The problem with PA's accents is they all are different in every county. The south central part has one accent, north central annother, south eastern has one, Philly has annother, north western has one, the area between pgh and the mountains has a mix of s. central and pttsburgheese, then the other side's half ohio half pittsburgheese. No single accent anywhere.
My goodness, where in Pennsylvania are you from? I've lived in Southeastern Pennsylvania all my life and never heard any PA natives pronounce "fine" and "food" the way you do. Your cadence sounds different from this part of the state, also. Sounds more Midwestern to me.
@PHL76Music Ah-- just noticed your post where you say where you're from. I'm more accustomed to the accents in Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Bucks and Philadelphia, having lived in 4 out of those 5 counties.
Western PA Yinz. Central PA youn's Northeast PA you'se.
Western PA pepsi is pop, eastern PA it's soda. PA is a very big state. Where I'm from,Bloomsburg PA, it's a 2 hr. drive to Philly, a 2 hr. drive to Harrisburg, 45 min. to Wilkes Barre, 1 hour to State College, and 4 hrs to Pittsburgh. I can go to all the places I just mentioned and hear a slightly different accent in all of them. Big time difference between Philly and Pitt. I love PA....
@SuperBrandone It comes from how you have soooo many groups that immigrated to PA at different times, and put their accents into the pot, where it got mixed around based off of where people were, where they were pocketed by the mountains, where they mixed because of rivers, and what groups came in from where. Then, you have all of the modern moving around that added to it, plus the war on accents by *GASP* ENGLESH TEACHAS! Then, you have all of the other crap that's happened to add to the accent
Saying "the Pennsylvania accent" is a lot like saying "the typical tree". There are so many varieties in the commonwealth alone that no one part of the state can be said to have "the Pennsylvania accent" any more than one kind of tree can be said to be "the typical tree".
You have a very distinct New England emphasis on your "o", the rest is typical East Coast. People who are educated normally don't pick up on local accents. I am from Pittsburgh, and no one can tell. The only time that dialect comes out is when I am with my family and I don't even notice it, but my boyfriend does.
im from in south central PA (Harrisburg) lived in Philly and Pittsburgh. I'd say western PA accents are more proper. Personally i dont hear an accent from eastern PA...
@1TrillTone3 To be fair, Harrisburg is barely in SC PA...Go to Franklin or Fulton County, where half of them are mistaken for southerners (myself included)
Just listened to an interview with actress Lizabeth Scott. What puzzled me (I'm a Brit) is that on certain words her enunciation is very British. Before the purists start yelling, I know there is no such thing as a 'British' accent, what I mean is, she pronounces some words as if she comes from here rather than the US, even though she is American born and bred. it is so clear to my ear. Looked up her birth state - PA - which led me to this video and I can hear it here as well?
Thats the eastern pa accent isn't it? I'm from western pa and we talk just a little bit different. Especially in Pittsburgh where I'm from. Its call "Pittsburghese"
@BubbleDot97 I'm from Northeast PA, but I have relatives that moved from here to the Pittsburgh area....and there is definitely a huge difference between the eastern PA and western PA accent. For instance, WPA says "yinz" and EPA says "youse" you all call Pepsi a pop, while we call it a soda...the list goes on and on. I just recently moved to Northern West Virginia (around the Fairmont area) and it's a strange mix of a western PA and a southern accent all wrapped up into one!!!
@SophiaMify i think because you live in an old colonial part of the country, where english/american settlements had been established a long time ago. Traces of their accents have probably been a greater contributer to your accent than later settlers, where as in the midwest where I live, Germans, Poles, Dutch etc. arived in the area almost the same time as the british. I think the soft pronounciations of ending constenants in the east coast is an example of the early british influence.
@Brettwbeyer14 That is very interesting, thank you. I guess I dont hear it around here because everyone's used to it. I don't think of myself as having an accent, but having always admired the british accent it's cool that you view it that way. :)
@Brettwbeyer14 I've been studying the philli/east pennsylvannia accent on youtube, because it's the hardest one peg. There's so much going on with it. Growing up as a kid and seeing movies like rocky or anything to do with philli, it always came acrossed as sounding like another new york type accent, but after being on youtube and seeing the different ones on here, it's quite unique.
I grew up in Lancaster County and your accent is very similar to that of everyone I grew up with. I live in Northern NJ now and the accents are harsh there. I miss the soft Pa Dutch & Central Pa accents and the quietness/politeness most people there display.
@AncientSusquehanna I have family in NJ and I agree, there's a big difference in the way they communicate with one another. People from NJ tend to be louder, maybe even somewhat obnoxious, and their speech isnt as easy to listen to. I hope you get a chance to come back soon for a visit. :)
@SophiaMify I like the concept, it's just got a really cool eerir feeling when I watched it. I'm in Taiwan (I'm from Buffalo, NY) and was showing my Taiwanese girlfriend different accents in the US and came across your video. :) I really enjoyed it and appreciate the posting.
Sounds like the accent I've heard from a few folks I've met from down that way.... a lot different from my NEPA accent. Weird how folks in one state can talk so different.
@hardstyle905 hahaha, it may have been influenced by the Amish. I've lived in Amish country for the past 9 years. There might be some truth to what you hear. :)
>Philadelphian
>Hears no accent
Okay.
Superfrokid 2 days ago
North east PA accent is great :D I've got one!
Sublime570 1 week ago
The problem with PA's accents is they all are different in every county. The south central part has one accent, north central annother, south eastern has one, Philly has annother, north western has one, the area between pgh and the mountains has a mix of s. central and pttsburgheese, then the other side's half ohio half pittsburgheese. No single accent anywhere.
CPD0123a 4 weeks ago
@CPD0123a I agree. I'm from just outside of Harrisburg, and I sound NOTHING like this.
mashmusic11235 2 days ago
I love having relatives from the Pittsburgh area.
JoeWithTheGlasses 1 month ago
..I'm from Mechanicsburg (right near Harrisburg) and I talk exaclty like that so you sound completly normal when I hear you talking XD
SulfurSkyy 1 month ago
My goodness, where in Pennsylvania are you from? I've lived in Southeastern Pennsylvania all my life and never heard any PA natives pronounce "fine" and "food" the way you do. Your cadence sounds different from this part of the state, also. Sounds more Midwestern to me.
PHL76Music 2 months ago
@PHL76Music Ah-- just noticed your post where you say where you're from. I'm more accustomed to the accents in Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Bucks and Philadelphia, having lived in 4 out of those 5 counties.
PHL76Music 2 months ago
how's abaht yinz learn to speak southwestern pensivanian BITCH
SPOLJMEISTER 2 months ago
Western PA Yinz. Central PA youn's Northeast PA you'se.
Western PA pepsi is pop, eastern PA it's soda. PA is a very big state. Where I'm from,Bloomsburg PA, it's a 2 hr. drive to Philly, a 2 hr. drive to Harrisburg, 45 min. to Wilkes Barre, 1 hour to State College, and 4 hrs to Pittsburgh. I can go to all the places I just mentioned and hear a slightly different accent in all of them. Big time difference between Philly and Pitt. I love PA....
SuperBrandone 2 months ago
@SuperBrandone It comes from how you have soooo many groups that immigrated to PA at different times, and put their accents into the pot, where it got mixed around based off of where people were, where they were pocketed by the mountains, where they mixed because of rivers, and what groups came in from where. Then, you have all of the modern moving around that added to it, plus the war on accents by *GASP* ENGLESH TEACHAS! Then, you have all of the other crap that's happened to add to the accent
CPD0123a 2 days ago
Saying "the Pennsylvania accent" is a lot like saying "the typical tree". There are so many varieties in the commonwealth alone that no one part of the state can be said to have "the Pennsylvania accent" any more than one kind of tree can be said to be "the typical tree".
trueorbetter 2 months ago
philly new york new jersey all speak the same its just the way they say it.
215Sage 2 months ago
You have a very distinct New England emphasis on your "o", the rest is typical East Coast. People who are educated normally don't pick up on local accents. I am from Pittsburgh, and no one can tell. The only time that dialect comes out is when I am with my family and I don't even notice it, but my boyfriend does.
RPasterik 3 months ago
Central PA... youns...
WormYourHonor64 3 months ago
@WormYourHonor64 - That's not central. Yunz (or yinz) is more western Pennsylvania.
trueorbetter 2 months ago
@trueorbetter People say yuns all the time where I live...
WormYourHonor64 2 months ago
im from in south central PA (Harrisburg) lived in Philly and Pittsburgh. I'd say western PA accents are more proper. Personally i dont hear an accent from eastern PA...
1TrillTone3 4 months ago
@1TrillTone3 go to Northeast PA, where I'm from (up around Wilkes Barre area), the coal region. There is definitely a very thick accent up there.
SuperBrandone 2 months ago
@1TrillTone3 To be fair, Harrisburg is barely in SC PA...Go to Franklin or Fulton County, where half of them are mistaken for southerners (myself included)
FirstBornSunBand 2 months ago
Just listened to an interview with actress Lizabeth Scott. What puzzled me (I'm a Brit) is that on certain words her enunciation is very British. Before the purists start yelling, I know there is no such thing as a 'British' accent, what I mean is, she pronounces some words as if she comes from here rather than the US, even though she is American born and bred. it is so clear to my ear. Looked up her birth state - PA - which led me to this video and I can hear it here as well?
Jenjenilou 4 months ago
I'm from Eastern PA,and I don't hear no accent.
kufrank 5 months ago
Thats the eastern pa accent isn't it? I'm from western pa and we talk just a little bit different. Especially in Pittsburgh where I'm from. Its call "Pittsburghese"
BubbleDot97 7 months ago 7
@BubbleDot97 I live in more the middle of PA but I guess closer to the eastern side...
SophiaMify 7 months ago
@BubbleDot97 I'm from Northeast PA, but I have relatives that moved from here to the Pittsburgh area....and there is definitely a huge difference between the eastern PA and western PA accent. For instance, WPA says "yinz" and EPA says "youse" you all call Pepsi a pop, while we call it a soda...the list goes on and on. I just recently moved to Northern West Virginia (around the Fairmont area) and it's a strange mix of a western PA and a southern accent all wrapped up into one!!!
SuperBrandone 2 months ago
Pretty standard for Eastern PA. Western PA sounds a bit crazier by comparison.
HolyEric 7 months ago
for a second there i thought it was me talking. wow. i think i should do one of more of the PA dutch style.
animejunkie10 7 months ago
your accent sounds kind of irish and kind of british.
Brettwbeyer14 8 months ago 3
@Brettwbeyer14 haha, well that's a first I must say. I'll take it though. I love Irish and English accents. :)
SophiaMify 8 months ago
@SophiaMify i think because you live in an old colonial part of the country, where english/american settlements had been established a long time ago. Traces of their accents have probably been a greater contributer to your accent than later settlers, where as in the midwest where I live, Germans, Poles, Dutch etc. arived in the area almost the same time as the british. I think the soft pronounciations of ending constenants in the east coast is an example of the early british influence.
Brettwbeyer14 8 months ago
@Brettwbeyer14 That is very interesting, thank you. I guess I dont hear it around here because everyone's used to it. I don't think of myself as having an accent, but having always admired the british accent it's cool that you view it that way. :)
SophiaMify 8 months ago
@SophiaMify im not saying it in stone. there's probably some bs to what i said, but it's just something to think about..
Brettwbeyer14 8 months ago
@Brettwbeyer14 I've been studying the philli/east pennsylvannia accent on youtube, because it's the hardest one peg. There's so much going on with it. Growing up as a kid and seeing movies like rocky or anything to do with philli, it always came acrossed as sounding like another new york type accent, but after being on youtube and seeing the different ones on here, it's quite unique.
Brettwbeyer14 8 months ago
Well, as someone who was born, raised, and still resides in Harrisburg, this sounds like me and everyone I know.
RincewindsHat66 9 months ago
I grew up in Lancaster County and your accent is very similar to that of everyone I grew up with. I live in Northern NJ now and the accents are harsh there. I miss the soft Pa Dutch & Central Pa accents and the quietness/politeness most people there display.
AncientSusquehanna 10 months ago
@AncientSusquehanna I have family in NJ and I agree, there's a big difference in the way they communicate with one another. People from NJ tend to be louder, maybe even somewhat obnoxious, and their speech isnt as easy to listen to. I hope you get a chance to come back soon for a visit. :)
SophiaMify 10 months ago
@SophiaMify I do too. I think I will very soon. Great channel btw. The LTM soundtrack is fantastic! Have a great summer.
AncientSusquehanna 10 months ago
this is so creepy and cool, thank u
jjcalefannet 10 months ago
@jjcalefannet Creepy? My voice or the story? ;)
SophiaMify 10 months ago
@SophiaMify I like the concept, it's just got a really cool eerir feeling when I watched it. I'm in Taiwan (I'm from Buffalo, NY) and was showing my Taiwanese girlfriend different accents in the US and came across your video. :) I really enjoyed it and appreciate the posting.
jjcalefannet 10 months ago
no such thing as a PA accent. People in different parts of Philly speak different from eachother and different than people from the pitts
oJKBo 10 months ago
Sounds like the accent I've heard from a few folks I've met from down that way.... a lot different from my NEPA accent. Weird how folks in one state can talk so different.
cntryboycan 11 months ago
This accent reminds me of the Amish! But I'm not even an American so maybe my hearing is faulty.. :]
hardstyle905 1 year ago
@hardstyle905 hahaha, it may have been influenced by the Amish. I've lived in Amish country for the past 9 years. There might be some truth to what you hear. :)
SophiaMify 1 year ago
Well, you need to say what part of PA! thanks :)
hultonclint 1 year ago
@hultonclint You're right, sorry. :) I live on a little farm in the southern part of central PA.
SophiaMify 1 year ago
@swear1down1blud Thanks! It's funny, I dont even feel like I have an accent, but I guess to people from the UK I do... ;)
SophiaMify 1 year ago