Accents- Who's got 'em? Upstate vs Downstate

[132 eight pointer]

I call self a western NY'er . i drink pop,eat white hots and drink Genny

Bought at Wegman's ?

[WNYBuckHunter]

I call self a western NY'er . i drink pop,eat white hots and drink Genny

You mean Zweigles? MMMMM. Gotta have some pop with my plate! You can keep the Genny, yuck!

[Paula]

no..soda with the whites

[Doewhacker]

It took me a long time to realize not every one says wicked awesome when describing something great, I guess thats a upstate thing too. If you really want to hear people talk funny go to Northern Maine, them fellers sound like they ain't so smart. And for the record in my area I don't have an accent, you out of towners do!

[Pygmy]

Yeah, Doe...In Maine BEAR and DEER are both two syllable words.

BAY-uh.......DEE-uh...

Also in Maine there is a difference between a grouse and a partridge ( PAH-tridge).

If you shoot it on the wing, it's a grouse..

If you shoot it off a limb or on the ground (usually on a logging road), it's a PAH-tridge...

[Doewhacker]

For some reason Mainers sound like this Amish guy I got a buggy ride from once, they all sound like Gil to me.

[noahmstone]

My daughter lives in the north country, near Bubba..

The little town she lives in is NORFOLK... It is pronounced NORFORK by the natives...

I work in Norwood the next town over. I live an hour away. This one always gets me. If I pronounce it the way it should be everyone at work looks at me like I'm an idiot. If I pronounce it their way I feel like an idiot because I know how to spell for the most part.

[Pygmy]

I work in Norwood the next town over. I live an hour away. This one always gets me. If I pronounce it the way it should be everyone at work looks at me like I'm an idiot. If I pronounce it their way I feel like an idiot because I know how to spell for the most part.

I know just you feel Noahmstone... Years ago I lived briefly in the little town of Whitesville, in Allegany County just a few miles north of the PA line...

There is a trout stream that runs through town, and it's name is CRYDER Creek.

However, all the locals call it The KYDER...

[Mike G]

What's the difference between a northern girl and a southern girl?

A northern girl says you may - a southern girl says you all may.

[Paula]

ha

[Single_shot]

We have a town down here as well as you do up in NY called Nanticoke. We call it nannycook or nannacook

[Dave]

We have a town down here as well as you do up in NY called Nanticoke. We call it nannycook or nannacook

My uncle lives there. Pennsylvania Edited December 20, 2011 by Dave

[Single_shot]

My uncle lives there. Pennsylvania

Thats cool...next time you see/talk to him,tell him you talk to a guy from Lake Silkworth.Also,he may know a guy I work with from there...name is Dave Christian.

[Doug Knight]

propane near syracuse- propin

[Pistol Pete]

coyotes or yotes or coy-dogs wheeler or quad grouse or partridge

[MuzzyLoader]

It ain't soda or pop... it's Coke!

Ain't it neet how we mess up words in NYS? Ya' shoulda heard how my grandfather messed 'em up - he was straight from Scotland!