That guy, already talking twice as fast as anybody else: We like to be fast, that's why we only use one word instead of six. Na'mean?

@brianrathbun3254

3 жыл бұрын

@@briantoal8872 I- He wasn't talking slow I'm from NJ

@imai4829

3 жыл бұрын

@@briantoal8872 w h a t

@SharonLippincott

3 жыл бұрын

Awm from way don soth an Eye hadda set thu vidyo tuh 75% tuh heeyur all thu wurds.

@StitchMikey

3 жыл бұрын

@@SharonLippincott You alright there bud?

@rickybobby9649

2 жыл бұрын

@@briantoal8872 Where are you from lmao? North Manhattan??

Me pronouncing things after Evan says them to see how I pronounce them and then panicking slightly because I can't figure out how I genuinely pronounce them and now words have no meaning.

@Snowshowslow

3 жыл бұрын

So relatable 🤣

@rockfacts3987

3 жыл бұрын

this is a big mood

@elysemelon

3 жыл бұрын

As someone who is born and raised in south jersey but has acquired out of state friends, I feel this lol

@peterpoulos6553

3 жыл бұрын

Ya, its kinda of strange how we just pick up those things.

@katalystkatapatheticalyssa5987

3 жыл бұрын

I sat there repeating Na-mean like 50 times. It's more "amine."

I’m from New Jersey, I’ve yet to meet someone who says Joisey, everyone says Jurrrzey

@kiabee5855

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly...i kno bc am from jurrzzey

@justpeachy7377

3 жыл бұрын

Irks tf outta me. "JOiSeY" 🤮🤮🤮 the only time I hear that is when ppl want to poke fun.

@christopherbush8334

3 жыл бұрын

North jersey days joisey

@alexakearney

2 жыл бұрын

THANK YOU

@MindGamingMantis

2 жыл бұрын

@@christopherbush8334 Nope. I'm from North Joisey and we definitely don't.

Lived in Newark for 18 years of my life and I never heard of these of terms and phrases lmao I swear South Jersey and North Jersey are like 2 different states.

@amberlacey7482

2 жыл бұрын

I know so many italians in jersey city that say some of these lol. like agita.

@randombaguette

2 жыл бұрын

I live in central jersey so I get a mixture of both

@everythingjuliaa

2 жыл бұрын

Fr

@markus.574

2 жыл бұрын

yeah

@markus.574

2 жыл бұрын

same

Where I’m from, elementary only has four syllables: el-em-en-tree. We skip over the “a” completely.

@SamA-hz8ev

3 жыл бұрын

Yup same here

@SY-xk3gs

3 жыл бұрын

I’m from NYC and that’s how I say it too.

@newnosejar

3 жыл бұрын

oh shit me too

@peterpoulos6553

3 жыл бұрын

Same

@emdivine

3 жыл бұрын

nah y'all were just in the LMN tree. It's a bit up from the groundwork ABCs but not quite at the end

When you're from North Jersey and almost nothing in this video applies to you 👀

@florakagan2760

3 жыл бұрын

yeah, lots of words he pronounced i never heard before. of course i'm from newark and all north jersey. he's from south jersey,so what does he know?! lol

@briefcandle

3 жыл бұрын

Literally came here to write this.

@JG-fp7hm

3 жыл бұрын

It’s ok. We don’t consider you from New Jersey anyway. Your all New Yorkers to us 🤷🏻‍♂️

@toadofsteel

3 жыл бұрын

I've heard a lot of the bashed together words before. Jeet, namean, and so on...

@matthewevans1217

3 жыл бұрын

I'm from north jersey, can confirm

Love this. I’m originally from South Jersey and I feel like it’s such an underrated accent. The vocabulary and slang is so unique. It’s a hard accent to imitate IMO, but I always recognize it when I hear it. It sounds like home and family to me :)

@Pnut557

2 жыл бұрын

Anytime I'm out of state and hear wudder my ears perk up

Fun fact! The "kittens" thing is actually common everywhere in the US, at least in my experience. It's called t-glottalization, and it happens pretty much any time there's a t sound before an n sound (button, carton, satin, etc). It blew my mind when I realized it wasn't just a regional/me thing.

@jazzfan999

11 ай бұрын

NJ USA here. My wife and I, and our two older children say kitten, button etc, but our youngest daughter said these and other words as Kit-in and But-in. No idea where she got it, but she didn't learn it from us :)

When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie that's a clear sign you're in New Jersey with people pretending they're part Italian.

@billyriedel6449

3 жыл бұрын

Lol

@RydiaLS83

3 жыл бұрын

lol yup lol

@dannygoog9654

3 жыл бұрын

Uhmm most of us from Jersey are italian tho lol

@Simonomaly

3 жыл бұрын

When you've had too much wine thats aammoorree *B E L L S*

@giannagcg5317

3 жыл бұрын

MOST OF SOUTH JERSEY IS ITALIAN. My Great Nonino was a stowaway from Italy when he was just a boy, His family left him to go to America. And he wanted to reunite with them. He got caught the first time and sent back to Italy and then held hands with a Elderly woman (a stranger) to get access to the boat the second time before getting to the states and becoming a citizen. Then he went to South Jersey and reunited with his family before then starting his own family with another Italian immigrant.

"It's an Italian word" Me, an Italian, really confused because I've never heard those words 😂

@honestlyidk8112

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah Italian American words tend to pretty unrecognizable 😅 But if you’re interested, wiktionary says stunad/stunod comes from Sicilian stunatu or Neapolitan stunat' = stonato (“out of tune”) in standard Italian. And apparently agita is from acida (heartburn/acid) in Italian and wasn’t used in English until the 1980s, according to Merriam-Webster Another one that I like that’s used around the US is capisce/capiche/capeesh/capish (my friend and I have had debates over the spelling lol) which you can probably tell means I understand

@martaform

3 жыл бұрын

@@honestlyidk8112 makes sense! I'm from the North of Italy so that's why I didn't recognise them immediately (we have very different dialects in the north and in the south). But your comment was really interesting, thank you!

@rosedaddona4262

3 жыл бұрын

I know, right?

@rosedaddona4262

3 жыл бұрын

Besides that, everyone's Italian is different depending upon what region in Italy your parents, or grandparents came from, and they aren't always the same so it's very complicated.

@chrisg.2102

3 жыл бұрын

My understanding is that a lot of Italian immigrants that moved to NJ in the early 20th century originated from Sicily or Southern Italy, so much of the slang is specific to southern Italian dialects. Combine that with 100 years of changes to pronunciation and you end up with words that are pretty exclusive to NJ Italian-American slang. Example: Calamari is often pronounced galamah or galamahd, but still spelled calamari.

I’m so confused. I’m a “Jersey Native” i’ve lived here for all 17 years of my life and some of these words are so foreign? A lot of the pronunciations are spot on tho, didn’t know we said home and phone weird

@emilyramoundos7527

3 жыл бұрын

Right....like "jawnpiece". Never ever heard that before

@arianamaria_

3 жыл бұрын

That’s bc he’s from closer to philly. I grew up at the shore and with the exception of the pork roll/Taylor ham thing I talk closer to a north jersian than I do to him

@peterpoulos6553

3 жыл бұрын

I think it varies between South, North and Central Jersey. I could recognize most of it so it's probably true.

@gromester1092

3 жыл бұрын

The closer you get to Philly, the more of these words/pronunciation you will recognize. -Guy from “Churry” Hill

@MariaLBD

3 жыл бұрын

If you've never lived south of Princeton, you won't recognize most of what he's talking about. It all kicks in around Trenton and continues south of there.

when my cousin from Italy visited, he landed in Newark and asked me to pick him up. (I live in camden county)From our drive from north to south jersey(stopping at wawa in both)He said he never saw so many people not smile before, and hes traveled the world lol.

@thomasmeyers5165

3 жыл бұрын

We all take a fuckload of pride being new jersey natives. But we all fucking hate it here at the same time. Something alot of my friends say is "i hate it here, this state sucks, but ill never leave its awesome"

@Flamingaaa

3 жыл бұрын

@@thomasmeyers5165 yeah it be like that, one day you'll like it the next you wanna leave but wanna stay

@henrytomasso7394

2 жыл бұрын

(From pennsauken) yeah, we're sacks of depression :p

The “Joisey” accent from TV only exists in parts of Hudson County or in Staten Island.... nowhere else in North Jersey, I promise. Oh! don’t forget about how we say “draw” instead of “drawer”

@kaelo3grand835

3 жыл бұрын

nor south jersey

@JohnSmith_1331

3 жыл бұрын

My father grew up in Belleville - he would say 'draw' instead of 'drawer' then turn around and say 'soder' instead of 'soda.'

@greenmachine5600

3 жыл бұрын

Accents are nice, don't lose a unique accent.

@peterpoulos6553

3 жыл бұрын

I think it was primarily popularized from the Jersey Shore where half of them were from New York.

@TheAprilWindz

3 жыл бұрын

so true! I didn't realize I had a jersey accent till I went to college and got made fun of for saying "draw" instead of "drawer" 😆

Me from North Jersey not knowing any of the slang except Jimmies or jughandles 😂🤣

@robertgronewold3326

3 жыл бұрын

Jughandle is not even a Jersey thing. It's the literal name of that specific kind of highway intersection, in the same vein as Cloverleaf.

@SidneyRachelle

3 жыл бұрын

not me from Colorado apparently using almost exclusively Jersey slang lmao

@doc837

3 жыл бұрын

and the pronunciation is not north jersey at all

@thealliest

3 жыл бұрын

☝️this 💯

@hannahk1306

3 жыл бұрын

@@robertgronewold3326 In the UK we call them roundabouts 😉

This reminds me of how there was a movement in the 80’s to make North and South Jersey two different states because of how different they are

As a bilingual with English as my second language, I love watching this kind of videos about accents and pronunciation. I find it fascinating, especially considering I have a thick accent myself. Can't wait to see all the comments for the community video! ^_^

@matheoustargaryen

2 жыл бұрын

what is your first language? where're you from?

"Jeet yet' could easily fit as Glaswegian

@sumboi6575

3 жыл бұрын

Or geordie tbh

@alexismunoz8852

3 жыл бұрын

my family had always said jeet and we’re all from either Arizona or Texas

@melkeith9

3 жыл бұрын

yea canada too

@duchessinred

3 жыл бұрын

Some of this would fit the local Mockney where I live 😊

@joeyjoseph2948

3 жыл бұрын

Im a Glaswegian But i never got the accent

Being from Philly made it difficult for me to even tell you were pronouncing some of these words differently.

North Jersey here, you should really be clear that you’re speaking on behalf of SOUTH Jersey. North Jersey should be its own separate video. Like cara-mel not Car-mel and so many other words

@ladydontekno

3 жыл бұрын

He made that perfectly clear.

@dannygoog9654

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah bro I'm from ocean county we don't use jawn

@peterpoulos6553

3 жыл бұрын

In Central Jersey we use all of it.

@MaRyaYTOfficial

3 жыл бұрын

Right, north Jersey I think also talks a lot like New York.

@thomasmeyers5165

3 жыл бұрын

Your basically from new york in north jersey

As a person from extreme South Jersey, born and raised, I’ve never heard anyone use Jawn. And regarding pronunciations, according to my linguistics professor in college, The “Piney” accent is the closest thing to 17th century cockney accent found anywhere else in the world. Also, southern New Jersey is the only place in the country that can say the following as 3 separate words....Fairy , ferry, and furry.

@capybara9802

2 жыл бұрын

Jawn is used in more hood areas but was only really popular like 7 years ago

@ErieRosewood

Жыл бұрын

just tried it and fairy and ferry are near identical 🫥

last time i was this early Evan pronounced his last name differently

@misguided_ghost

3 жыл бұрын

that can’t have been long ago

@Nosmo90

3 жыл бұрын

@@misguided_ghost S'been at least a year, hasn't it?

Never in a million years would i have thought to click on a video about slang from a random American state. However, all your videos are so great because as long as you're engaged in the content, the effort put in makes it so enjoyable no matter what it is about.

As someone who got my degree in linguistics, I genuinely love the explanation of pronunciation and socio-aspects of a (south) New Jersey accents and vocabulary. Also, love this channel, been one of my favorites since I found it a couple months ago.

The Jersey Jump - when you start turning left at a red light to beat the oncoming traffic. Or worse, when you turn left as soon as the light turns green.

Welcome back to “Hey I don’t sound like that”

"Na'mean"? HA! Amateurs, Scotland has gottenthat same phrase down to 3 letters, ken? Or if being formal, y'ken

@Nosmo90

3 жыл бұрын

@@gsurfer04 And New Jerseyan *isn't*?! xD

@Nosmo90

3 жыл бұрын

@@gsurfer04 I am aware of that. I was poking fun at how different New Jerseyan is. =)

@rosedaddona4262

3 жыл бұрын

Eh dinnakeen,ach no aye.

@89Keith

3 жыл бұрын

@@gsurfer04 yeah I'm not meaning Gaelic, I'm meaning english abbreviated with a Scottish accent

@tnna_

3 жыл бұрын

You want a cookie?

"South Jersey is also surprisingly south" I live in South Jersey and can confirm that is very much true.

Don’t forget about circles! And my mom calls using the ATM “tapping MAC”

It's like how Brits all say hoover which is actually a brand and the real name is vaccumcleaner. Or like sellotape when it's actuall just sticky tape or smthng

@wendybuffett907

3 жыл бұрын

Americans call it Scotch tape though because that's the brand name from 3M. (At least everyone I know says that.)

@patriciagreen9396

3 жыл бұрын

Isn't all tape sticky?

@jonathannieves2943

3 жыл бұрын

The term for that is brand generitization and you can look it up to see a bunch of examples you might not even realize, like Aspirin or Trampoline

@miriamrobarts

3 жыл бұрын

A lot of Americans will simply call it “tape”, but if they want to be specific, it’s usually “Scotch tape” as the other commenter mentioned. I heard that it originally started being called “Scotch” tape as a derogative term referring to Scottish immigrants (way back when they weren’t very popular) due to the adhesive being less sticky than other types of tape. But now 3M brand tape uses the name “Scotch tape” for their adhesive tapes (along with a plaid design) & it’s not derogatory at all.

More central Jersey erasure! *waves pitchfork and torch*

@williamt.sherman6546

3 жыл бұрын

@Maria Maria not at all...

@untechnicalsupport5492

3 жыл бұрын

Holds rifle YOU DO NOT ESIXT

@justpeachy7377

3 жыл бұрын

Who?

@georgeeckenroth5315

2 жыл бұрын

There is no Central Jersey. South Jersey ends at Rancocas Crick, the rest is New York. 😄

@darrowthecat839

Жыл бұрын

central Jersey has no accent. I know, I'm from there

I grew up at the Jersey shore near the Pine Barrens. Some of his accent is heavily influenced by Philadelphia. He left out slang words for Benny's and Shoobies

@me6271

2 жыл бұрын

Go look for Valery I heard he was shot in Pine Barrens. What is Pine Barrens anyway, a national park?

@scifiaddict

2 жыл бұрын

@@me6271 it's a forest that covers a large portion of southern NJ. Also the nation's first national reserve.

@me6271

2 жыл бұрын

@@scifiaddict Alright, thanks. I knew what it was but forgot and didn't wanna search it up again

Hello from South Jersey! I laughed so hard at this, I about cried. I didn't even realize I did some of these things until I repeated the words out loud. Super fun video, ty!

Me from philly judging every thing you say while still comparing how I say things

Dang, I thought Wawa was just a NJ way of saying Walmart for the LONGEST time😂😂😂

@daniellewinkelspecht8356

3 жыл бұрын

Nah, the nickname for walmart in Jersey, at least South Jersey, is generally wally world.

@daniellewinkelspecht8356

3 жыл бұрын

@@JackThePBSKid Yup! Everyone i know calls it wally world.

@lilytheravenclaw7190

3 жыл бұрын

@@daniellewinkelspecht8356Yeah, I'm from Indiana and we usually just call Walmart "Walmart", but I have heard "Wally World" before😂😂😂

@JG-fp7hm

3 жыл бұрын

@@daniellewinkelspecht8356 never been a more accurate statement. It’s Wally World bc it’s an amusement park every time you go

@giannagcg5317

3 жыл бұрын

Get ja ass to a wawa now, they're legit one of the best places on earth

My old friend would make fun of me for saying “pellow” thought it was because I’m French. I’m just from New Jersey apparently. Glad to know I’m not alone.

@zzzzzzzzzz9370

2 жыл бұрын

I’m french and moved to NJ 3 years ago and I say “pellow” because I struggle to say pillow lol

Love this video! I am from central/northern NJ about 45m from NYC, I knew I had an accent with words like coffee, talk, walk, etc, but the words "phone and home" made me laugh out loud! I repeated those words after you said them, and yes we do say them like that!

Did anyone else say all of the words out loud to figure out if that’s how they pronounce it too?

@sarobando3494

3 жыл бұрын

Yea an now I can't figure if that's how I'd normally say them or not😂

@Flamingaaa

3 жыл бұрын

Yep

Jeetyet sounds too normal to my British ears be on this list.

@fp5495

3 жыл бұрын

melk: milk; Nork: Newark. But my best friend's from Long Island and they add an "r" into words in various spots: Drink sod'r, not soda. I'm warshing my clothes. Or a "g": wanna a sangwich?

@Flamingaaa

3 жыл бұрын

:O Y o u a r e n o w m y n e w f r i e n d

I'm from south Jersey and I can confirm this entire video is accurate xD

This dude is south jersey personified.

Hope this doesn't sound too cringy - just wanted to say that you are awesome, you are a great KZreadrs, I love the community videos and really love how much you care

Evan: We combined 6 words into 1 bc we like to be fast Also Evan: We stretch out 1 syllable words into 2 for no reason make it make sense

@jawnjacob7573

3 жыл бұрын

I very vividly remember a girl in my class back in like 5th or 6th grade... For some reason, the teacher was talking about syllables, which I thought was completely ridiculous and obvious information lol so, to explain what syllables were, the teacher would clap her hands to each syllable of a word. She used this girl Pam's name as an example and clapped once when she said, "Pam" 🤣 and Pam got so upset and kept insisting that her name was longer than one syllable lol and she would just say her name longer and clap twice to it instead of only once. This stuck with me all these years and I am only just now realizing what the difficulty may have been

@Steve-hu9gw

2 жыл бұрын

@@jawnjacob7573 , it’s actually important to learn syllabification (yes, that’s one form of the term). And it’s not at all obvious in English. Unlike in many other languages, proper syllabification in English is based not on how words are spelled but on how they are pronounced, but not necessarily how they are currently pronounced in any particular place. You have to be a bit of a historian and linguist. Just flip through a dictionary and see how often your gut feelings are contradicted by the actual fact of the matter. Knowing how to syllabify (yes, the verb) makes it much easier to sound out new or difficult-to-recognize words. I was a new Latin teacher at a boarding school (grades 7-12) back in 1998. We had students from around the country and world. I quickly found that some of my students had a really terrible time sounding out unfamiliar words (all American, I’m afraid), and not just the Latin ones. If they hadn’t seen or been taught a word before, they couldn’t pronounce it. They were recognizing words by sight and then slapping on the way they knew the words were pronounced. It turned out that they had never learned how to syllabify because phonics was no longer being formally taught in some schools. (Neither, to my horror, was much formal grammar, but that’s a whole other story.) I had to take time out from Latin to teach some syllabification (and basic English grammar). I chose the Latin rules as they’re easier to deal with, relevant to the class, and generally effective (yes, I made a big deal out of which rules I was teaching and why). Btw, I first learned by the clapping method, but a bit earlier back then. Phonics was taught in English class, along with spelling, vocabulary, and grammar, each with its own textbook. Reading was another class in the early grades.

I’ve noticed my Jersey accent getting thicker in the past few months, for whatever reason. One of the most interesting changes has been that the word “alright” has become “arright”. Not “a’ight” or “ight” like how some folks say it. I just kinda deleted the L and made the R way too strong.

Thank you, live in Cape may, seen a lot of videos trying to explain our language, use of our language and correct words/phrases we use.. yours is definitely the most on point and correct! Good stuff!

At uni, one of my flatmates asked another if he was feeling rough, he is from New Jersey and the person asking has a very strong northern English accent and therefore sounded as if they were saying ruff. He was very confused, a mix between the accent and the fact he didn't know what it meant to feel rough. I do wonder what was going through his head as they were effectively barking at him from his perspective.

South Jersey accents - especially those of older folks - remind me a lot of the Baltimore accent. They often sound like a character from a John Waters film.

I am loving the animations I find that it makes the video much more visually exciting and keeps my interest for longer xx

You nailed it!!! Panzarotti's, the best pizza (boardwalk pizza), Jersey devil, the shore, Wawa, and jughandles!!! All the things I will miss when I leave my home state!

@christavonpeters514

3 жыл бұрын

❤️

Wait hold on, are you telling me that its not pronounced "pellow"? As a Canadian, I did not expect to be called out in this video.

@Flamingaaa

3 жыл бұрын

Lmao what

I’m pretty sure the UK has something similar to a strip mall but we call them retail parks

@myname-rz4zk

3 жыл бұрын

I also pronounce towel as one syllable like towl and many Brits skip out the ts in words.

@steventhetford1755

3 жыл бұрын

I'd say retail parks are more for larger retailers like B&Q, Pets at Home, PC World, while for smaller retailers that are filled with nail bars, takeaways etc would be a shopping parade. But in reality, the difference between the two is that the former would be in an out of town location, while the latter is in the middle of a neighbourhood. Fancy independent stores and restaurants would likely be housed in a shopping arcade.

@myname-rz4zk

3 жыл бұрын

@@steventhetford1755 true

@Flamingaaa

3 жыл бұрын

@@myname-rz4zk festive, im actually interested in how close jersey accents and slang are to British accents and slang so wanna like get on discord and chat or somethin idk

@myname-rz4zk

3 жыл бұрын

@@Flamingaaa I don’t have discord, sorry

When I first moved to Philly someone came into the hotel I worked at and asked if we had a "mac machine." I thought she was referring to a calculator as a "math machine," and told her "no I don't think we have one but your phone should." She was definitely confused.

If you're interested, dropping 't' in a word is called a glottal stop. It's really common in the essex accent (war-ah for water, buh-uh for butter etc) too :)

It says something when a state doesn't trust one to pump their own gas

@thefakecanadian2651

3 жыл бұрын

It was mostly made to create more jobs in the area. At least that is my understanding of it.

@irenet7647

3 жыл бұрын

@@thefakecanadian2651 It's wonderful not to have to get out of your car in bad weather.

@MakhalanyaneMotaung

3 жыл бұрын

in south africa, the whole country doesnt trust one to pump their own gas

@arunsalwan8558

3 жыл бұрын

When I was a kid in the chicago area they had full service stations ..then u had a choice to pump yourself or full service ..now all self pump ..

@stvltiloqvent

3 жыл бұрын

@@thefakecanadian2651 that tracks In Hong Kong there's always a gas station attendant who's fills gas too, like that's their job

Evan, have you talked about what you get in New Jersey if you order a "regular" coffee or the crazy amount of cream cheese you get on a bagel? I miss New Jersey :'(

Hey Evan! I love your channel and I love that you rep Jersey, and as a North Jerseyan, I would agree that many of these are specific to South Jersey/Philly. It’s crazy how a relatively small state can have two distinct accents. Also, have you noticed that New Jersey is the only “New” state in the US that people shorten?? For example; nobody from New Hampshire calls it “Hampshire” for short (same with NY, NM).

As a Canadian who lived in South Jersey for a majority of my childhood yet lived with Canadian adults and visited Canada frequently, my accent is a weird franken-accent between the two. Where some words have the South Jersey accent on them, some have a Canadian accent, and others have a strange combination. A word my family often called out for my strange South Jersey accent was "sure" sounding like "shore" (P.S.- It's a little strange hearing someone not irl refer to the Cherry Hill Mall; had me sputtering for a moment....)

The pillow you pointed out is actually a cushion. Pillows belong on the bed, and cushions on the sofa and tend also to be square shaped :P

@rdaisydraws

3 жыл бұрын

Except that’s a pillow because couch cushions are actually a part of the couch. Pillows are bought separate from the couch and placed on top.

@ashmac2594

3 жыл бұрын

Also a pillow because he has it on his bed.

@leubell8341

3 жыл бұрын

@@ashmac2594 Nope. He's right. Pillows are rectangular and you sleep on them. Anything else is a cushion. That was a cushion. 😜

In italian _stonato_ can either mean "out of tune" or, as in the Jersey slang, "sunstruck", "dumbed down". _Stunad_ likely comes from a southern regional language but means the very same thing.

@christavonpeters514

3 жыл бұрын

Central Jersey checkin in on that one.... Stunad means stupid

I’m literally from NJ Right next to NYC and literally no one talks with the “Jersey accent”

@Tech-cy9yo

3 жыл бұрын

It’s dying out up north

@quieteron1516

3 жыл бұрын

Only jersey slang I use is hoagie

@christiancurcio2576

3 жыл бұрын

@@Tech-cy9yo why is that u think?

This is so cool, I was scrolling through and decided to watch your video randomly, and you got a picture of my moms store next to the wawa in that strip mall!

@evan

3 жыл бұрын

Ayy that’s sick. I grew up round there

My mom moved to Jersey when she was in high school and apparently my grandfather didn't allow her to have a new jersey accent

@JohnSmith_1331

3 жыл бұрын

If she moved to the (apparently mythical) Central Jersey she wouldn't have had an accent anyway. We don't get the Philly (south) or New York (north) accent. But we don't exist anyway so I guess that makes sense.

@emilys2562

3 жыл бұрын

@@JohnSmith_1331 literally me

@Flamingaaa

3 жыл бұрын

@@JohnSmith_1331 m e but sometimes i do get this weird british sometimes irish sometimes russian accent that just pops out of no where

Bruh. The “o” thing blew my mind. Insane.

This is so funny you explaining the New Jersey dialect is like me trying to explain the South Yorkshire accent I feel you 😂🙈

Accurate as hellllll. Thank you for educating the world 🙏🏻 I didnt even realize I did half of this until you said it lol. PELLOW and WOODER really hit me good

"Jimmies" is ALSO a New England thing. Up here, that specifically refers to chocolate sprinkles. Though MANY consider the term racist.

@graceb3081

3 жыл бұрын

eric veneto I’d never heard that there were any racial implications from that term but I guess it makes a lot of sense. Thanks for informing me

@Flamingaaa

3 жыл бұрын

I am willing to friend you on discord or any other media if you are willing to become my friend and explain how its racist because my peanut jersey brain is dying for new social interaction

@joshuasnore3600

3 жыл бұрын

Opposite here. Choc jimmies would be racist af.

I totally say wudder like that too!!! LOL!! I get it from people from New York, and they always ask me I am from New Jersey

Oh I’m so happy to find this channel. I just moved to NJ and I LOVE how listening to this is enlightening and eye-opening 😮

EXCELLENT break-down of the South Jersey accent lol! I've been living in "Flahrida" for a about 5 years now, but am originally from Camden County. I've lost some of my accent, for example saying "pellow" or "melk." Love how you talk about the real nuances of the accent in your video. Thanks!

I feel like New Jersey and the UK (in particular the north) shorten phrases down a lot. For instance "Wan' owt from shop?" shortened from "do you want anything from the shop?"Basically, the "do you" and "the" are implied, and owt is a shortened slang for "anything". Plus the t in "want" gets silenced when you say it quick.

@sarobando3494

3 жыл бұрын

Heck most times I drop the 'wan'.

Me from the Deep South speaks “redneck,Cajun, Texan, with a twist of south Jersey” 😂 without the fast talking we speak a bit slower

"Gotta tap the MAC." :-) Great video!

I had no idea we did the double syllable thing until you made the comparison and that is just WILD

Whenever i did an ‘American accent’ i never knew where abouts in America i was impersonating (since there’s such a wide range), now I recon it’s pretty similar to a south Jersey accent 😂 thank you for answering my dilemma

Welcome back to Evan's severe case of semantic satiation

What a welcoming refresher from where I came from , Cape May. When somebody tells me I have an accent living in Connecticut It's so rare, I think they're geniuses picking up on the South Jersey accent. Thanks for your videos

Love that you paid attention to South Jersey. NJ content almost always forgets us.

I grew up in Delaware and OCNJ. All I can say is: YUP. It’s all true. I didn’t even realize the two syllable thing until you pointed it out. And now I want some Johnson’s popcorn...

For elementary instead of "elemennery" in North Jersey we say "elemen-tree"

@gabbiescar9086

3 жыл бұрын

Yesss!

@Flamingaaa

3 жыл бұрын

I say it like that as well and im more southwest jersey

Loving all the animations, especially the hoagie!

Great video Evan!!! Nice to have a Dodie cameo!!! 💖

This video made me, a Delawarean, realize that I also do the two-syllable thing with "mad," "fan," etc. and now I'm having an existential crisis

When the Ritas ice came up i had flashbacks, mango and coconut flavors forever 👌

A lot of people have called out me and my friends when we say “yeah, yeah, yeah” as it we’re being dismissive. But in NJ, we really do like to get to the point when we speak to one another. So when we say yeah yeah yeah, it’s a way of validation of what someone is saying and that you don’t have to waste your breathe anymore by finishing your sentence because we already get what you’re trying to say. In other words, we’re saying “yeah I got you, say no more!”

The home and phone thing you said about still sounds like 1 syllable and literally sounded exactly the same as when you were saying it in the other way 😂😂😂

If I ever dropped a ' T ', I would be in trouble, or my dad would take the piss, repeating it with his best Cockney accent. 😅

Also one I've noticed from listening to South Jersey-ans talk is the "am" sound. Like the word "ham." But I can't explain how its different

I’m from SJ and I love that you hit on some non stereotyped SJ accents. Cherry love it. So true. I also think that our accent makes it easier to mimic a Scouser accent than RP.

just came from your last jersey video and man i am honored to see a picture of 1 of my 4 hometown wawas in the video!

The accent is all over the map in this state . I live in the mythical land of central jersey because I dose not Exist . And your accent is definitely philly except for high use a phone and home

@clarebebbington9984

3 жыл бұрын

I’ve been telling my husband that central Jersey doesn’t exist, but he keeps trying to convince me..... but to me, anything north Of Toms River is north jersey . I’m from Cape May County

@JerseyG_856

3 жыл бұрын

@@clarebebbington9984 yes central Jersey does not exist

I think it's really funny because some of the words are also used in the south (specifically rural NC) but with a wildly different accent. "na'mean" "y'all'd've" "strip mall"

My dad’s from South Jersey and always pronounced the days of the week by skipping the “a” at the end. So he would say Mond-y instead of Monday or Tuesd-y instead of Tuesday. He would also swear there was a difference in the way you say Harry and Hairy.

Okay okay 😂 the “t” and coffee joke definitely got a like from me.

LOL I have to say as someone from North Jersey, I don't recognize like 90% of the slang/accents

I live in Lambeth/Merton (SW London) and near on everything you said sounds exactly how I would say it.... The ones that don't, sound like you're from Devon 😅

Central Jersey resident here, and the vast majority of the slang used here is rarely in normal conversation.

I've never seen someone show and explain New Jersey and our accents so accurately

Like 90% of the pronunciations are also very southern, just without the drawl 😂

@srcstcgngr2905

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah honestly lol

@JohnSmith_1331

3 жыл бұрын

A lot of South Jersey is about 1 degree separated from Alabama.

@MariaLBD

3 жыл бұрын

Part of South Jersey is below the Mason-Dixon Line, so...

No, you don’t like “t”; you threw it all into the harbour😃

@peakae44

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, and following that, we threw the "u" out of harbor as well!

@Flamingaaa

3 жыл бұрын

Pretty much yeah

South Philly here and you're so funny I thought the way I tawked was only Mayan!

This is great lmao and so accurate for south Jersey