes no sense. Everyone has an accent when heard by someone with a different accent.

[welleslywon1]

@lemonrind It's all kinda funny when it comes down to it. I've noticed it since I was young being that my family being farmers with Scottish roots and saying things like "git them kews oot" or "gittin' a-gooin'." Just funny things like that made me very aware and appreciate differences with people. I just think we (Americans) need to travel more and experience our own country without prejudice and with an open mind (and mouth lol).

[CFishgol1]

Man, he did a great job. That's it! Yeah, thanks for putting this together.

[misagnibene]

Spot on... It's the same accent here in Buffalo! I use to get ripped on when I went to other cities, especially words like bathroom and Saturday ! It's the Ah sound! We don't here it because we live it...

[JoniAdry]

DO I SOUND LIKE THAT WHEN IM SPEAKING ENGLISH?! omggg I need to change my accent..

[welleslywon1]

This accent isn't dying! I live in Syracuse NY and can hear it from Utica west to Buffalo. Matter of fact Linguist William Labov calls it the Northern City Vowel Shift, referring to shifting vowels in the Great lakes region. This region isn't only CNY and WNY, it includes Chicago (northern Illinois), Detroit (all of Michigan) and Madison (all of Wisconsin); roughly 30 million people! It doesn't end there, features of the NcVS extends into parts of Minnesota, W. Mass. and Vermont.

[InsanebyChoice]

At first I was like, hahah, no one here sounds like that. Then I was like...oh god.

[thefrenchbean22]

It seems no one has the accent anymore, perhaps it is dying. I've met only some people with the accent, though I'm quite glad I don't have it despite my hometown.....

[JustATwilightLover]

Woooo!!! Rochester:))))

[CheezInspector]

@redcomic619, not true. Lived there most of my life. It's the worst form of nasally open-voweled feminine sounding speech ever. My parents are from Downstate. There's a HUGE difference. You just aren't hearing it apparently.

[redcomic619]

@CheezInspector No, what I said was very true. Our accent did used to sound like that, in the 70s and 80s. Today however we have more of a neutral accent, the Rochester accent is dying. The only areas of the region that still speak like that are Greece and some of the other western suburbs.

[CheezInspector]

@redcomic619, was there a few months ago and ... sorry but I think you're so used to hearing it that you can't hear how severe it really is. ... But I doubt I'll change your opinion and you'll change mine, so ... oh well.

[lemonrind]

@CheezInspector The worst offenders for nasal voices are middle-aged white women from upstate New York and Michigan.

[PapiCris77]

I'm from Rochester but have been living in Florida for the last 10 years and I get so much grief from people down here about "pop". Every soda is considered "Coke" down here. Great job man. You made me miss going to Nick Tahous at 2 a.m. to get a garbage plate with a WHITE HOT!!!

[90shilling]

Good Lord, I do talk like that!

[ruggedtv]

Good job youngman. As a Rochesterian, I can appreciate this video.

[jefffkenney654]

that was original but true,pop is rochester...,soda,boston,mass.­..coke the south..everything,of the soft drinks!!!! I cookoo for cocoopuffs,.....ya'll be good,ya hharre.....

[uservemewell]

Give me your tots!

[jbarrett17]

@Edinboro1989 the entirety of Monroe County is the Greater Rochester Area. All cities report this number in their population statistics. Rochester's is 1.175 million.

[RobotTickleFight]

YOU ARE MY HERO

[solslasher]

Your accent is kind of exaggerated but my sister does kind of sound like that. I'm less nasal I think.

[Kritiker313]

@jacobsbella I definitely hear strong elements of the Rochester accent. On the other hand, his extended "ahh" sound is definitely an exaggeration. 

[coaster61]

This video is cooomicaaaal!

[1988scottcarey]

can you say california? in the rochester accent?

[Kritiker313]

Rochesterians also accent the last syllable in "Oregon" instead of the first. What one ends up hearing is the "gon" in polygon. Don't believe me? Just ask one of our restless natives for the name of the state that lies just above California.

[sugarnelle]

@Kritiker313 OMG I totally do that, and was just recently told it was incorrect. Hahaha

[Edinboro1989]

Haha if anyone lives in rochester you might know my uncle John DiTullio who does the sports news up there. I hail from Erie Pennsylvania and my uncle John married my aunt Debbie from there and everytime I see her I hear that accent. I have to say you got it right. As I listened to you talk I was like yup thats the accent all right ;)

[holaaidosx]

@Edinboro1989 i know him! haha thats funny

[CheezInspector]

You have a lot of things right, and a few things wrong. You are right about "pop" being soda. A gentle correction: when you use the word "all", as you did here, that too should have an open vowel. Overall, not a bad job!

[CheezInspector]

I'm going to have to correct you, as someone who grew up in Rochester New York: the very first thing you must do is pronounce "Rochester" the right way. Don't pronounce it "Rah-ches-ter". That's wrong. Pronounce it "Rah-chster", as if the word is only two syllables long. God I hate the Rochester accent. Luckily. both my parents are from Brooklyn, New York and I sound like them, but toned down LOL

[audieros3]

I was born and raised in The city of Rochester. I'm 13 and recently started noticing it, at first I thought my voice was just weird but it turns out it's actually a accent. It's not as heavy as this but u can still realize it's there. In an article I found it said it sounded nasely, which is how my voice is when I say certain things, like a couple mentioned in this video. :)

[Sum41roxmysox1]

OMG! I live in webster and I talk just like this

[MatMorrisInGermany]

@Sum41roxmysox1

I lived in Webster too.. (I'm coming back soon..)

This is so weird. Never realized how freaking weird we sound :3

[madrappa123]

Haha. I've lived in Rochester my whole life and...I dont talk like that...I say Rochester.Maybe cause I'm from Brighton(NY). Maybe its different for like "inner city" ppl. This almost sounds canadian.

[lemonrind]

@madrappa123 No no, nothing like Canadian. People from Rochester pronounce their Os like As: e.g. "Rachester" instead of "Rochester". People from Canada pronounce their As like Os: e.g. "oat and aboat" instead of "out and about". Upstate New York and Southern Ontario are at opposite ends of the spectrum, which is strange because they touch.

[1988scottcarey]

but good video tho i would like to come down to rochester it's only 4 hours away from me but i live in canada lol imagen a canadian and a rochsterian getting together lmao DEM THEIR IS MY B'y

[1988scottcarey]

lol this is jokes PAP sounds little bit southern united states how does your voice box handle that? lol i say pop like poup lmao

[1988scottcarey]

when you say rochester like rachester that's how i say it and i'm from kitchener ontario canada

[alaivani]

This is such a unique lesson! One more town to add, which actually outside Rochester is Avon. I thought it was pronounced like the cosmetics company, but it's not! :) I still can't do it, unless I hear someone do it first (though I grew up just south of Syracuse!)

[ghillies4life]

For those claiming that Rochesterians don't speak this way.  I was raised all over and I'm a university linguistics student. My family is currently living in Canandaigua, and I'm telling you, yes. You sound like this. Perfect accent. It's kind of an annoying accent, but there are more obnoxious accents. I take recordings of Rochesterians speaking and give them to my phonology professor. He loves them.

[alissaa23]

shit is that really how i sound? well i live in webster but still... i dont think my accent is as distinct

[thestroke505]

I live in rochester and I know i don't have as thick an accent as this guy but all of his vowel sounds vocab and cities

I would also like to include that many rochesterarians replace a th with a d

[williamherbert]

"can" is "ken."

"there" is "they-err"

"Rochester" is "Roch-ster"

white hots, garbage plates and pop 4ever baby!

[alissaa23]

@williamherbert haha white hots and garbage plates :) but for me can is just like can (rhymes with "tan" or "man"), there is pronounced like "thair", and rochester is "roh-chest-er"

[larter32]

@alissaa23 have u been 2 parrington hots or arrendiquiot hots it's amazing o and lugias the ice cream parlor

[alissaa23]

@larter32 i love lugias!

[mearls95]

Thank you SO much for posting this. I was born in Rochester and still have family in Fairport. Your wonderful video makes me homesick. Yes, this how my relatives all sound -- lovely!!! Thanks!!! (Oh, how I miss Wegman's too.)

[catgumart]

I come from Watertown..(way northern New York) and there are a variety of different accents (3 or four kind of blending into each other). if you live there and are attentive you can easily distinguish them..many of them are associated with class.

[karisalvatore]

lollll, I've lived in Rochester for 16 years and I never thought my accent was that annoying.:D

[JRB787]

ive lived in rochester my whole life and we do have an accent i guess, but nothing like this shit

[PirateOfLoserville]

Doesn't they speak something like this in new jersey. Anyway nice video.

[SuperNumber19]

lol I have a brooklyn accent.. sounds alot like ours,except we don't really use the r's.. we don't say car we say caa. lol It may sound funny but I love my accent..

[togetherwesashay]

I was born and raised in Rochester, NY. My friends and I, thankfully, didn't acquire the nasal accent. I may have a hint, but nothing horrible. My aunt has it but a lot of people I know do not.

Transit and Sheridan are in Buffalo, where they say "the" before road numbers. ex. the 90, the 33, the 290, the 190, etc. it's interesting.

[chaosdream21]

This is hilarious.

[paulfw1961]

I moved away a few years ago, down near Charlotte, NC actually. It took me a while to say it the "correct" way (Emphasis on the "Char"). I hope you don't mind I posted this on my facebook account...kind of funny.

[TheOneAndOnlyMe92]

Wow soo confusing!

Your O's sound like A's and your A's sound like EA's and your charlotte sounds like sherrlaat. I'd be like say whaat? And cheyley instead of chilli? That's what I call a heavy accent lol but thanks for making this video!

[geoffbarone603]

Traaaansit Road and Sheeeridan

[wannabesupergirl]

lol ive been there on vacation

[BriBri897]

Oh shit... that's how i sound.

[josifus77]

@BriBri897 Lol me too

[PeaceLoveHappiness87]

Sounds like the Chicago Southside accent!

[yellowteletubie]

i've been living in NYC all my life, never knew that town existed

[TheOneAndOnlyMe92]

haha

[ghillies4life]

@yellowteletubie I'd never lived on the East Coast prior to moving to the Rochester area and I knew of Rochester since I was a very small child. What've you been doing in NYC your whole life.

[larter32]

@yellowteletubie i'm from rochester i speak just like that lol ur not missing much in rochester i do love it there because my family and it is a family oriented i just hope ur not 1 of those assholes in nyc who say buffalo and rochester don't count cuz it's not nyc those people piss me off plz tell u r not like that

[leoca]

@yellowteletubie its not a town. its a village. been living in NYC all my life. 3rd gen too. we never heard of rocherstan.

[MatMorrisInGermany]

@leoca

Then you're obviously quite retarded. Rochester's got a huge population, although it's no NYC, it's one of the biggest cities in the state, and very well famous for it's University & the Civil Rights Movement.

[leoca]

@MatMorrisInGermany yeah, totallee a village.

[Mutnt]

Go Raaahchester! Wegmans! Bill Grays! Can of Worms! Garbage Plates! White hots! woooo

You never think you have an accent until you see videos like this. xD

[teddygeigerfanatic]

haha. I totally agree with you :) I always get made fun of for that "AHH" sound.

[sandd6179]

this video is....different....but so true to the way we sound ;) haha

[turk1325]

lol raaaaaahchester 585 all day

[TehCheese]

Its a bit of a whiny accent :P

[pomomatthew]

Eastman Kodaaak?

[ishaaq24]

just realized i have an accent lol

[lifesucksdontit]

Yeah, his accent is way stronger than mine, but I still laughed at some of the words he mentioned.

I get ragged for words like "fantastic" and "apple" and also "math class", before I even realized Rochester has its own accent.

[silvajaah]

wooooow im neva goin up state sound straight from canada

[x0xSaviix0x]

LOL im from rochester =D

[brucecny]

ROFL...he is so funny and true.

[NestiGee]

haha

[cutiecat213]

Nor do we. I honestly don't know anyone who talks like that and I'm from Canada.

[shirkenXCCR]

lol freaken comedy

[h8trsluvme]

black dudes from rochester have philly or south eastern accents

[jonaben]

I love this kid. Awesome video!

[btleroy1]

Ya, Rochester, Mass is 10x better than anything by the stupid lakes.

[Redwolf9111]

ruuuuuuuuuuchester

[Ibanez00rock]

RAAAAAAHCHESTER

[tonogc]

RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWRCHESTER

i can't stop laughing when i try to say it haha

[itaelisa]

All you haters are so disrespectful. This guy has took his time to put together this video to show people who need or would like to learn a accent. I think its very informative. Thank you for putting together this video:)

[larter32]

@itaelisa thank u just cuz he's not from nyc they shouldn't hate since he's not from nyc he's probably nice

[usasucks10]

RAAWRCHESTER

[erroxmysox]

hahahaha

[jimboinitialbudy]

amazing and for all those people who r making fun of him u dont know what u r talking about u just wish u could make a video better then this

[broadwayXOqueen114]

everyone stop making fun of this kid! god! leave him alone!

[glamorousSwag]

NYC accents r the best. my jaw wont even lemme tawk like that wtf..

[Jaybaykay]

dead ass I tried saying talk and coffee the " non New york way" and I felt ma jaw lock lmaO who cares how to pronouce ROchester, no one goes Upstate, the farthest we go is White Plais or Woodbury lmaO

[1234strawberry4321]

Except for all of the people who actually live there, maybe.

[Jaybaykay]

LOL i wrote that comment a year ago <3 I forgot this video exsisted

[samdogmc12]

you ought to be givin carson daly accent lessons

[slice0bread]

u sound like ur from the village

[jizzy2sexi]

lol

[Snickor]

New York accent is very silly. D: One time I went to New York, I couldn't understand them at all.  Their accents sounded almost as if they weren't even speaking english. Being Californian, I know I naturally talk faster because that's just the California accent, but I speak clearly and don't extend words or anything. It's just quick and crisp. So you can expect I had trouble understanding people in New York when they talked...

[Jaybaykay]

now see, IM from NYC, and i really dont get this whole accent thing people say we have, i mean even tho I 'tawk' fast (lol) i dont understand where the accent is?? maybe its bcuz i have it. but even my frens in Westchesrer ( a county right next to NYC) sed I talked like im from the Bronx and Brooklyn, and most of my words are scrambled lol

[tanukidee]

I'm a native Rochesterian, and my family and I pronounce the Town of Charlotte's name as "Shlaht."

[1234strawberry4321]

Never have I ever heard anyone say it like that.

[tanukidee]

My Dad's family moved to Rochester back in 1883. Most Rochesterians don't pronounce it this way anymore. I'm always correcting the TV news reporters...

[1234strawberry4321]

I just usually say "shar-lot".

[LJBOY585]

Wow i'm from Rochester and yeah this is true, or at least close - it's Charrrlottte, for those who can't say it

[xKarolina]

HAHAHA!.. cheers. This made me giggle, but I think I'll stick to my regualar, run-fo-the-mill, southern new york accent.

[rarefy77]

lmfao well done. The Chili thing always bugged me. Long "I" makes the "aye" sound. Therefore Chili pronounced "Chy-lye" is correct. Chili (the food) should be spelled "Chill-ee". I think Rochesterians should petition to have the food spelling changed. ;)