Regional Dialects Meme : South Florida/ Miami

Sorry about the zombie filter! I forgot I had it on when I was recording this. Don't mind my undead appearance! :-)

I've been living in South Florida for 20 years now, but I'm originally from Detroit, and my parents are from Michigan. So this is my "South Florida" accent with my parent's midestern influence :-)

Aunt, Route, Wash, Oil, Theater, Iron, Salmon, Caramel, Fire, Water, Sure, Data, Ruin, Crayon, Toilet, New Orleans, Pecan, Both, Again, Probably, Spitting image, Alabama, Lawyer, Coupon, Mayonnaise, Syrup, Pajamas, Caught



Now answer these questions:

• What is it called when you throw toilet paper on a house?

• What is the bug that when you touch it, it curls into a ball?

• What is the bubbly carbonated drink called?

• What do you call gym shoes?

• What do you say to address a group of people?

• What do you call the kind of spider that has an oval-shaped body and extremely long legs?

• What do you call your grandparents?

• What do you call the wheeled contraption in which you carry groceries at the supermarket?

• What do you call it when rain falls while the sun is shining?

• What is the thing you change the TV channel with?

- What do you call the metal thing you drink water from?

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[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.

[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.

[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

[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. :-)

[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.

[donandy0812]

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

[RqEdits]

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

[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!

[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 :)

[lokpikr999]

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