Regional Dialects Meme : South Florida/ Miami

[donandy0812]

I do not see the point to this video....it's true that not everybody in Miami speaks spanish, and sure not everyone in new york speaks the same way, same for people in alabama, etc. But, the whole point of this REGIONAL DIALECT memes is to speak the way the MAJORITY of people do in an area. Having a significant amount of hispanics ( not sure but i think it's 70%), a typical accent of Miami IS influenced by spanish.

[donandy0812]

@donandy0812  You might as well make a meme about kentucky accents and argue that not everyone speaks the same way.

[xMissInfidelx]

@donandy0812 I'm sorry, but you have a very skewed idea of 1) what a dialect is, and 2) what language influences exist in South Florida. The majority of South Floridians are not Spanish speakers. It's true that we are a melting pot, and 40% of South Floridians are bilingual, but only a percentage of those are Spanish speakers. People vastly overestimate Spanish-speaking in Florida. While it is a good part of our culture, South Florida is still primarily an English-speaking area with polyglots.

[Beachpickle1]

i'm from Miami!! ^^ Like, now i moved up in Florida the "real" south in Melbourne xD So, you pronounce most everything like i do, except for the "t" in theater and water (which sounds like a soft d for me), New Orleans (i say "Or-leeans), and pajamas where i say "jaw" in the second syllable. Oh and i do think what you call your grandparents is a cultural question :l i have a Cuban-Spanish family, but i don't have a "Hispanic" or Spanglish accent :C people think im british though, weird :/

[ForeverandEverDance]

You sound a lot like me, i spent the first half of my life in Columbus, Ohio. And now currently live in Orlando. We both have a blend of both almost... I guess you could consider it that... I dont know...

[baptistfundi]

You may have a South Florida accent but you definitely do not have a Miami accent.

[jairus]

this video makes me homesick!

[touggie2000]

i live in south florida and where i live most people if they where born here and family is from here have the typical southern accent. then u have the transplants and the immigrants but south Florida is still the south NO DOUBT!! forget those myths

[Eldrave20]

Not sure about the origins of the devil/rain/wife myth.

remote.

Drinking fountain. (unless you're talking to me at an intergalactic kegger).

From your list of words, the only difference between my pronunciations and yours, is that I say data, as Day-tah.

i used to live in NY, but I don't have an accent unless I talk to a New Yorker who does, for an hour or so, then I easily adopt the duag (dog), wuatah (water), cough-ee, ovah, (over), etc.

Adopted the kiwi "ad-ver-tis-ment" for some reason

[Eldrave20]

While I'm aware this is from 7 months ago, ...TP, rolly polly, soda, currently, sneakers (past = tennis shoes), Hey guys ( know, not gender specific), it would be "daddy long-legs", but presently I call it a harvestman.

Mom's side; Grandma and grandpa

Dad's side; Grand dad and grandmom (occassional slip to grandma, but rare)

shopping cart. (although the brits call them buggies).

I just call it rain, although there are some wierd superstitions about the devil being mad at his wife.

[SAvassallo730]

I live in miami hahahaha XD

[MrTato555]

Well there are several different accents in the South Florida area, I don't know where you're from but I would guess suburban Broward or PB county, maybe even somewhere like Aventura. To all the posters that say the only accent in Miami is the chonga one, you are pretty ignorant. South Florida is a huge area, and I can assure you, Hialeah is not at the center of it. Get out of Miami-Dade for once and realize that we Hispanics do not "rule" Florida.

[xMissInfidelx]

@MrTato555 Dead on! I've lived in Coral Springs and Deerfield Beach

[eggorey]

@MrTato555 I Live in Aventura!!

[titomister10]

only a hispanic knows the true miami accent/.... how to address people ? yo wussgood bro ... are you down to ride with me ? alright nigga but dont sell out..

[xMissInfidelx]

@titomister10 Just to clear up some confusion. I am not a spanish-speaker. I am not hispanic. I do not speak spanglish. I'm a white girl who speaks like a typical suburban, white Floridian. Believe it or not, there are a lot of white people in South Florida. And they all speak differently, too. I speak like bulk majority of Floridians I know speak. It's a myth that all people from the South Florida area are Hispanic. You guys should know better than that! We're a very diverse area. :-)

[titomister10]

@xMissInfidelx

yeah i feel you,,, mybad bro

[Jessicalien10]

@xMissInfidelx I'm a white girl who was born in Miami and still live in Broward and I talk exactly like you.

to everyone else: We're not all spanish!!

[lokpikr999]

@xMissInfidelx There is no Hispanic race and most of these so called hispanics in Miami are straight up white.

[lokpikr999]

I was born and raised in Miami and of Cuban-Ecuadorian(As well as Armenian,Croatian and Scottish)descent and I do not Speak Spanglish or with any accent or dialect whatsoever, and I consider myself white not this imaginary racial designation known as hispanic how 'bout them apples :)

[RqEdits]

@xMissInfidelx Hispanic isn't a race. You can be a Hispanic of any race (white, black, asian, native american, etc)

[touggie2000]

No offense but most of these florida accent videos are done and commented on by non florida native and random white people..Put some of them black folks on here from miami ft lauderdale ft myers harlem (clewiston) tampa orlando jacksonville and they all have southern dialects.. by the way the young lady who made this video in my opinion does not have a florida accent..

[MRpollotropical]

^u DO NOT have a miami accent lol...ur sayin all ur R's nd u pernounsin too many letters ppl frm miami don say lol ..first of all ppl from Miami tlk Spanglish.

[xMissInfidelx]

@MRpollotropical I don't speak spanglish because I don't speak spanish.... Nor am I hispanic... Just because you live in south florida doesn't mean you're a spanish speaker. I state in the beginning, the way I speak has a midwestern influence.

[shiterbored]

@MRpollotropical Dude not everyone in south fl has a spanish accent. i live their and alot of the non hispanics sound normal.

[305nerd1]

omg i love ur accent lol hahahahahahha

[manny2189]

I live in miami and yea... We have a lot of hurricanes... But none yet so far... I'm surprised

[Ali1987300zx]

lol 3:48 baby i love the way she says daddy!!!

[mistyeclipse]

1 tp-ing (literaly), 2. rolly pollys (that's what I ment to say but I just couldnt remember the name), 3. soda, carbonated water, 4. sneakers, 5. hey guys, 6. daddy long legs (^~^), 7. grandma, grandpa, 8. the thingie, 9. sunshower, 10. ramote, 11. cantine.

[mistyeclipse]

1 tp-ing (literaly), 2. crawly wallys, 3. soda, carbonated water, 4. sneakers, 5. hey guys, 6. daddy long legs (^~^), 7. grandma, grandpa, 8. the thingie, 9. sunshower, 10. ramote, 11. cantine.

[Bistol1]

The worst accent is Miami spic accent. (Not your case) I hate it... gives English the wrong attitude. Is like a black person speaking German or Danish... just doesn´t fit. Sorry but its true.

[Zendayataylor]

@Bistol1 stupid..

[Bistol1]

@Zendayataylor You right, sounds stupid too.

[Bistol1]

I can hear the spanish surfacing...

[getreadyish]

Dang am i the only person n FL(other than my fam) that calls a grocery cart a "buggy" lol

[nn102707]

I am Cuban American (born in Hialeah, raised in Flagami, which is Little Havana-ish) and I say a lot of those words quite differently. I think there's a hige difference between Hispanic Miami accents and non-Hispanic Miami accents. Although I have met someone who is not Hispanic or African American and sounds just like me. But she grew up around a bunch of Miami Hispanics.

[abbynormal0ne]

"Sunshower! We have a lot of those.....and hurricanes." Hehe, I loved that.

[ZombieCobain]

"Water fountain" is pronounced "bubbler" in northeast Wisconsin.

[MarmaladeINFP]

I grew up in the Midwest w/ many years in IA. I went to high school in SC & spent several summers in NC. I remember not understanding inner city dialect when I first moved to SC as a kid. It literally was like a different language. My dialect is Midwestern, but I used to be able to pull off a Southern dialect slightly. I was just reading that where I now live is the precise origin of Standard American English: eastern Nebraska, southern & central IA, & western Illinois.

[KingCold1999]

HOwdy!

Regardless of any ones opinion, Im lovin the zombie look <3

Cool VID.

[tomitstube]

dialect has always been an interesting subject. i was a military brat and lived everywhere, so you become a chameleon and learn to assimilate rather quickly. lol, your words represent an upper class environment. class is a big denominator canceling out regional nuance. "pop" is definitely a midwest thing, i've had people in florida give me strange looks when i say that. i was thinking faucet or tap. that was fun, now i'm going to go eat some greens, mac, and dirty bird. peace.

[xMissInfidelx]

@tomitstube Haha I didn't think of faucet or tap. I was thinking of literal water fountains. I say sink, though, if we're talking about "faucets". I actually don't come from an upper class or particularly educated family. My parents are old fashioned, though, so that might be what you hear. My sister and I are the only people in our family to have gone to college.

[tomitstube]

@xMissInfidelx ~ well, that makes me wrong about your up bringing. i thought about it after i clicked "post", "oops, hope that wasn't being too presumptive." a testament to your public school i suppose. my late grandmother (we called her grandma) in iowa used to tell us grandkids to get our feet off the "davenport". we just looked at her like "whaaa...?" i was old enough to know there was a davenport iowa nearby, i wasn't sure what to do.

[HeySusie1]

very cool :) interesting as well :-D

[GoatOfTheMountains]

You know it's been a while since you've made a video when you're pointing to the "description box" on the side. :P

[xMissInfidelx]

@GoatOfTheMountains Actually, I'm trying to figure out how to place an annotation

/sob

[GoatOfTheMountains]

@xMissInfidelx awww.... *hug*

Sorry. D:

[xMissInfidelx]

@GoatOfTheMountains Halp! What am i doing?!

[GoatOfTheMountains]

@xMissInfidelx Umm..... I'm not there. I can't really tell you. : /