eBay Customer Service person: "Hwoo i wam heaw to assa yor quesions how can i help u"
Me (thinking): Why are they talking like that?
(sudden realization)
Oh, they have an eBay accent.
Me (thinking): Why are they talking like that?
(sudden realization)
Oh, they have an eBay accent.
by Scuzz McBaines October 11, 2013
Conversation with someone with a Baltimore Barber Accent
barber: bay boy say he wanted to get his jionmion giggalasnack apaindn a futlmanutinsees, bay boy say say jittleline my jittleyou, bittleyou until a sneeblesnap apens. pongulla ooh Snack you wanna see that attleha barnes monasnacks but no cuttle a snap a snap apns? jouhnallasnsapapns. oohsnayapakayysnns.
kid: Dumfayce!
barber: 你为什么用谷歌翻译这个
kid: gaaah!
barber: asnap akayysnns HnnsnaPaPas nsnns
kid: Get outta my face!
barber: You know you didn't.
barber: bay boy say he wanted to get his jionmion giggalasnack apaindn a futlmanutinsees, bay boy say say jittleline my jittleyou, bittleyou until a sneeblesnap apens. pongulla ooh Snack you wanna see that attleha barnes monasnacks but no cuttle a snap a snap apns? jouhnallasnsapapns. oohsnayapakayysnns.
kid: Dumfayce!
barber: 你为什么用谷歌翻译这个
kid: gaaah!
barber: asnap akayysnns HnnsnaPaPas nsnns
kid: Get outta my face!
barber: You know you didn't.
by Man Jugs February 11, 2022
One of the less known-about American accents, can be heard throughout the bay depending on which area you're in. However, its beginning to fade as more and more people move in from other places.
Some notable differences:
- Slurring words or sounds together, "Sanrancisco"
- Dropping Ts, Santa Monica is "Sannamonica" and Santa Cruz is "Sannacruz"
- Replacing the "t" or "th" sounds with "d", so "these" is "deeze" and "those" is "dose"
- A weird "r" sound. I can't explain it
- Either super fast or super slow
- Throwing in a lot of bay area slang, "hella", "tryna", "slaps" "cop"
- Dropping whole words, "Whayya mean?" = "What do you mean?"
Listen to how these people talk, they have Bay Area Accents: YBN Nahmir ("listen to Rubbin' off the Paint", he picked up his accent from friends in Cali over GTA), Daveed Diggs, SOB x RBE (listen to "Anti")
Some notable differences:
- Slurring words or sounds together, "Sanrancisco"
- Dropping Ts, Santa Monica is "Sannamonica" and Santa Cruz is "Sannacruz"
- Replacing the "t" or "th" sounds with "d", so "these" is "deeze" and "those" is "dose"
- A weird "r" sound. I can't explain it
- Either super fast or super slow
- Throwing in a lot of bay area slang, "hella", "tryna", "slaps" "cop"
- Dropping whole words, "Whayya mean?" = "What do you mean?"
Listen to how these people talk, they have Bay Area Accents: YBN Nahmir ("listen to Rubbin' off the Paint", he picked up his accent from friends in Cali over GTA), Daveed Diggs, SOB x RBE (listen to "Anti")
Person: Say 'Catfish Hunter'
Person w Bay Area accent: CAFESH HUNNER
Person: Wtf
Person w Bay Area accent: I was born inna city and was raised in the da sen-oh-sen
Translation: I was born in the City and raised in the 707
Person w Bay Area accent: CAFESH HUNNER
Person: Wtf
Person w Bay Area accent: I was born inna city and was raised in the da sen-oh-sen
Translation: I was born in the City and raised in the 707
by Weird flex but OK December 16, 2018
A Mid-Atlantic accent is specifically developed to sound neutral among American and British accents. Such accents used to be usual among the upper social classes of many cities in eastern North America, especially New York City (where it is sometimes called the "Locust Valley lockjaw" after the home of American President Franklin Roosevelt, who spoke with such an accent), Boston (where it is sometimes called a "Harvard accent" or "Boston Brahmin accent"), Philadelphia (where it is sometimes called a "Main Line accent"), and Baltimore. In fact, it formed a required segment of the education to be had at most of America's most prestigious schools until as late as 1950. In Britain, it has been most often affected by businessmen, intellectuals, and members of academia who seek or support a special Anglo-American relationship in areas of culture and commerce.
Mid-Atlantic accents have been popular in the entertainment industry. On the television program, "Frasier," the characters Frasier and Niles Crane speak with a Mid-Atlantic accent developed in the American city of Seattle. The iconic American actor, Katharine Hepburn, also spoke with a Mid-Atlantic accent developed in Connecticut, a short distance northeast of New York City. Another actor and icon, Cary Grant, spoke with a different Mid-Atlantic accent developed in Bristol on England's west coast.
by Dr. Henry Seton January 22, 2007
by visagiftcard April 02, 2007
the accent that people in the philly area have. its mostly just certain words that are pronounced differently. and it happens to be one of the most studied accents in the country.
word = regular way to say it = philly way to say it
water = wah-ter = wooder
about = uh-bowt = uh-beowt
down = down = deown
strawberries = straw-beh-reez = straw-burr-reez
prostitute = pros-tih-toot = pros-dee-toot
beautiful = byoo-tih-full = byoo-dee-full
out = owt = eoht
around = uh-rownd = uh-reownd
towel = tow-ell = tal
prayer = pray-er = prair
mayor = may-er = mair
how = how = heaow
bagels = bay-gullz = beggles
the OW sound is pronounced "eouw". it's hard to type you have to hear it.
that gives u an idea of the philly area accent. there are more i'm forgetting
water = wah-ter = wooder
about = uh-bowt = uh-beowt
down = down = deown
strawberries = straw-beh-reez = straw-burr-reez
prostitute = pros-tih-toot = pros-dee-toot
beautiful = byoo-tih-full = byoo-dee-full
out = owt = eoht
around = uh-rownd = uh-reownd
towel = tow-ell = tal
prayer = pray-er = prair
mayor = may-er = mair
how = how = heaow
bagels = bay-gullz = beggles
the OW sound is pronounced "eouw". it's hard to type you have to hear it.
that gives u an idea of the philly area accent. there are more i'm forgetting
by hiphophead293847 October 24, 2009
The bitter irony in all of this is the sobering fact that people who AREN'T from New Jersey say "Joi-Zee," believing that their unfounded stereotype is how everyone in NJ says "Jersey" Perplexingly, this means that, in reality, they are stereotyping themselves.
Hey, I hear your from Joi-zee!
Yeah! Way to fuckin' go! You just failed to grasp what a New Jersey accent is! High five!
Yeah! Way to fuckin' go! You just failed to grasp what a New Jersey accent is! High five!
by PippityPip June 20, 2011