Chicago Accent

[@biancahoneycutt8117]

I'm born raised and currently still in Chicago and I never knew we even had accents.

[@lottdominique]

Bianca Honeycutt As somebody that visits ALOT. The accents are there just not in everybody for some reason

[@myjfff]

D Lott that "some reason" u mention is because TV AND MEDIA in general.particularly in younger generations.

[@funkyfranx]

+Bianca Honeycutt EVERYONE has an accent. Everyone on the planet. Assuming they speak

[@belesschill9661]

ME TOO WHAT DOES A CHICAGO ACCENT EVEN SOUND LIKE I THOUGHT I SOUND LIKE EVERYONE ELSE LOL

[@violetkalico]

Bianca Honeycutt same

[@andrewerickson7962]

record your self in a heated debate or an arguement. it comes out way more.

[@anthonymitchell501]

I think this is the problem right here. When you're talking about your bad accent, you're always going to try to sound better than normal. We need to hear the unconscious accent when she's not paying attention to it.

[@KoboldLich]

Haha, yeah, this is true. The real "Chicago" accent comes out when I'm unhappy.

[@allielarson8764]

Andrew Erickson OMG I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN CHICAGO PS I STILL AM IN CHICAGO ANYWAY MY DAD ALWAYS SAYS THAT I HAVE A CHICAGO ACCENT AND THAT I COMES OUT A LOT IN A HEATED ARGUMENT AHHHHHHHHHH LMAOOOO

[@glockcoma5903]

Omg your right lol

[@graceface276]

Or when I’m talking really fast mine comes out a lot. I end up actually saying Chicago the funny way and combine my words a lot

[@dare2eatcandy]

I'm from Chicago and I detect no accent, so two thumbs up.

[@chicagogangtalkwithron3266]

same here

[@apatheticpanda182]

Same

[@leaholson2077]

I'm from ND, and I see none, lol

[@carlyskanberg3272]

Yeah

[@friedchicken1]

you might have actually de-thumbed

[@tonygirard3307]

Us Chicagoans just talk right. Don't you think?

[@ruebencristobal7790]

Tony Girard Its an awesome. accent. I'm from west coast.

[@robnowak9884]

rueben cristobal Grew up right outside the city, near Bedford park, my dad grew in the back of the yards. He’s got the accent and the attitude.

[@annahgibbus8]

That would be "don't cha think" in Chicaaaaagoin👍

[@annahgibbus8]

Yup Raaaaamon noodles all right 😁 LoL

[@Madcapredcap]

I get the feeling that Chicago kind of set the "Standard American Accent" for television

[@travismalone1985]

People from Chicago have always been the nicest people to me for some reason. I have a hick southern Indiana accent. Love Chicago

[@pj9203]

Luv u too

[@anthonykaiser974]

It's so true! Found that just walking around a Chicago neighborhood 15 years ago. I'm from Warrick Co. Also, found out folks in Jackson Co had a more southern accent than we do down in the "Pocket."

[@jayb715]

Jewels is a Chicago thing

[@ianpaschal7844]

Yes! When I moved away from Chicago I kept referencing Publix as jewel and people looked at me like I was nuts

[@graciedangelo2734]

Jewellllll

[@tamarastone141]

🤣🤣🤣🤣my family and I were just laughing about that! I didn't even realize that jewel didn't have an "s" on the end 🤣🤣

[@E3T7]

Ian Paschal Lul haha, I noticed the similarity as well when I moved to NC near a Publix from Berwyn, right near a Jewel

[@ally990xx]

wait it's jewels? we always say jewel here.😳

[@sasukefallen]

I was born and raised in Chicago most of my life so I really don't know what a chicago accent is. it's like i'm immune o__o

[@anderfoxie732]

You can't hear yourself talking b/c that's how you talk. Everyone around you talked like it so you don't notice. I'm from the suburbs but yeh accents are weird.

[@OtKH00]

Having moved away from Chicago and now in a place where no one is from, the accent is definitely more noticeable. It's not extreme by any means, and most of the time talking no one will pick up on it, but especially when we say some words/start getting more angry it becomes really noticeable. That being said I usually get more comments of "Oh are you from the midwest?" than "Oh are you from Chicago?".

[@brandoncole5533]

NoightOfFang I remember going to New York for my graduation trip and people told us we had Chicago accents

[@nykolazjoya]

Immunesensitive to being annoyed by your accent… makes sense… thooooo haha

[@paulevans6066]

My coworker from Florida told me I have thick accent and I never knew it till now smh

[@arthurgerber]

She seems to have more of a generic Midwestern accent than a Chicago one.

[@lauraelizabethbrown]

The thing is, almost no one from Chicago has a stereotypical "Chicago" accent anymore. I literally know one person that has it--one of my cousins. As someone from Chicago, I can confirm that she does have a modern day Chicago accent. We even talk a bit differently from people across the border in Wisconsin. Not much differently but different enough. The biggest difference is word choice (such as pop instead of soda) and the fact that we make harder "k" and "c" sounds than another midwesterner, and tend to exaggerate "ah" sounds.

[@HeyItsJoe1]

@@lauraelizabethbrown only person I know/knew with a true blue chicago accent my old basketball coach Mistah Pasquale lol he was a pipe fitter, real chicago guy

[@marksinclair2592]

To me she has a bit of a southern accent in there

[@Paraprax]

Yeah I'm from Toronto and she just sounds like she has a generic western-world non-accent(relative to anybody I know here, or any New Yorker without a thick New Yawk accent, or Pennsylvania characters on The Office, etc etc).

[@jaketaylor2923]

@@lauraelizabethbrown yes but are you From chicago or “chicago” cause I got family in Naperville, Elk Grove, Elgin, Arlington Heights, west town, etc. They all say they’re from Chicago but that’s not chicago proper

[@vmk5697]

Omg. I grew up on the North side of Chicago and I say all the words your saying the same way.....even though I have been out of the city for over 20 years. My family is still there. When I talk to them I notice that I start talking faster and louder and my accent starts coming back stronger. HAHA! Great video.

[@sukiekaraoke]

There is a slight accent. Its in the [a] sound when you say cahfee and open "a" words. But its great and makes you who you are! Unfortunately, people associate mid-west with the "correct" way of speaking in the US. There is no correct way. Each city and town and household has their own vernacular and way of saying certain things, so to compare is not possible. I do Voice Overs for radio and television, and even all the voice over actors speak slightly different. Its okay, it is what makes us original. Thanks for this post!!

[@marlenegoodman8673]

"Frontroom" might be a little old school but when I was a kid that was what we called the family room. We lived in an apartment and it was the frontroom but it still sounds like "frunchroom" when it comes out of my mouth.

[@TheBeatle49]

In my neighborhoods in Chicago (Albany Park/Rogers Park/Skokie) we said "Chicawgo" "chawklet" and "roof" rhyming with the "oo" pronounced as in "brook."

[@marykatemccann8377]

I'm from Pennsylvania and it doesn't sound like she has any accent to me...I have noticed that some Midwesterners won't "say" things, they will "saey" things...it's really subtle but it's the only thing that stands out to me

[@mariah8138]

This is exactly how i talk and i'm a Chicagoan, haha. Gotta love Jewls! My parent's lived in Cali back in the late 80's and they were always told they had an accent.

[@donnamariepoet]

Yep , I live in California and peple always ask me where I am from. I am like here. But my mom was born and raised in Chicago and I picked up her accent.

[@maxineaddie3325]

Girl you have an accent. Trust me. Born and raised in Chicago. I know my people accent when I hear it👍🏻

[@bufordmaddogtannen5164]

We sound normal. Others dont

[@sunviolet0434]

Maxine Addie we do. I’m currently in MS for college, and a lot of people look at my weird when I say different words. Didn’t know that we have an “accent” thought it was always slang...

[@hb4591]

I've lived all over, including the suburbs of Chicago, and the biggest difference is the 'a' sound. I don't think she even realizes it, but the way ppl from Chicago say Chicago sounds like Chicaaaagou. Most of accent differences come from the vowels.

[@nik1128]

You have a very distinct accent. I'm a chicagoan and never thought we had an accent until I moved. Now I can hear a Chicagoan from a mile away

[@amberandrews6692]

Does she? I'm from Pennsylvania and only a few words sound different.

[@gregdettling6693]

You don’t get out much do you? Lol

[@Ac76543211]

My dad was speaking to a linguist on the telephone and could detect my dad's Chicago accent. The linguist even could detect what area in Chicago he was from. I was raised by both of my parents that were from Chicago, but I was raised in California. I think I must have a mixture of the two accents.

[@brettmasterson2995]

Born and raised in Chicago I got to say there are few a different type of accents but the real thick accent comes out no matter what when your arguing.

[@framebadger]

Hey. I'm from England where we have a small area with loads of *very* distinct accents. But I'm a Bears fan and I'm trying to get the hang of distinctively Chicago accents. I listen to a ton of Bears radio/podcasts and it's quit interesting trying to hear the differences as a complete outsider. But on the pronunciation of Chicago itself, I *think* it's the 'a' which people from Chicago say much more like an 'u' (as in 'up) and less like 'ar' as in 'arm'.

[@gregdettling6693]

Yeah, so what Ringo? Stop trying to copy us. lol just joking lol

[@NikoBellaKhouf2]

Da Bears 🐻

[@clarissasmith6767]

Y'all tweakin she has said everything pretty much chicagoan

[@nicolasorbegozo4484]

Exactly

[@holdmjtight]

I'm from Chicago too. And I don't feel like we have an accent haha I say everything the same way you do soooo lol

[@doriand4348]

We have an accent, a specific way to pronounce the words, different from other regions of the country.

[@somadoll1]

Same here Matt

[@michaelbledsoe9296]

"There's no A in there, it's car-mel" Actually, there kind of is. It's spelled caramel.

[@DougMcDave]

I grew up in Hobart, Indiana. The accent can be found there, too. I live in Iowa now. In recent years I can notice it. The Blues Brothers is a bit exaggerated, but I pick that up when I see the movie. My mom makes fun of me for that.

[@MrGary33333]

Lake Station here

[@DonBMW]

Hilarious! Born and raised in Chicago and did not know I had an accent until I traveled through the southern U.S l. and someone picked up on it. I could tell southern folks had an accent but apparently I have a Chicago Accent!

[@_sourgrapes_]

the most noticeable thing to me about your accent is your super strong raising and tensing of /æ/ to the point where when you say words like "and" it sounds to me like "ee--aaand".

[@momsyy]

I live in aurora (suburb of Chicago) and I literally talk the same as you and I didn’t realize this bc someone told me I did, so I’m looking it up lol

[@tamarastone141]

Hey!! I live in Aurora too!!

[@skylorious8909]

Im from Yorkville, not too far from you

[@momsyy]

Skylorious, I used to live in Yorkville :o

[@momsyy]

tamara stone That’s awesome!

[@skylorious8909]

Rebecca Perez oh cool

[@nikitanosov8159]

the crazy thing about ramen noodles, is that ramen is supposed to be spelled with an L as in lamen

[@HaileyBlanchardMusic]

The way you said Reese's pieces confused me to no end

[@owenoconnor3525]

Hahaha that’s how everyone says it in Chicago

[@owenoconnor3525]

Never heard it any different

[@TRUTEN1993]

miss chicago .... best times i had !!

[@karlibell33]

I have friends from Louisville, and I have been corrected numerous times on how to say your town lol.

[@kuchmatt807]

Frontroom and living room are not the same place in my area of the south side. The frontroom is more of a parlour/sitting room; it's more open and has couches, coffee tables, and no TV. The living room or family room has less open space, couches, and a TV. The frontroom is typically only used when we have guests to sit and talk with or a party. The living room is used day to day.

[@karlibell33]

I am a native Chicagoan, born and raised in the city my whole life. However, there are people that do have a thicker Chicago accent than I do. I just made this from my point of view. If you don't agree with it, that's fine; there's no need to insult me.

[@MrConstant23.]

You don't have an accent. I'm from California.

[@lpr5269]

For us in the West Suburbs it's "THE JEWEL" for some reason. As in "I'm going to THE JEWEL, do you need anything?" Every other store is Home Depot, Best Buy, Costco, Walgreens, Whole Foods. No other store qualifies for the "THE" prefix.

[@kicica13212]

Caramel definitely has another "a" in it

[@bonniernelson-mcginn3543]

We were in Shannon Airport in Ireland. We were buu the duty free shopping and I was just having a private conversation with my husband. An Irishman walked over to us and asked if I was from Chicago !!

[@famguy218]

I was just surfing through accents and I spotted this video, and while on Twitter I noticed the Bears were a surfing topic and when I clicked on the link your tweet about Peppers and Hester was the first thing that showed up.

[@karlibell33]

haha I'm a die hard, what can I say?

[@Angela-zw6ko]

Karli Bell How do you feel about how they are keeping Cutler and extended his contract? Awful right?

[@karlibell33]

Angela Nirvareendalltinkinparkblink No not at all. That was a smart move by Phil Emery and the franchise. I think 7 years is a bit too long, but he has SB qualities

[@technomewmew]

I’m from Chicago, and I tend to just pick the pronunciation that I feel sounds the prettiest. For example, I use the Japanese pronunciation of “ramen”, the English version of “scone”, etc. I like the sound of “living room” over “front room”, though my late grandmother would always say “front room”. I only ever cut off my “g’s” at the end of a gerund-tense word when I’m speaking casually. Odd enough, I have no recollection of anyone I know ever calling Jewel “Jewels”, so that was interesting.

[@strangeaslife]

A lot of what you went over here was more about dialect and pronunciation, not so much your accent. One of the #1 things that makes the Chicago accent unique is how there is an E inserted before As, which you mentioned you notice. So "Chicahgo" becomes "Chiceago", and in Minnesota it might become "Chiceagoe". :) Also, Os tend to become As. My Chicago-native boyfriend says "mahm" instead of "mom", for instance. These things make up the accent, not simple regional differences in pronunciation.

[@paullundstedt7074]

I’m from Cleveland. I didn’t have an accent until I was 24, living somewhere in California when someone asked me if I was from Wisconsin.

[@thecrazymuzician1]

"Ruff is what a dog says!" LMAO

[@Christyanne_24]

I've never really notice my midwestern accent until I've gotten older. I wasn't born in Chicago but I grew up an hour southwest outside of Chicago. My dads though is a lot more prominent. A big telling is the way how the ‘a’ is pronounce in certain words. I can definitely hear some similarities with the way how you speak.

[@nbetweennownthen]

I was born and raised in the Chicago suburbs, and I had heard that we (and the city proper) have an accent. I always thought that was utter nonsense...until I lived in the South for a few years and came back to IL to visit family. Ho-ly Shit. Not everyone has it, but many do, and some have it in even stronger degrees than others. When I was at Midway Airport and heard the announcer guy on the PA, in all of his Super Fans glory, my jaw literally dropped to the floor. I turned to my husband and yelled, "Do we all seriously sound like THAAAAT?!" He just laughed. I think the best way to describe the stereotypical Chicago accent is that we literally hammer our vowels, particularly "A."

[@trumpshare]

I met a guy who asked me where in Chicago I was from after speaking to him for a minute despite moving West(AZ) 20 years ago....I guess we never lose it?

[@TheRachaelLefler]

I feel square for saying "Jewel Osco" every time lol

[@TheRachaelLefler]

Rachael Lefler but, I kind of run it together as one word, like "I'm goin to Jewlasco"

[@kuchmatt807]

+Rachael Lefler In my area, we just say Jewel or Osco, never both. We don't say Jewels either. My dad was a pharmacist at a Jewel Osco for 25 years and he even called it just Jewel or Osco. It all really depends on why you're going there, "Go to Jewel and pick up me up a few groceries" vs "Go to Osco and pick up prescriptions and a box of band aids".

[@TheRachaelLefler]

Huh, never heard it called "Osco" by itself before...

[@walrusmcgee]

we just call it jewel

[@graciedangelo2734]

I say jewel if I’m going to get groceries and osco if I’m going to the medical section i might be weird but i dont know

[@PC4USE1]

Many Chicagoans have a blend of standard American and Chicago accent. Many words that we learn through TV and other media are pronounced in the standard way. I am sure the Chicago accent is disappearing but I have a thick one unless I modify it. I am 63 years old so I know the younger folks are losing it.

[@fallen4life080]

I studied linguistics a bit here, and apparently the "midwest" accent in the US, is considered as close to "Standard" American English as you can get, and yes that includes Chicago :) Im from Spain and the english i use is British English (without the accent, just the grammar as Spanish is my first language) BUT i lived in Chicago for 5 years and have family there, so yeah! go us :)

[@lambda2857]

I'll add one little comment. There's a certain busy street on the Far North Side of Chicago named Devon Avenue. Here in Chicago, we pronounce Devon as "Dee-Vahn'", with the accent on the second syllable. We never pronounce it "Devin" like it is pronounced in the rest of the English speaking world.

[@badguy1481]

It's "Chi-Kaw-go" (like the Crow's call). No one says "Chi-kaa-go"...from Chicago.

[@shermanthompson871]

Only if you’re from the north side tho imo

[@mcmelre]

Girl, the Jewel Osco did you in! Your accent was SO strong when you said that!

[@yurismir1]

Actually some people from Chicago do say "Chi-caw-go" including the last mayor Daley.

[@marlenegoodman4247]

You and I sound 99% the same. I was born in Chicago & lived there as a kid. To me, you have no accent but I am involved in voiceover classes and the instructor says she likes my “Midwestern twang”. Front room comes out more like Frunchroom.

[@eyecomeinpeace2707]

My wife and I are from Toronto, Ontario area and we had gone to visit Chicago. It is a beautiful city. Very clean, and the folk are friendly. Big city with a small town heart right? We had noticed that just about everyone we talked to had no accent to us. It felt like we were still in Canada. You would totally blend in with us Torontonians-We mostly pronounce our city like--Tor-awnna.

[@famguy218]

I thought the Chicago accent was very similar to the standard American accent, too; there are a lot of differences actually. I go to school in Minnesota now and almost everyone here says a ton of words differently than I do. It's kind of hard to explain; I think that it sounds very nasal since one of my high school teachers is from and has always lived in the city of Chicago and his accent is ridiculously nasal the way I remember it. I don't exactly know, though.

[@BabsW]

4:23 "CarAmel". It does have another "a" in there.

[@christiandiderik8326]

+BabatundeW Carmel is traditionally spelled Caramel though, In England it is still written as such.

[@BabsW]

Christian Diderik No. "Carmel" is a mispronunciation of "caramel". grammarist.com/usage/caramel-vs-carmel/

[@christiandiderik8326]

+BabatundeW carmel is now in the dictionaries

[@BabsW]

Christian Diderik Which dictionaries? None of the ones that I've checked define "carmel" and "caramel" as the same thing. www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Carmel www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/carmel www.dictionary.com/browse/carmel www.thefreedictionary.com/Carmel www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/definition/english/carmel

[@jraybay]

BabsW Yes and United! Get in there!

[@Kevin11sgirl]

Love my Chicago accent! :D My grandpa, who was born in Chicago during the prime of prohibition and Al Capone, has the thickest accent ever. He actually does say 'da' instead of 'the', and pronounces 'th' as 't'.

[@karlibell33]

I've heard them before lol. I actually had to take a few voice classes to get rid of my accent for broadcasting. It used to be much thicker lol

[@stuckinnebraska]

LOL I grew up just south of Boston. Had a heavy Boston accent. I, too, had to go to a phonetics class when I got into broadcasting many years ago. BTW - I pronounce many of the words you talk about the same as you. Like "comfortable," "tour." I also have a major problem leaving off the "g" in words that end in "ing." So, like you, I have to be careful that I don't say "runnin'" or "goin'." I have been teaching a broadcasting class for several years at a local college in the Midwest and give a section on dialects & pronunciations. It's turned into the most popular part of the class. Still, I've found that every place has a dialect. Anyway, great video!

[@_sourgrapes_]

The most noticeable thing to me about your accent is your super strong raising and tensing of /æ/ to the point where when you say words like "and" and "accent" it sounds to me like "ee--aaand" and "ee-aaaccent". Also, what? There is another a in caramel. :P

[@GirlsNDragons]

My mother was born n raised in Chicago, had me in Cali but people constantly tell ME I have an accent that they can hear.. I think I have my mother to blame for that...

[@donnamariepoet]

Same here. My mom was born and raised in Chicago. I was born in Texas but only lived there for six months. I was raised in Califonia and still live here. People always ask me where I am from and I am like California, but I got my accent from my mom.

[@davidstanley8482]

I'm native to Chicago and lived all but 5 years of my life here. I have heard some people besides you say "Jewels" instead of "Jewel". Also (and I'm showing my age here) I had a few friends who refered to Sizzler, the restaurant, as "Sizzlers" (To all the younger generation: Chicago DID have Sizzler Steak-Seafood-Salad restaurants prior to closing all locations between '90 and '94) Dont forget that all plastic grocery bags are "Jewel bags" regardless of what store they came from, we say "gym shoes" rather than "sneakers", We say "pop" rather than "soda" (when I lived down south nobody knew what I meant when I said I wanted a "pop" so I had to force myself to say "soda" or "soda pop".)

[@MrGary33333]

Oh, their garlic toast!!!!!!!

[@moniqueatkins1982]

im from chicago n raised there and she has no accent

[@NightRanger77]

+Monique Atkins Everyone does.

[@MeMe-pj8ve]

phroz she doesn’t have a chicago* accent

[@MeMe-pj8ve]

Flower Petal I’m native and know not many ppl have the stereotypical Chicago accent, which therefore means she and those ppl have no chi accent.

[@aaronm2830]

When I was watching this, I was thinking "I say that stuff too." Thing is I was raised in Rockford, my kudos to my dad that he's from Chicago.

[@arcticing]

There are 2 a's in Caramel. So it's properly pronounced, "Care-ah-mel" [Or care-uh-mel, if you please.]

[@gitovait]

wow you have humor just like me! i love the "what did you just decide to take a bark mid sentence" lmfao that made my day! oh Northsider here btw!

[@jeremytennison9712]

Unfortunately, there is an 'a' in caramel. Sorry to disappoint.

[@alecneuschaefer4172]

True. But saying the A just sound I don't know sounds a little lame.

[@maureentuohy8672]

I was born in Chicago and live here still. I don’t hear any accent at all! And I listened to you in my frunchroom (front room) at least a “huunerd” (100) times. 😆😉 So do you say “I’m going by “The Jewels” or to Jewel? Yah I say the Jewels too 😆😆

[@Matt92Machine]

We talk the same. Born and raised on the South side.

[@HangingClowns]

james kangethe I moved to China and I apparently sound southern and they say that standard US accent is from NYC and they use Hilary Clinton as an example, even though she's definitely not from there.

[@marlenegoodman8673]

We sound alike. I call that bubbly carbonated drink "pop." I have NEVER put ketchup on a hot dog and I sound like everybody else in and around Chicago. As for the varieties of Chicago accents: there's definitely a southside accent. One of the characters on "Chicago Fire" has it. It's not all southsiders, however. It's more Bridgeport and it's not common. On the occasion I hear it, I love it but, c'mon, most of us do not speak like that. We have the upper Midwest accent but are not exactly like Minnesota or Wisconsin. I hear differences.

[@GuitarGirl4ever]

I noticed this in a couple other youtubers from Chicago, y'all really emphasize the "a" in your words like "have" "happen" and in the "ou" words like "about" you sound a bit Canadian.

[@nbetweennownthen]

Yup! You're absolutely right!

[@Sentientmatter8]

Possibly an affect of Scandinavian populations?

[@isharoxyo]

I’m from Chicago and I love this video. Not only does my family say Jewels but also, “yous”. Example: If yous are going to the Jewels can you pick up some craaackers?

[@amypietz3038]

THANKS!! Your accent is perfect. It will be helpful for those who want an authentic, non-stereotypical accent to listen carefully to how you talk when you are not trying to explain how you say things. It's very unconscious for you. I'd like to just hear you read a few paragraphs of a letter or newspaper or something without commenting,if you have time for that. People would be able to hear even more examples, I bet. :)))

[@_imalismoody_7110]

I am from Chicago too. My sister left for college out of state and her roommate thought she had a speech impediment.... but it was just her accent. I had no idea that midwesterners have accents. Apparently, we over pronounce our vowels. 😂

[@karlibell33]

haha ok I guess it's just my family then. I honestly don't know why we say Jewels....lol

[@tamarastone141]

I say it too

[@jillybeancadney6229]

Lol My mom is a Chefs Kitchen Manager In Lake Zurich and we Don't use a S after jewel. Just saying like Jool. Usuallyeave the Osco ou

[@dojufitz]

I'm from Australia...when i lived in Rome for a year i met a girl who had an accent....i asked her...she said she was from Chicago....but it sounded just like out of an old James Cagney movie....is there a different accent in Chicago? I just loved it.

[@xXxSHOOPIExXx]

"Sassage!" I always laugh when i hear someone pronounce sausage that way like the "u" is nonexistent

[@nitrousoxide2265]

Saying shore instead of sure means your Canadian. You can hear that in Minnesota

[@laurabenevelli6783]

I agree with you on everything but New Orleans, coffee and sausage. Is there another way to pronounce Chicago correctly? I don't think so. ha ha ha ha I am from the South Side... we talk the same basically.

[@lindsayporter912]

Hate to say it Carly, but lots of us DO say Chic-caw-go. I've lived here 48 years, and that is how everyone in my family says it. That's how I say it too. Other than that, like your video!

[@Greyghostvol1]

"There is no A in there"... But...there definitely is. It's Car-a-mel.

[@NorthEastRegional]

+Greyghostvol1 Well, in the UK, they pronounce it as "Car-a-mel", in the US it is supposedly "Car-mel" but indeed there is an "a" in it, it is just pronounced so much that the "a" walked away.

[@prncssbubblegum5282]

People who say Car a Mel instead or Carmel or weird

[@CaptainRon956]

I grew up on the northwest side of Chicago and she talks just like I do. Same pronunciation and everything

[@sakisaotome6753]

Why people say we say Chicago different is because we say it with a sh sound in the beginning. Those not from here will day it with a ch

[@immigrant91]

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[@DorothyZbornak4]

Some people do say Chicago differently. There are two ways to say it: Chicago with the long 'A' sound or Chicalgo like saying "all'. I know some people from the south side say the second one. And another thing I noticed about our accent is when we say 'you' we cut it off and say 'ya'.

[@Harp4803]

Some other words I pronounce as a Chicagoan..jollyet for Joilet. Illinoise instead of Illinois 😆

[@glockcoma5903]

hahaha fronchroom

[@arthurgerber]

Born and raised in the Chicago area and I never heard any native say "Ill-noise"-mostly people from the South say it as "Ill-noise"

[@CallsignMisery]

They do, it's the name of the fuckin' town.

[@jabbingjabberwocky5243]

Glock Coma LMFAO!!! exactly...you nailed it GUY!!!😅😅😅😅😅👍

[@mckenna8663]

Who says Jollyette? It's JOE-lee-ette

[@jeromefallorina8421]

Reese = reese's Piece= pieces That reesees peesees always bugged me lol And it is ca-ra-mel :)

[@lukarachovschi5935]

She has a very light Chicago/Suburb accent. Check out south side Chicago accents and you'll see the difference. Look up videos of Frank Culotta, that is a strait up Chicago accent

[@roastbeef1266]

I'm a south side Italian and all due respect, I gotta say you have no Chicago accent at all. Your video has no credibility. You are probably from Lake Forest or McHenry or something.

[@karlibell33]

I'm actually from the Northside in Wrigleyvill so before you pass judgment, make sure you know your facts good sir or ma'am.

[@roastbeef1266]

+Karli Bell relax relax don't get excited

[@karlibell33]

Roast Beef I'm not getting excited. I'm stating a fact. I'm allowed to call you out when you're wrong. Why do you think I'm "getting excited" when all I'm doing is stating a fact?

[@roastbeef1266]

Karli Bell easy killer

[@Illegalindustries]

Lets be honest, all you really need to do is say pop instead of soda and not call the Sears tower Willis tower. I don't think anyone notices anything else

[@andrewhamilton4936]

I'm from southern california and have relatives from the north shore - you definitely have a chicago accent haha it's in the a's mostly. For instance, when you say 'ramen' the A is really pronounced and it comes from the back of your throat it sounds like. When people here say 'ramen' it sounds more like 'rawmen', so the A sound comes form the front of the mouth almost.

[@rellarox98]

2:40...FUNNIEST PART!!

[@iPoopRays]

I live in Brownsville, Texas, which is about as south as you can go without being in Mexico, and we talk exactly the same.

[@cla628]

Nahhh I used to live in Chicago and now I'm Mcallen, Texas people here in RGV totally have a different accent.

[@iPoopRays]

It depends on the generation and how far a particular person is from their roots, like 4th or 5th generation Mexicans, (English first language). I guess I generalized by saying "we"

[@Autumn-rj3cr]

I have family in Brownsville and when I explain to people where it’s at I say that exact description 😂

[@kingelite78]

"RUF" is what a dog says or barks!

[@edrodriguez4822]

Sheekyago😂. People in LA told me you guys in Illinois talked that way.

[@ninaraquelxo]

there is definitely another a in caramel

[@jackiepaige290]

I was raised an hour outside of Chicago and I didn't know we had an accent and that is why I am here. I heard my friend say something about a Chicago accent and I was like Chicago has an accent? And appearantly I do?

[@naamanwilliams8974]

Us Chicagoans definitely dont have accents...lbs

[@anyyaa23]

Hahahhah i always say Chicagoans and people from other states looked at me funny. But I don't care I'm proud of where I live so I will empathize it even more :)

[@kurtsbluehair6302]

Naaman Williams ya I don't think I do

[@jraybay]

Naaman Williams Hi I'm from Canada and she has a light accent.

[@angelinas.8406]

I guess no one knows that everyone has an accent

[@ruebencristobal7790]

Chicagoans Midwesterners stick out like a soar thumb on the west coast. Same with people from Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan, And even Buffalo NY.

[@gregdettling6693]

You are definitely definitely from Chicago and only from Chicago like as a Chicago purist if you didn’t even realize that Chicago has a pretty heavy big city like accent that is pretty much only the way it is in Chicagoland . I’d like to hear anyone’s accent from Chicagoland that didn’t know you guys had an accent. I should also keep in mind that Chicago and Chicagoland have a variety of ways to say things not just one way that are nonetheless all part of the Chicago accent or Chicago way of talking. There might be regional differences within and across Chicagoland that I’m also not aware of. I like how much Chicagoland is so much just its very own place almost like a huge fish bowl. When I say it’s huge I mean it’s a huge area too! It covers a lot of square miles! I wanted to originally just comment that I loved this video and I love your Chicago accent . I don’t find anything funny about it. Where I’m originally from the way we speak there is a lot in common with the way that people speak in Chicago. We can definitely relate to it and I think we were definitely indirectly influenced by Chicago. It’s up in Alberta Canada. Just we might definitely not emphasize our A as strongly or sound as much like a big city. We say pop not Soda or Soda pop. COOL VIDEO HOPE TO VISIT THERE IN THE BIG APPLE SOME DAY! just joking lol The Big Windy City or SHY TOWN as we sometimes call it ! Anyways I can tell that we have a similar common sense and we tend to think everyone thinks or talks the same even they don’t . I have a question: Can you detect that a Detroit accent is different easily? Or is it hard to tell ? From Greg Kyoto, Japan

[@SuperIh8utube]

But there IS an "A" in "CarAmel" ...caramel.

[@DM-wg2bx]

When it comes to “ing” words,the G is always silent. We do have a slight accent in northern Illinois, but it’s nothin compared to a lot of other places. I feel we tend to pronounce words more on the proper side but den again we use plural when we shouldn’t and we don’t pucker our lips up on words like TO which is why TA is more common when we speak.

[@Tallsaurus]

Actually there is an "a" there in caramel

[@gregdettling6693]

@ karli bell I love how you say the word ‘food!’ :) You say ‘orange’ correctly . Why is the word ‘toilet’ awkward? LOL Can you explain this in more detail ? lol Do you find that people from Chicagoland speak differently at all ? Or is basically the same for all people from Chicago?

[@iamveryloser]

Some weirdos pronounce it Chi cug go

[@Cariboumiser]

That's gross.

[@iamveryloser]

Right

[@Sentientmatter8]

Wierdos like Polish immigrants.... Chee kah go....