I thought everyone pronounced the "o"s in cloth and colt differently! The "o" when I say cloth is like the "o" in the word "off" actually when I say cloth and off they rhyme. The "o" in clot sounds more like an "a".
@Courtmello Yeah, *Southern* New England (i.e. CT and RI) and NYC/Long Island (+ maybe a little further down) is where these types get pronounced diff. It's pretty distinct, and u can recognize an American from those area based on that, because in Northern New England (incl. Boston) and in most of the rest of US/Canada they don't do that. It's an "old" feature of the accent, because when you look at a "new" word like "Goth", it's different.
@Courtmello me too! but I haven't found any books or whatever talking about it. Basically I am just trying to understand it myself, by looking at my own speech and making observations. A lot of people don't get it, they say 'I don't talk like that'...but without a huge survey of everyone, all's :) I can do is look at what I say and try to figure out what's notable. And 1000s of people have googled 'CT accent", so it's def a thing people are aware of
@Courtmello haha, yeah, me and my friend/siblings would say that, growing up! I have no idea if it is something sorta particular to the area...though it does seem particular to the "younger generation."
One thing funny I say is "all's", like "All's I know is..." "All's I want is one bite." Apparently that's just a random thing that some people say here and there. Dunno where I learned it from...
Cloth is pronounced more than one way and both are correct Clot is only pronounce with the one way. Also, speaking sets of random words is not a good measure of an accent. There other things to consider when talking , such as inflection and context.
I'm a native of Connecticut and have travel spent time in all four corners of the state. There is only a watered down version of either New york or Boston accents in CT. The majority of people in CT don't speak with an accent at all.
@pas84av2 Hey, did you read the part that says, "PLEASE READ BEFORE COMMENTING"? This is not a comprehensive description of an accent; it is a discussion based on a previous video about SOME of the aspects of PHONOLOGY that are NOTABLE in characterizing this accent. For example, while "most" Americans pronounce "o" the same in /clot/ and /cloth/, this CT accent regularly does not.
im from norwalk...and am currently am in new hampshire...and i toulk entirley difrent than these peaple.we can we relate closer to nyc than to boston but im 30 mins from nyc...when i went to texas they found strange how i say kitten. i say ki en and hardly say the T ...i didnt think ne thing of it untill they mentiond it
@emilyrose4011 Well, Ellington is kinda in the "country". When you go into Hartford (*the capital*) do people talk exactly the same as you? There are different accents around the state. They may have some things in common, tho, which i hope to discover. See if you can guess the words, and that will give us an idea what the qualities of your accent are. And YES, your speech does have accent.
@iheartMRLambert Nobody said that everyone living in CT will speak like me! The discussion is about one of the accents of CT, and demonstrating what its notable characteristics are. What do YOU speak like, then? Where in CT? Age, ethnic, socio-economic background?
And what words do you think you're hearing? Thanks
@SourLemonEater Thanks! Good job, but your 4th line is totally wrong :) ... does your accent distinguish "cot" vs. "caught"? It seems like that part is confusing you maybe.
@SourLemonEater ok thanks... I actually meant whether you pronounce "cot" the same as "caught" (much of America and Canada does). I pronounce them very differently -- knowing that is the "key" to getting line 4, because it's the basis of the contrasts.
Lived in the same town in Middlesex county for 18 years and I'm almost positive we have no accents. Maybe that's just because I'm used to it though haha.
@sweetidede Hi. Where in CT? Even if you don't sound this way, do you know others that do? Who are they? In what ways is your speech different? These would be relevant to know, because, as stated, this is just one of several CT accents, which vary by region, age, social class, ethnicity. It would be good to have more detailed info, so as to sketch the picture. Thanks
@hultonclint well you bring a valid point but if there's is so much difference in the way each and every one of us talk in connecticut why not make the video specific on where connecticut people talk.. just sayin
lol nice, i've never realized that connecticut had an accent like yours, I don't really know what i sound like compared to you, cause im from connecticut as well. lol im up in windsor.
@dad325 You definitely have a sort of "cadence" to your voice that I could associate with the Hartford area. I am older than you, which may explain why it is more likely that I say things certain ways.
@DIPwhenyourSICK Hello! Where in CT? What is your background? Accent varies by generation. Few people your age seem to have the same accent as me and older people. Just because people's accent doesnt jump out at you as distinctly noticeable, it doesnt mean it doesnt have some of these features. Talk to someone from California and they'll tell you! But yeah, what area of CT? thanks
@hultonclint i watched more of you vids and realized my comment was kind of immature we actually do sound exactly like that lol i was actaully asked if i was form connecticut by a person from iowa. but yeah south east CT how about you
@DIPwhenyourSICK Hi, thanks for the info! Yeah, as you can sort of tell, I have been interested in getting different people's input, because I think there are several accent styles in CT. No matter if one's is similar or different (read some comments and u see varying opinions), it all adds to our info/knowledge. Southeast CT is def. a diff. accent "area" IMO. I am from Hartford area. Both my parents are from CT but each has very diff. accent, so it's all good!
@hultonclint I thought there was to difference between cot and caught, I thought they were homophones like Don and dawn. Maybe thats just my mother teaching me how to speak incorrectly, haha.
@Livyanne32 In my accent there's a huge difference. I even made a video (at the side of the page) to demonstrate difference between Don and Dawn. So...that's the challenge here! -- to know what I'm saying and not mix it up with what others/you say :) My mom for example also says them the same, but she was raised more in Springfield, MA.
@Livyanne32 Hi! Good to hear from you. I think you're right about the accent, however, how do we know you know the words without proving it? You might be assuming I am saying something like "caught" when I am really saying "cot" in my accent. In that case you'd think "oh, he said 'caught,' I understand." It's not about knowing the words as much as it is about teasing out the subtle differences in pronunciation by *comparing* them to one's own speech :)
I just watched this out of random...I live in Milford, and did'nt write it down, but I did'nt miss one single word.....living so close to NY.....I like to call my accent a Hybrid....you can here some NY missed with the New England, lol,
@babypiggymama VERY good! Hey, you missed only one, which as far as I'm concerned is insignificant due to a sort of margin for error caused by audio quality! Anyways, if you want to know which one, message me. I am reluctant to even have this note here (which might influence others' answers), but I didnt see a way to post on your channel. thanks
I'm currently doing a project on Connecticut for my English final exam, particularly dialects. Are they any words that are exclusive to Connecticut or that general area of the country? For example, is it soda or pop (or coke, but I'm pretty sure that's mostly the south)? In Rhode Island, they call what most of us call a "milkshake" a "cabinet." Is there anything like that in Connecticut?
@ziggo3 Watch my video on the "suggestions" at the side, called "CT Dialect quiz." It has three word which, if you know/say ALL of them, then you're probably familiar with or from CT. We say "soda." Another intersting one is "shopping cart", which I grew up calling a "carriage" or a "wagon." And I say "all's" as in "All's I know is that the Whalers were the best." My generation of course says "wicked" a lot to mean "very." If you tease someone you "rank on" them.
@hultonclint WOW! You have no idea what a savior you have been. It's hard to find this kind of information out there on any New England states without knowing exactly what to look for. Thank you so much! If you don't mind, I might cite you as a source (it's just a high school project, so it's not like you'll be getting calls from a professor demanding YOUR sources =P).
@ziggo3 OK, cool. Also you might check out this video I made where I blab blab some more on my opinions:
watch?v=MkTR3MBjdfg (type that in the URL after the regular YouTube address). I haven't been any books that *seriously* address CT accent issue -- It gets blurred by the stereotypical ideas of "Eastern New England" accent and NY. Different towns/areas seem to have variation based on ancestors' nationality, like e,g, Polish and Italian.
@namekianking No need to apologize -- I didnt think you sounded arrogant at all. But I still say that you don't *necessarilly* know what the words are! Only like one person has gotten all the words as I intended them!
@sharrynuk Ooh, good! You have most of them...except, you're right, set 4 is messed. :) The key is hearing how I say "bought." Hint: The first word in set 4 is not 'bought' for me...though it would probably be 'bought' in Canadian accents.
I'm from North Carolina, with a pretty thick southern accent. I have a friend who moved here from Hartford. She says computer with no r, like "computah" and Hartford like "Hartfud." I crack up every time. Course she laughs at my southern accent too :)
@grimesTHEogb thanks, you got about 60%. You're missing a few words. You seem mostly tripped up by the contrast between ou/au and o in some words, and by the swallowed 't'. BTW, what is a 'smuck'?? :)
i think southeastern connecticut TEENS and up to like 25 yr olds born and raised in southeastern ct dont pick up the heavier accents, but i know stamford and hartford have some heavy accents. my grandpa was from stamford and had a new york accent
@nyonan Yes! That's one part of it. The typical "American" accent does that that, but people think it is more extreme in Connecticut. I prnounce my YouTube name (hulton clint) like "Ho'en Clin"!
@kodo1331 Cool, thanks for the comment, and including where you are from (I am from Hartford county). If you get the time, maybe you could comment on what words you do/dont say the same. The trick of this is that I never tell people (in writing) what the words are, so understanding them partially depends on one's perspective. You have to GUESS what they are first, then see what is different! :)
@saaritahh i'm from ledyard right next to norwich i think its just some families because i talk pretty normal but then again maybe i think i sound normal when really people from the south are like what are you saying? One thing for sure is i say car not "cah" who knowsssss
@hultonclint Well, my accent kind of took off when I moved to Virginia and then to Tennessee. I was raised by a Tennessean father and a Californian mother with 2 Cali sisters, but with a lot of European relatives with whom I kept in contact, I developed kind of a unique accent from it. I still have noticeable traces of my CT accent though. Got a lot of New English friends. I can't discern what kind of CT accent yours is though.
im from waterbury ct people always say i have either a NY sounding accent or Boston thats how its always been. I am from italian heritage so who knows
@starrface77 Everyone has an accent :) Whether people notice it or not is a matter of perspective, and being perceptive! British people will say you have an American accent. People from south will say you have Northern accent. From Midwest will say you have Eastern. This is just a matter of trying to narrow it down :)
@megahits16 Whereabouts do you live / have you lived. You dont have to say if you dont want to, but it may help trying to pin down the various accents within the areas of CT. thanks
@atfatw Thank you for showing me that despite everything, people can hate a whole group of people because of something a few (or even more likely none) have done.
I'm from Shelton, CT, and most of those words sound normal to me. The other few, I have never heard them said in the accent that they were in this video. It's funny, seeing this guy "challenging" us with these words, and all of us CT-goers can understand them like they're everyday language.
@bjpw1234 Thanks. yeah, of course u can understand them :) ...tho really there's no "proof" unless u say what they are. Ex.: a lot of people think I'm saying "bought" when I'm saying "bot." The "challenge" is for the general audience + refers to the fact that I did an earlier video describing features of MY CT accent (I have to say that disclaimer, since there are multiple accents + there are always whiners who say 'Im from CT but I dont talk like that'). CONT...
Having learned those features, the test is to know exactly what words I'm pronouncing. It's a challenge because the words r out of context. The fact that no one who has done this except for my bro and sis have got it 100% means that it's not *that* obvious! ;)
See also original "Guess What Word" video -- if you didnt know the accent "features," it would just sound like a random sound
we are from southeastern CT and this sounds way more like a warwick accent or like stamford, we don't have accents like that here i honestly only know italian people from CT who talk like that otherwise it's all new yorkers, mass and RI. You should name this New England accents
@GrotonZooKP93 What do you mean by "otherwise it's all new yorkers, mass and RI."? Can you clarify, because I am curious about the perspective from southeastern CT. I am born in Hartford -- the capital, and about as far as neighboring states as you can get -- and raised in the bordering towns. So why would my accent be more like, say, NY, than say Groton accent is like RI? cont...
cont... You mention Italians. My dad's mom is Sicilian, but we do't particularly identify w/ "Italian" culture. But you may have a perspective worth pursuing about the ethnic dimension of the CT accentssssss.
Remember, this is not saying "Here is THE CT accent." Its a follow up to my video discussing A CT accent (mine, a lower middle class 30 something of Irish-German-Italian descent from Hartford County) and asking "outsiders" to now "guess" the words based on the outlined features of that :)
@hultonclint i am meaning you sound more like a italian mass, ri, or new yorker basicly, in groton (near new london) it's basicly italian people that talk that way, i'm irish and canadian indian so i don't have much of a accent, but hartford is pretty close to mass, like springfield, i am literally 15 min from RI, but it's odd that as soon as we cross that border the accent changes drasticly. I just realized this is all on my boyfriends account but he is 18 i am 19, Groton CT we talk pretty
@hultonclint normal in our ears and our friends, but a friend from the south who had moved up here thought we talked so strange in the begining, but when he went to visit back down south they all said he sounded weird, i know we use different words than southerners, for the most part we don't say ya'll and things like that, we tend to talk fast as well. My grandfather had quite the new york accent, he was from Stamford CT, full blood irish out of a irish neighborhood in the 30's
@IzzyImpurity OK, so what words am I saying? Since we have not established what the words are, how do we know what is meant by "no one says words like that." (Obviously I do.)
The main thing, however, is that you are only 14. You have been growing up w/ Jonas Bros. accents on TV. Ask your dad to listen because mine is an older accent.
Then you have to consider what part of CT you're from, and how wealthy you are.
Yes, line 3 is the hardest. You can't think in terms of Boston or West Coast, or it will mess you up. If you think NY, it kinda works...but there is also something distinct (or really extra pronounced in my CT accent) that is the "key" to that line!
a natural accent is a nutmeger accent. someone should have told me??? i always thought i spoke wrong. because when i pronounce connecticut i say conneghtigut something like that. but a lot of other prounce is like how its written. i also find it wierd when people dont drop their t's and make them d's. like when i say fountain i say it founden
Thanks, good job! I sent the corrected list to you. You are getting tricked by the "swallowed T" and some of the weird distinctions of au/aw sound in my accent. Do you distinguish cot vs. caught in the accent where you're from?
What kind of accent do you think I have, I am from eastern Fairfield County, CT. I think you are right about the 'aw' thing. I never really noticed it until I watched this video.
Hi, thx for your comment! well as far as "kind" of accent, I'd guess CT. It has a sound that I associated a bit with New York, especially the vowel in words like "dot", and sometimes your "th" is almost like a stop (sounds like "t"). Maybe also the quick and clipped way you have of talking, too.I dunno what to call the other stuff, sorry! :) Your "r" is there, traditionally more CT than NY. Predictably, I'd say you sound like someone from CT near NY...somewhat diff than my accent (not near NY)
I've been in CA for the last 17 years now, so it's been awhile since I've heard it. I miss the NE/NY deli's, in Stamford a deli sandwich was called a wedge, as in roast beef wedge, and I miss the bacon egg and cheese on a hard roll sandwiches too...
I'm sure everything's changed since then though....
The Mass accent was definitely a lot different....
Very good! thanks for replying. You have some "errors" in lines 1 and 4. Admittedly, out of context some of the words are weird, but my earlier video "Features of [my] CT Accent" gives the clues to decode everything, for example, why (for me) the first word in line four cannot possibly be "bought."
I am from Hartford area -- grinder territory. Slightly diff CT accents, and different sandwiches !
You don't really seem to have the accent that heavily. I used to live in southern CT and spent a lot of time in NY.There is a pretty distinctive difference between the different regions of CT and my accent is something of a blending between the Bronx and S CT. It is very transitional, meaning that depending on who I was interacting with the accent would change slightly. For instance the word "soft" would become heavily accented in the Bronx and similar but less heavily emphasized in Stamford.
I'm from CT so i probebly have an unfair advantage. You sounded like you were getting just downright lazy in your pronounciation of a couple of #4s though.
Thanks for playing! And there is no "unfair" advantage here :) What part(s) of Ct you from?
I sent the correct answers to you.
Nope, no "lazy" pronunciation, just natural -- once you see the answers, it will prob. make more sense.
Keep in mind (as per my previous vid, "Features of [MY] CT Accent," I maintain a strong distinction between vowel type au/aw/au and o(ah), ie. "cot" and "caught" are very different. so your first guess for set 4 is obviously impossible, and fouls the rest of the set
Terryville. It borders Bristol to the west if you don't know. Also laziness probebly wasn't the right word, but you definately didn't accentuate them as much as you probebly would have in everyday speach.
2,2 was my own fault but other those it's an interesting thing to think about. CT really is pretty heavily accented having adopted the unique qualities of New York(State), New England, and Boston.
I am a New Haven county resident..born and raised in East Haven ( Staven ).... I think you need to say these words more naturally rather then reading them as a word. What I mean is, use these words with a sentence. The accent will flow more. I had a hard time figuring out some words and I am born and raised here.
Hi, I think you are right in general, but...the point of this video was not to give instructive examples of the accent. It was to challenge people to "guess" (hence the title), and that too out of context of sentences (as it says it the description) -- that's what makes it a challenge! :) The "key" to the challenge was my previous vid,"FEatures of (a) CT Accent," which gives clues how to know the words in isolation just based on phonology. Get it? contd...
contd... so thanks for your comment, and I'd love to hear what your guesses are. One idea is that people's individual guesses tell a little something about their ~own~ accents And since my accent is not really "New Haven," it will be cool to see what differences we can fish out.
Overall my idea is that not many people (including myself) really "get" what makes up CT accents (CT gets passed over for NYC, Boston) or they think there is "no accent." Its up to us "natives" to explain to them!
You are assuming, however, that you know when I'm saying "bought." When do you think am I saying "bought"? It is NOT the first word of set 4, if that is what you were thinking.
I'd love to see your guesses at all the words, which I think might reveal more about how you're expecting the accent to sound like.
i'm from southern CT (New Haven County) and I don't think I have such a pronounced accent. what part of CT are you from, b/c some words seem to sound like they have a Boston or New York influence?
I wrote you a sizable response but it got lost! Anyways, try again on the last line. Hints: 1) Don't assume I should sound like Boston; 2) Check out the video where I explain the "key" to my accent, in the related videos "Some features of Connecticut accent".
New Haven is definitely a different accent from my area (Hartford), though your own accent may not be as pronounced. When I get phone "cuaawls" from down there tho I can definitely hear it! :)
Judging by some of your answers, my guess is that you were thinking of some of my accent like a Massachusetts one? I'd be curious to here what you think on that. Mainly you guessed on a lot of dropped "R"s. We don't really drop Rs in this region of the state, although my accent seems to be only "semi-rhotic" if there is such a thing? :)
Yeah, I've hear some New Englanders say things like "kaa" for "car".
"We don't really drop Rs in this region of the state []"
Ok. That explains my confusion!
And, yes, semi-rhoticity DOES occur in English (and other languages as well). It's always best to get a "feel" of how someone pronounces things in general so that you don't assume (as I did) that they drop their "r"s. I need to study more of the Connecticutian dialect(s)! :)
i feel like i dont have an accent, but i change up a few words and morph some together haha. I do say looket..
MsAuntMary 5 days ago
I thought everyone pronounced the "o"s in cloth and colt differently! The "o" when I say cloth is like the "o" in the word "off" actually when I say cloth and off they rhyme. The "o" in clot sounds more like an "a".
Courtmello 5 months ago
@Courtmello Yeah, *Southern* New England (i.e. CT and RI) and NYC/Long Island (+ maybe a little further down) is where these types get pronounced diff. It's pretty distinct, and u can recognize an American from those area based on that, because in Northern New England (incl. Boston) and in most of the rest of US/Canada they don't do that. It's an "old" feature of the accent, because when you look at a "new" word like "Goth", it's different.
hultonclint 5 months ago
@hultonclint theres so much I still want to learn about this Connecticut accent..
Courtmello 5 months ago
@Courtmello me too! but I haven't found any books or whatever talking about it. Basically I am just trying to understand it myself, by looking at my own speech and making observations. A lot of people don't get it, they say 'I don't talk like that'...but without a huge survey of everyone, all's :) I can do is look at what I say and try to figure out what's notable. And 1000s of people have googled 'CT accent", so it's def a thing people are aware of
hultonclint 5 months ago
@hultonclint also i was wondering if its just me or if others in ct say looket instead of look at it? idk maybe im weird..
Courtmello 5 months ago
@Courtmello haha, yeah, me and my friend/siblings would say that, growing up! I have no idea if it is something sorta particular to the area...though it does seem particular to the "younger generation."
One thing funny I say is "all's", like "All's I know is..." "All's I want is one bite." Apparently that's just a random thing that some people say here and there. Dunno where I learned it from...
hultonclint 5 months ago
Cloth is pronounced more than one way and both are correct Clot is only pronounce with the one way. Also, speaking sets of random words is not a good measure of an accent. There other things to consider when talking , such as inflection and context.
I'm a native of Connecticut and have travel spent time in all four corners of the state. There is only a watered down version of either New york or Boston accents in CT. The majority of people in CT don't speak with an accent at all.
pas84av2 5 months ago
@pas84av2 Hey, did you read the part that says, "PLEASE READ BEFORE COMMENTING"? This is not a comprehensive description of an accent; it is a discussion based on a previous video about SOME of the aspects of PHONOLOGY that are NOTABLE in characterizing this accent. For example, while "most" Americans pronounce "o" the same in /clot/ and /cloth/, this CT accent regularly does not.
hultonclint 5 months ago
im from norwalk...and am currently am in new hampshire...and i toulk entirley difrent than these peaple.we can we relate closer to nyc than to boston but im 30 mins from nyc...when i went to texas they found strange how i say kitten. i say ki en and hardly say the T ...i didnt think ne thing of it untill they mentiond it
SYRUPnSPRITE 5 months ago
I'm pretty sure ct is the purest American accent. you sound...strange. I'm from Ellington ct and I have no accent whatsoever
emilyrose4011 6 months ago 2
@emilyrose4011 Well, Ellington is kinda in the "country". When you go into Hartford (*the capital*) do people talk exactly the same as you? There are different accents around the state. They may have some things in common, tho, which i hope to discover. See if you can guess the words, and that will give us an idea what the qualities of your accent are. And YES, your speech does have accent.
hultonclint 6 months ago
your awkward
AONEMANPRODUCTION 7 months ago
@AONEMANPRODUCTION My awkward *what*? Finish the sentence, rude bwoy.
hultonclint 7 months ago
@hultonclint .
AONEMANPRODUCTION 7 months ago
I live in CT and I don't really speak like you..
iheartMRLambert 8 months ago
@iheartMRLambert Nobody said that everyone living in CT will speak like me! The discussion is about one of the accents of CT, and demonstrating what its notable characteristics are. What do YOU speak like, then? Where in CT? Age, ethnic, socio-economic background?
And what words do you think you're hearing? Thanks
hultonclint 8 months ago
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AshleyLynn724 9 months ago
rile, anoint, bolt, all, sauce, loss
clog, clock, cloth, clawed, clot, claw
smog, smock, con, on, nap, gnat
butt, baught, bog, bog, bug, bock(??)
soggy, goth, mod, bra
That third set was weirder than the fourth
SourLemonEater 10 months ago
@SourLemonEater Thanks! Good job, but your 4th line is totally wrong :) ... does your accent distinguish "cot" vs. "caught"? It seems like that part is confusing you maybe.
hultonclint 10 months ago
@hultonclint For me, cot is pronounced like got and caught like bought. I really couldn't understand that fourth line at all though lol
btw I'm from Southwest CT if that makes a difference haha
SourLemonEater 10 months ago
@SourLemonEater ok thanks... I actually meant whether you pronounce "cot" the same as "caught" (much of America and Canada does). I pronounce them very differently -- knowing that is the "key" to getting line 4, because it's the basis of the contrasts.
hultonclint 10 months ago
Lived in the same town in Middlesex county for 18 years and I'm almost positive we have no accents. Maybe that's just because I'm used to it though haha.
RdSoxFan618 10 months ago
yeah i live in connecticut and definetly do not talk like that!
sweetidede 10 months ago
@sweetidede Hi. Where in CT? Even if you don't sound this way, do you know others that do? Who are they? In what ways is your speech different? These would be relevant to know, because, as stated, this is just one of several CT accents, which vary by region, age, social class, ethnicity. It would be good to have more detailed info, so as to sketch the picture. Thanks
hultonclint 10 months ago
@hultonclint well you bring a valid point but if there's is so much difference in the way each and every one of us talk in connecticut why not make the video specific on where connecticut people talk.. just sayin
sweetidede 10 months ago
lol nice, i've never realized that connecticut had an accent like yours, I don't really know what i sound like compared to you, cause im from connecticut as well. lol im up in windsor.
dad325 10 months ago
@dad325 You definitely have a sort of "cadence" to your voice that I could associate with the Hartford area. I am older than you, which may explain why it is more likely that I say things certain ways.
hultonclint 10 months ago
ur trying to have an accent dood no one in CT sounds like that ive lived here all my life and so have all of my realatives
DIPwhenyourSICK 11 months ago
@DIPwhenyourSICK Hello! Where in CT? What is your background? Accent varies by generation. Few people your age seem to have the same accent as me and older people. Just because people's accent doesnt jump out at you as distinctly noticeable, it doesnt mean it doesnt have some of these features. Talk to someone from California and they'll tell you! But yeah, what area of CT? thanks
hultonclint 11 months ago
@hultonclint south east CT how about you?
DIPwhenyourSICK 11 months ago
@hultonclint i watched more of you vids and realized my comment was kind of immature we actually do sound exactly like that lol i was actaully asked if i was form connecticut by a person from iowa. but yeah south east CT how about you
DIPwhenyourSICK 11 months ago
@DIPwhenyourSICK Hi, thanks for the info! Yeah, as you can sort of tell, I have been interested in getting different people's input, because I think there are several accent styles in CT. No matter if one's is similar or different (read some comments and u see varying opinions), it all adds to our info/knowledge. Southeast CT is def. a diff. accent "area" IMO. I am from Hartford area. Both my parents are from CT but each has very diff. accent, so it's all good!
hultonclint 11 months ago
Your sexy.. ;) hmu
cheygangsta23 11 months ago
@hultonclint I thought there was to difference between cot and caught, I thought they were homophones like Don and dawn. Maybe thats just my mother teaching me how to speak incorrectly, haha.
Livyanne32 1 year ago
@Livyanne32 In my accent there's a huge difference. I even made a video (at the side of the page) to demonstrate difference between Don and Dawn. So...that's the challenge here! -- to know what I'm saying and not mix it up with what others/you say :) My mom for example also says them the same, but she was raised more in Springfield, MA.
hultonclint 1 year ago
I live in fairfield county, I knew all of those words, I just didn't see the difference from regular speaking, I guess I have a connecticun accent!
Livyanne32 1 year ago
@Livyanne32 Hi! Good to hear from you. I think you're right about the accent, however, how do we know you know the words without proving it? You might be assuming I am saying something like "caught" when I am really saying "cot" in my accent. In that case you'd think "oh, he said 'caught,' I understand." It's not about knowing the words as much as it is about teasing out the subtle differences in pronunciation by *comparing* them to one's own speech :)
hultonclint 1 year ago
I just watched this out of random...I live in Milford, and did'nt write it down, but I did'nt miss one single word.....living so close to NY.....I like to call my accent a Hybrid....you can here some NY missed with the New England, lol,
eyesandy1 1 year ago
Rile annoint bull all Sauce Loss
Clog clock cloth clod clot claw
smog smock con on nap gnat
bot bought bawd bod bog bawk
soggy goth mod bra
babypiggymama 1 year ago
@babypiggymama VERY good! Hey, you missed only one, which as far as I'm concerned is insignificant due to a sort of margin for error caused by audio quality! Anyways, if you want to know which one, message me. I am reluctant to even have this note here (which might influence others' answers), but I didnt see a way to post on your channel. thanks
hultonclint 1 year ago
@hultonclint Haha i live in central ct :P
babypiggymama 1 year ago
@hultonclint Was it, by chance, "clod," which it sounded like should be spelled "Claude"?
ziggo3 1 year ago
@ziggo3 I think I know what you're talking about, in which case: yes!
hultonclint 1 year ago
@hultonclint Woo! Good to hear =D
I'm currently doing a project on Connecticut for my English final exam, particularly dialects. Are they any words that are exclusive to Connecticut or that general area of the country? For example, is it soda or pop (or coke, but I'm pretty sure that's mostly the south)? In Rhode Island, they call what most of us call a "milkshake" a "cabinet." Is there anything like that in Connecticut?
ziggo3 1 year ago
@ziggo3 Watch my video on the "suggestions" at the side, called "CT Dialect quiz." It has three word which, if you know/say ALL of them, then you're probably familiar with or from CT. We say "soda." Another intersting one is "shopping cart", which I grew up calling a "carriage" or a "wagon." And I say "all's" as in "All's I know is that the Whalers were the best." My generation of course says "wicked" a lot to mean "very." If you tease someone you "rank on" them.
hultonclint 1 year ago
@hultonclint WOW! You have no idea what a savior you have been. It's hard to find this kind of information out there on any New England states without knowing exactly what to look for. Thank you so much! If you don't mind, I might cite you as a source (it's just a high school project, so it's not like you'll be getting calls from a professor demanding YOUR sources =P).
ziggo3 1 year ago
@ziggo3 OK, cool. Also you might check out this video I made where I blab blab some more on my opinions:
watch?v=MkTR3MBjdfg (type that in the URL after the regular YouTube address). I haven't been any books that *seriously* address CT accent issue -- It gets blurred by the stereotypical ideas of "Eastern New England" accent and NY. Different towns/areas seem to have variation based on ancestors' nationality, like e,g, Polish and Italian.
hultonclint 1 year ago
i dont get it im from ct and i dont sound like him i recorded myself saying these words and still nothing
namekianking 1 year ago
@namekianking Read the description. Start with the part in capital letters that says "PLEASE READ BEFORE COMMENTING..."
If you don't know what the words are, how can you record yourself saying them? You gotta tell us what you think the words are...
You are also welcome to post your accent and we can hear what some teenagers in Northwestern CT sound like :)
hultonclint 1 year ago
@hultonclint my bad srry ps im north eastern ct :)
namekianking 1 year ago
@hultonclint and btw i knew what they were i live around people who talk like that not trying sound arrogent
namekianking 1 year ago
@namekianking No need to apologize -- I didnt think you sounded arrogant at all. But I still say that you don't *necessarilly* know what the words are! Only like one person has gotten all the words as I intended them!
hultonclint 1 year ago
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1) rile anoint bull all sauce loss
2) clog clock cloth clod (or clawed?) clot claw
3) smog smock con on nap gnat
4) bought bawl bog bod? bog balk
B) soggy goth mod bra
I'm Canadian so I pronounce cot/caught the same way but I think I can just hear the difference in "bought". Set 4 was really hard.
sharrynuk 1 year ago
1) rile anoint bull all sauce loss
2) clog clock cloth clod (or clawed?) clot claw
3) smog smock con on nap gnat
4) bought bawl bog bod? bog balk
B) soggy goth mod bra
I'm Canadian so I pronounce cot/caught the same way but I think I can just hear you the difference in "bought". Set 4 was really hard.
sharrynuk 1 year ago
@sharrynuk Ooh, good! You have most of them...except, you're right, set 4 is messed. :) The key is hearing how I say "bought." Hint: The first word in set 4 is not 'bought' for me...though it would probably be 'bought' in Canadian accents.
hultonclint 1 year ago
I'm from North Carolina, with a pretty thick southern accent. I have a friend who moved here from Hartford. She says computer with no r, like "computah" and Hartford like "Hartfud." I crack up every time. Course she laughs at my southern accent too :)
scorpiorising1000 1 year ago
annoint goal all sauce loss clog clock cloth calwed claw smog smuck con on nap nat bought bard ball balk soggy goth mod bra hjaha idk
grimesTHEogb 1 year ago
@grimesTHEogb thanks, you got about 60%. You're missing a few words. You seem mostly tripped up by the contrast between ou/au and o in some words, and by the swallowed 't'. BTW, what is a 'smuck'?? :)
hultonclint 1 year ago
i think southeastern connecticut TEENS and up to like 25 yr olds born and raised in southeastern ct dont pick up the heavier accents, but i know stamford and hartford have some heavy accents. my grandpa was from stamford and had a new york accent
GrottenGal860 1 year ago
I notice Connecticut accent often drop the T sound
nyonan 1 year ago
@nyonan Yes! That's one part of it. The typical "American" accent does that that, but people think it is more extreme in Connecticut. I prnounce my YouTube name (hulton clint) like "Ho'en Clin"!
hultonclint 1 year ago
i am from norwalk and i moved a few years ago to nc i am just trying 2 keep my accent from there
jmv514 1 year ago
@jmv514
I'm in NC too, lived here all my life. We'll get you speaking southern in no time. ;)
scorpiorising1000 1 year ago
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jmv514 1 year ago
Uhm... What elese can I say
paulc1164 1 year ago
@paulc1164 Well, just about *anything* would be more interesting than that.
How about guessing the words; it's what you're supposed to do. Otherwise, don't sweat it / don't comment.
hultonclint 1 year ago
Uhm...
paulc1164 1 year ago
i am from Stamford and i dont say half of the words like you said them, although i do understand them, as where other people might not.
its weird.. never thought of me as having an accent but i guess i(we) do compared to other countries like England and Britain.
anyways .. GO ROOFERS.. haha get it cause we say roof different than anyone else in the world :]
kodo1331 1 year ago
@kodo1331 Cool, thanks for the comment, and including where you are from (I am from Hartford county). If you get the time, maybe you could comment on what words you do/dont say the same. The trick of this is that I never tell people (in writing) what the words are, so understanding them partially depends on one's perspective. You have to GUESS what they are first, then see what is different! :)
hultonclint 1 year ago
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saaritahh 1 year ago
@saaritahh i'm from ledyard right next to norwich i think its just some families because i talk pretty normal but then again maybe i think i sound normal when really people from the south are like what are you saying? One thing for sure is i say car not "cah" who knowsssss
GrottenGal860 1 year ago
I'm from New London :)
slycoperofer 1 year ago
@slycoperofer Cool. My accent is diff. than typical New London. What's your take on this?
hultonclint 1 year ago
@hultonclint Well, my accent kind of took off when I moved to Virginia and then to Tennessee. I was raised by a Tennessean father and a Californian mother with 2 Cali sisters, but with a lot of European relatives with whom I kept in contact, I developed kind of a unique accent from it. I still have noticeable traces of my CT accent though. Got a lot of New English friends. I can't discern what kind of CT accent yours is though.
slycoperofer 1 year ago
im from waterbury ct people always say i have either a NY sounding accent or Boston thats how its always been. I am from italian heritage so who knows
MrJohnnyarmani 1 year ago
@MrJohnnyarmani Do you mean people outside CT say that, or inside?
hultonclint 1 year ago
@hultonclint outside of ct. when ive been in florida and especially vegas
MrJohnnyarmani 1 year ago
im from CT. i never knew we had an accent! O.O
starrface77 1 year ago
@starrface77 Everyone has an accent :) Whether people notice it or not is a matter of perspective, and being perceptive! British people will say you have an American accent. People from south will say you have Northern accent. From Midwest will say you have Eastern. This is just a matter of trying to narrow it down :)
hultonclint 1 year ago
I live in CT and i never realised it but we do talk like this!!!!
megahits16 1 year ago
@megahits16 your not alone
starrface77 1 year ago
@megahits16 Whereabouts do you live / have you lived. You dont have to say if you dont want to, but it may help trying to pin down the various accents within the areas of CT. thanks
hultonclint 1 year ago
@hultonclint In Fairfield County
megahits16 1 year ago
conneticutt is the shittiest place on earth!! the people there ought to be neutered
atfatw 1 year ago
@atfatw Thank you for showing me that despite everything, people can hate a whole group of people because of something a few (or even more likely none) have done.
NotanS 1 year ago
@NotanS
ah. no, pilgrim. people just naturally hate connecticutt because like the nazi germans you people are really evil ALL OF YOU!
atfatw 1 year ago
@atfatw Like the Nazi Germans you're saying that we're really evil, all of us.
NotanS 1 year ago
@atfatw y so mean
starrface77 1 year ago
I'm from Shelton, CT, and most of those words sound normal to me. The other few, I have never heard them said in the accent that they were in this video. It's funny, seeing this guy "challenging" us with these words, and all of us CT-goers can understand them like they're everyday language.
bjpw1234 1 year ago
@bjpw1234 Thanks. yeah, of course u can understand them :) ...tho really there's no "proof" unless u say what they are. Ex.: a lot of people think I'm saying "bought" when I'm saying "bot." The "challenge" is for the general audience + refers to the fact that I did an earlier video describing features of MY CT accent (I have to say that disclaimer, since there are multiple accents + there are always whiners who say 'Im from CT but I dont talk like that'). CONT...
hultonclint 1 year ago
CONT...
Having learned those features, the test is to know exactly what words I'm pronouncing. It's a challenge because the words r out of context. The fact that no one who has done this except for my bro and sis have got it 100% means that it's not *that* obvious! ;)
See also original "Guess What Word" video -- if you didnt know the accent "features," it would just sound like a random sound
hultonclint 1 year ago
we are from southeastern CT and this sounds way more like a warwick accent or like stamford, we don't have accents like that here i honestly only know italian people from CT who talk like that otherwise it's all new yorkers, mass and RI. You should name this New England accents
GrotonZooKP93 1 year ago
@GrotonZooKP93 What do you mean by "otherwise it's all new yorkers, mass and RI."? Can you clarify, because I am curious about the perspective from southeastern CT. I am born in Hartford -- the capital, and about as far as neighboring states as you can get -- and raised in the bordering towns. So why would my accent be more like, say, NY, than say Groton accent is like RI? cont...
hultonclint 1 year ago
cont... You mention Italians. My dad's mom is Sicilian, but we do't particularly identify w/ "Italian" culture. But you may have a perspective worth pursuing about the ethnic dimension of the CT accentssssss.
Remember, this is not saying "Here is THE CT accent." Its a follow up to my video discussing A CT accent (mine, a lower middle class 30 something of Irish-German-Italian descent from Hartford County) and asking "outsiders" to now "guess" the words based on the outlined features of that :)
hultonclint 1 year ago
@hultonclint i am meaning you sound more like a italian mass, ri, or new yorker basicly, in groton (near new london) it's basicly italian people that talk that way, i'm irish and canadian indian so i don't have much of a accent, but hartford is pretty close to mass, like springfield, i am literally 15 min from RI, but it's odd that as soon as we cross that border the accent changes drasticly. I just realized this is all on my boyfriends account but he is 18 i am 19, Groton CT we talk pretty
GrotonZooKP93 1 year ago
@hultonclint normal in our ears and our friends, but a friend from the south who had moved up here thought we talked so strange in the begining, but when he went to visit back down south they all said he sounded weird, i know we use different words than southerners, for the most part we don't say ya'll and things like that, we tend to talk fast as well. My grandfather had quite the new york accent, he was from Stamford CT, full blood irish out of a irish neighborhood in the 30's
GrotonZooKP93 1 year ago
ok ya this is stupid i have lived in ct my whole life and no!1 ik saysd words like that and ik ppl from everwhere in ct
IzzyImpurity 1 year ago
@IzzyImpurity OK, so what words am I saying? Since we have not established what the words are, how do we know what is meant by "no one says words like that." (Obviously I do.)
The main thing, however, is that you are only 14. You have been growing up w/ Jonas Bros. accents on TV. Ask your dad to listen because mine is an older accent.
Then you have to consider what part of CT you're from, and how wealthy you are.
hultonclint 1 year ago
i hate the jonas brothers and i dont have a dad
IzzyImpurity 1 year ago
but i like ur mustache :)
IzzyImpurity 1 year ago
This is way too easy since I live in CT XD
XxBlackChaosxX 1 year ago
@XxBlackChaosxX Yeah, but there's different accents in CT, so let's see if you can figure these out :)
hultonclint 1 year ago
I'm from CT too, and people from different states have told me I sound like I have something stuck in my mouth. hahah~
I think it's kinda hard to understand you though..
shimmer912 1 year ago
1. annyoing, bull, all, sauce, loss,
2. clog, clock, cloth, claud, clock, claw
3. small, smock, awn, nap, net,
4. but, bought, bod, book
5. soggy, goth, mod, brawl,
shimmer912 1 year ago
rile anoint blot all sauce lose
clog clock cloth Claude clot claw
smog smock Kant on nap gnat
bot baw bawd bod bog bawk
soggy Goth mod braw
jkrdsr 1 year ago
yeah we dont say t that clearly
pekeniseRthebest 2 years ago
1- rile anoint goal all sauce loss
2 - clog clock cloth clod clot claw
3 - smog smock con on nap nat
4 - but bot bog bag [bog?] [bock?] [this line is hard!]
bonus - soggy goth mod bra
easy to think this was boston like, only made it more confusing xD
postmatty 2 years ago
Thanks! Very good! I sent you the answers.
Yes, line 3 is the hardest. You can't think in terms of Boston or West Coast, or it will mess you up. If you think NY, it kinda works...but there is also something distinct (or really extra pronounced in my CT accent) that is the "key" to that line!
hultonclint 2 years ago
i guess being a naitive of the west coast gave me a disadvantage, especially with the cot/caught vowel words
postmatty 2 years ago
a natural accent is a nutmeger accent. someone should have told me??? i always thought i spoke wrong. because when i pronounce connecticut i say conneghtigut something like that. but a lot of other prounce is like how its written. i also find it wierd when people dont drop their t's and make them d's. like when i say fountain i say it founden
MsAntiTwilighter 2 years ago
@MsAntiTwilighter
Thats weird, being from CT i say cun-neddy-kit. and i completely drop the T in fountain like foughin... idk
chocopuppy813 2 years ago
I say it like that too I am from HArtford
ramostarr 2 years ago
@ramostarr I'm from hartfors too! what part u from?
5thElementArts 1 year ago
Rile annoy bowl all sauce loss
Clog clock cloth cloud clot claw
Smog Smock Con On Nap Nat
But bought bod ball book
Soggy goth mod bra
samacoy 2 years ago
Thanks, good job! I sent the corrected list to you. You are getting tricked by the "swallowed T" and some of the weird distinctions of au/aw sound in my accent. Do you distinguish cot vs. caught in the accent where you're from?
hultonclint 2 years ago
Your words do sound weird to me, kind of run together. I'm not sure what you mean by cot vs. caught, unless you're referring to the cot-caught merger.
If that's what it is, then they sound exactly alike to me.
samacoy 2 years ago
What kind of accent do you think I have, I am from eastern Fairfield County, CT. I think you are right about the 'aw' thing. I never really noticed it until I watched this video.
Popgmail780 2 years ago
Hi, thx for your comment! well as far as "kind" of accent, I'd guess CT. It has a sound that I associated a bit with New York, especially the vowel in words like "dot", and sometimes your "th" is almost like a stop (sounds like "t"). Maybe also the quick and clipped way you have of talking, too.I dunno what to call the other stuff, sorry! :) Your "r" is there, traditionally more CT than NY. Predictably, I'd say you sound like someone from CT near NY...somewhat diff than my accent (not near NY)
hultonclint 2 years ago
lol dude u look like a pirate. especially with that shirt.
ntse91 2 years ago 2
well, it's a Russian sailor shirt :)
hultonclint 2 years ago
I dunno, line 4
but bought bored bod bog balk
without hearing them in a sentence it's tough though
line 1
rile annoying ball all sauce loss
TreesAtAlanCom 2 years ago
rile annoying bowl all sauce loss
clog clock cloth clod clot claw
smog smock con on nap gnat
bought ball bored bod bog balk
soggy goth mod bra
I've been in CA for the last 17 years now, so it's been awhile since I've heard it. I miss the NE/NY deli's, in Stamford a deli sandwich was called a wedge, as in roast beef wedge, and I miss the bacon egg and cheese on a hard roll sandwiches too...
I'm sure everything's changed since then though....
The Mass accent was definitely a lot different....
TreesAtAlanCom 2 years ago
Very good! thanks for replying. You have some "errors" in lines 1 and 4. Admittedly, out of context some of the words are weird, but my earlier video "Features of [my] CT Accent" gives the clues to decode everything, for example, why (for me) the first word in line four cannot possibly be "bought."
I am from Hartford area -- grinder territory. Slightly diff CT accents, and different sandwiches !
hultonclint 2 years ago
You don't really seem to have the accent that heavily. I used to live in southern CT and spent a lot of time in NY.There is a pretty distinctive difference between the different regions of CT and my accent is something of a blending between the Bronx and S CT. It is very transitional, meaning that depending on who I was interacting with the accent would change slightly. For instance the word "soft" would become heavily accented in the Bronx and similar but less heavily emphasized in Stamford.
TreesAtAlanCom 2 years ago
1) rile, annoint, bull, all, sauce, loss(lost)
2) clog, clot, cloth, clawed, clot, ???
3) smog, smock, con, on, nap, gnat
4) bought, ball?, ?, bod, bog, book
5) soggy, goth, mod, bra
I'm from CT so i probebly have an unfair advantage. You sounded like you were getting just downright lazy in your pronounciation of a couple of #4s though.
Dubanx 2 years ago
Thanks for playing! And there is no "unfair" advantage here :) What part(s) of Ct you from?
I sent the correct answers to you.
Nope, no "lazy" pronunciation, just natural -- once you see the answers, it will prob. make more sense.
Keep in mind (as per my previous vid, "Features of [MY] CT Accent," I maintain a strong distinction between vowel type au/aw/au and o(ah), ie. "cot" and "caught" are very different. so your first guess for set 4 is obviously impossible, and fouls the rest of the set
hultonclint 2 years ago
Terryville. It borders Bristol to the west if you don't know. Also laziness probebly wasn't the right word, but you definately didn't accentuate them as much as you probebly would have in everyday speach.
2,2 was my own fault but other those it's an interesting thing to think about. CT really is pretty heavily accented having adopted the unique qualities of New York(State), New England, and Boston.
Dubanx 2 years ago
PS, I just now your comment on my other vid, so ignore the "where from?" question.
hultonclint 2 years ago
I am a New Haven county resident..born and raised in East Haven ( Staven ).... I think you need to say these words more naturally rather then reading them as a word. What I mean is, use these words with a sentence. The accent will flow more. I had a hard time figuring out some words and I am born and raised here.
clackpot 2 years ago
Hi, I think you are right in general, but...the point of this video was not to give instructive examples of the accent. It was to challenge people to "guess" (hence the title), and that too out of context of sentences (as it says it the description) -- that's what makes it a challenge! :) The "key" to the challenge was my previous vid,"FEatures of (a) CT Accent," which gives clues how to know the words in isolation just based on phonology. Get it? contd...
hultonclint 2 years ago
contd... so thanks for your comment, and I'd love to hear what your guesses are. One idea is that people's individual guesses tell a little something about their ~own~ accents And since my accent is not really "New Haven," it will be cool to see what differences we can fish out.
Overall my idea is that not many people (including myself) really "get" what makes up CT accents (CT gets passed over for NYC, Boston) or they think there is "no accent." Its up to us "natives" to explain to them!
hultonclint 2 years ago
I think you are transitional (when it comes to the cot/caught merger) since you have /A/ in bought.
cotcaughtmerged 3 years ago
Thanks for the input!
You are assuming, however, that you know when I'm saying "bought." When do you think am I saying "bought"? It is NOT the first word of set 4, if that is what you were thinking.
I'd love to see your guesses at all the words, which I think might reveal more about how you're expecting the accent to sound like.
hultonclint 3 years ago
1. rile, anoint, bolt, all, sauce, loss
2. clog, clock, cloth, clod, clot, claw
3. smog, smock, con, on, nap, gnat
4. bought, bore, bored, bard, bog, book
Bonus: soggy, goth, mod, bra
i'm from southern CT (New Haven County) and I don't think I have such a pronounced accent. what part of CT are you from, b/c some words seem to sound like they have a Boston or New York influence?
lilyrocky 3 years ago
Very very good!!
I wrote you a sizable response but it got lost! Anyways, try again on the last line. Hints: 1) Don't assume I should sound like Boston; 2) Check out the video where I explain the "key" to my accent, in the related videos "Some features of Connecticut accent".
New Haven is definitely a different accent from my area (Hartford), though your own accent may not be as pronounced. When I get phone "cuaawls" from down there tho I can definitely hear it! :)
hultonclint 3 years ago
how about this?
1: rile, Annoy, bowl, oil, sauce, loss
2: clog, clock, cloth, clod, clot, claw
3: small, smog, con, on, nap, net
4: bought, borrow, bored, barred, ball, book
soggy, goth, mod,bra
JFleX14 3 years ago
Ok, I'm probably off on many of these. But, here goes
1:rile, annoint, bull, all, sauce, loss
2:clog, clerk, cloth, clawed, clot, claw
3:smog, smock, can, on, nap, gnat
4:bought, boar, board, bard, bog, bark
bonus:soggy, goth, marred, bra
ZotDudot7 3 years ago
Thanks, I sent you the answers!
Judging by some of your answers, my guess is that you were thinking of some of my accent like a Massachusetts one? I'd be curious to here what you think on that. Mainly you guessed on a lot of dropped "R"s. We don't really drop Rs in this region of the state, although my accent seems to be only "semi-rhotic" if there is such a thing? :)
hultonclint 3 years ago
"Mainly you guessed on a lot of dropped "R"s."
Yeah, I've hear some New Englanders say things like "kaa" for "car".
"We don't really drop Rs in this region of the state []"
Ok. That explains my confusion!
And, yes, semi-rhoticity DOES occur in English (and other languages as well). It's always best to get a "feel" of how someone pronounces things in general so that you don't assume (as I did) that they drop their "r"s. I need to study more of the Connecticutian dialect(s)! :)
ZotDudot7 3 years ago
Nah-wich! hahaha
how bout suu-in/ something or nuh-in/ nothing
CT accents all thru out the state.. everyone has somesorta accent but they're all different but all have tons of similarities.
50% people say AH-renge
50% people say OR-renge
or how bout
a third of the people say part
a third of the people say pot
a third of the people say pawt
haha food for thought...
tomaroflys 3 years ago
yeah, definitely
"ah-renge" to me = "New York" side of CT. I say "or-renge." In my simplified scheme:
part = central CT. Although how I say it as less "r" than in "Standard American"
pot = far eastern side (Boston influence)
pawt = western side (NY influence?)
whaddaya think?
hultonclint 3 years ago
Ever been to "Leban'n"? Or "Nor'ch"?
GrapeSodaProductions 3 years ago
Usually only en route to other parts of New London County ;)
hultonclint 3 years ago
rile,annoying, bull,all, sauce, loss
clog,clock,cloth,clod,clot,claw
smog,smock,con,on, nap,nat
bought,walk, bored,barred,ball,book
soggy,goth,mod,bra
millwa1985 3 years ago
Rile, annoy, bowl, all, sauce, loss
Clog, clock, cloth, clod, clot claw.
Smog, smock, can, on, nap, gnat,
Bought, bore, board, book, ?
Soggy, goth, mod, bra
nzwizard 3 years ago
Very interesting. I'm from CT and I never realized how strong our accents are. I'd guess the words but it would hardly be any fun =P
scabooter 3 years ago
KM:
Rile, Annoying, Bowl, Ball, Sauce, Loss
clog, clock, cloth, clawed, clot, claw
smog, smock, con, on, nap, gnap
bot, bought, bawd, barred, ball, balk
(I think this person is adding the perception of a "Boston"/Eastern NE accent onto this.)
soggy, goth, marred, bra
hultonclint 3 years ago
RA is "80% sure":
rile, anoint, bolt, all, sauce, loss
clog, clock, cloth, clod, clot, claw
smog, smock, con, on, nap, gnat
bot, bought, bald, bod, bog, book
soggy, goth, mod, bra
hultonclint 3 years ago
JBh writes:
rile, annoying/annoy, gold, all, sauce, loss
clog, clock, cloth, claud (sic), claw, claw
smog, smock, con, on, nap, nat, bought, boy, boy, bod/dog, ball, book
soggy, goth, mad, bra/brad
hultonclint 3 years ago
JM writes:
rile,annoying,goal,all,sauce,loss
clog,clock,cloth,plod,clop,claw
smog,smock,con,on,nap,gnat
bot?,bought,bog,bod,?,balk
soggy,got,mod,bra
hultonclint 3 years ago
hultonclint 3 years ago
smog
smock
con
on
nap
gnat
bot, bought, baud, bod, bog, balk
soggy, goth, mod, bra
hultonclint 3 years ago
SET 1:
SET 2:
SET 3:
SET 4:
BONUS:
hultonclint 3 years ago