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What kind of accent do people from Pennsylvania have?
Western Pennsylvania English, known more narrowly as Pittsburgh English or popularly as Pittsburghese, is a dialect of American English native primarily to the western half of Pennsylvania, centered on the city of Pittsburgh, but potentially appearing in some speakers as far north as Erie County, as far west as …
Do people in Pennsylvania have Southern accents?
There’s an expression in Pennsylvania, “Pittsburgh on one side, Philadelphia on the other, pennsyltucky in the middle.” People in the middle of the state really do have an almost southern accent, definitely different than West Virginia or what I think of as an “Appalachian accent”.
Where does Pennsylvania accent come from?
“They came from Northern England and Scotland and Northern Ireland.” Those living north of I-80 have historically used different words for certain things than those living in the southern half of Pennsylvania—pail vs. bucket, for instance.
What language is spoken in Pennsylvania?
Pennsylvania Dutch
Pennsylvania Dutch language
| Pennsylvania Dutch | |
|---|---|
| Pennsilfaanisch Deitsch | |
| Native to | United States, Canada |
| Region | United States: Indiana Illinois Iowa Kentucky Missouri New York Ohio West Virginia Pennsylvania Wisconsin Canada: Ontario Elsewhere in North America and some spots in Central America |
| Ethnicity | Pennsylvania Dutch |
Does Pennsylvania have Southern accent?
Can people tell if you come from northeast PA?
People can tell I come from northeast PA, even though I try to get rid of the obvious sounds. My cousins sound like they’re from Pitt, others sound like they’re from Philly.. PAers have accents, but I don’t think it’s one accent. They’re area specific. Under construction.
What is the PA accent like in Pennsylvania?
PA has several different accents. The Philly area is quite distinctive from the Pocono region accent, and the western part of the state…well they have crazy thick accents that almost seem southern. People in South Jersey have the Philly accent too.
Is not being able to speak Southern accent a handicap?
When everyone around you—from the man who packs your groceries at the store to the federal judge—produces without effort this language that is incredibly sweet on the ear, not being able to speak it makes you a bit of an alien. It’s a handicap. In Acting with an Accent, David Stern (a Northerner) distinguishes four kinds of Southern accents.
Why do Southerners have so many different vowels?
Really what Southerners are doing is adding complexity and layers to certain vowels. Think of the word “friend.” Outside the South, that’s a very simple vowel sound: “eh.” Frehnd. But in the rural South, that vowel sound has a great deal of complication: it turns that one vowel sound into not only two, but maybe even three or four different vowels.