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Cleveland Accent. Is there really one??? |
Travel Info I am from cleveland, Oh, and I am convinced that I don't have an accent. But I have been hearing a lot lately that I really do. can any one give me an example. THANKS Travel Tips I go to a medium sized state university in Ohio, and the accents are noticable. I'm from Cleveland and my friends from Columbus and Cincinnati have pointed out the characteristics of the "Cleveland" accent. The difference of speech is a sharper pronounciation of "o"s and "a"s. Its like we make the "o"s more like a "ahh" sound, and "a"s more like an "ehh" sound. Sometimes bartenders give me funny looks when I order a "vodka tonic" in other parts of the country and ask me where I'm from. Check out the link below for more information on regional accents. Its pretty interesting. Source(s): http://www.pbs.org/speak/seatosea/americ... Other Travel Tips I have been told I have one too but I don't hear it. I do however hear accents in people from Columbus and Pittsburgh. So we probably do according to others. It's kind of nasally I think. Like the word "pants"... sounds like we're kind of saying "py-ants" or "pee-yants". my boyfriend is from cleveland also..the only thing i really notice about his 'accent' is that he says 'pop' instead of soda, but he insists that i'm the one with the wrong word..and he uses some weird terms for other things. like 'yokels' for hicks. i don't get that. other than that, he just talks like a normal person. but i'm the one with a long island accent and a lisp, so i have no right to comment on his "accent", really. Every region has an accent. I moved from Cleveland to Pittsburgh, and it was like I was speaking a foreign language...and listening to one...what is that y'in's crap and they're not jimmies, they are sprinkles. We use "crick" instead of "creek," it's pop not soda, we call them hoagies, not subs. At one point someone asked me what country I was from. Now I am in Southern Maryland and really notice a difference in the way I speak, my students sometimes ask me to repeat what I'm saying. My husband is from Long Island and he has a definate accent, that gets stronger when he is near other New Yorkers... Very similar to a northern ILL (Chicago) accent. For the most part, it's very subtle, but some vowels are pronounced a little harshly. Similar to a New England/Boston accent. Ex: Chicago=Chicaago. Sorry, that's the best way I can describe it. No not really an accent-little flat -midwestern tone. |
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