Korean Girls React to 'Regional Accents in United States'

[@ReacThing]

Hey, kids! Just realized the videos we reacted to was not from the channel I said in the video. It is from ‘Conde Nast Travelers’. I tagged the channel and the links for videos in the description box. Sorry for the confusion!!

[@MOGMAN]

It's a horrible made video of people faking accents of what state there given. Find better videos of real accents to review. Love the channel. Don't like the video u chose for this one is all.

[@raptorshades]

If you really want a great video on US accents and linguistics, check out Wired's Eric Singer videos. He breaks down the science and history about why certain regions speak a certain way.

[@ninifofini]

@@MOGMAN instead of being rude about it, how about YOU find a video and send it to them. or make your own video and complain about it there.

[@valen9928]

Hi I enjoyed y'all video today . But like since y'all reacting to accents maybe y'all could check out Caribbean accents next please thank you.

[@MOGMAN]

@@ninifofini I wasn't being rude. I love this channel its very intertaning. I was just pointing out the video they viewed was fake. It's better to see videos with real accents instead of some trying to fake accents.

[@Samus7000]

As someone born and raised in California, we do say “like” a lot. To the point we don’t even realize until someone points it out.

[@J_Gamble]

Especially So-Cal. Or maybe that was just my generation. (I'm Northern California born and raised.)

[@Samus7000]

@@J_Gamble I would guess they say it more. I live in/was raised in the Bay Area and we say it a lot lol.

[@emptyteardrops]

I’m from maryland and we also say “like” a lot. I’m to get rid of this habit through because it's annoying me more than others.

[@LindaC616]

@@emptyteardrops good move

[@abbyromero8306]

@@J_Gamble Yess i can confirm! (im from Orange county)

[@tokinGLX]

aloha from hawaii! the typical hawaiian accent is very different from a lot of other places in the usa because of the pidgin influence

[@PongoXBongo]

It's also the most recently, and least thoroughly, "Americanized" state too, right?

[@tokinGLX]

@회색 옷 네! it is a popular place for korean and japanese people to visit and move to.

[@YourWaywardDestiny]

The fact that you're so far away from the continent helps. Hard to keep strictly unique with no wider North American influences if you're directly stuck to it. (Yes, Canadians influence the US as much as the other way around, let's not pretend, and Mexico influences US too. The entire continent has a feeling to it that we all contribute to, and Hawaii is special in location that makes it connected and yet very unique. You are influencing the continent more than the other way around I'd say!)

[@williamking3301]

I am curious though, does the accent vary from island to island, and are there different dialects of either English or Hawaiian on each island?

[@MehRHEE]

ah, i was looking for this comment, lol.

[@bartsensei1]

The Boston lady said, "park the car in Harvard Yard and give the guard a quarter." It's a classic sentence showing the Boston accent. It sounds like, "pahk the cah in Hahvahd yahd and give the gahd a quattah."

[@Laviish_Sade]

Thank you! I was just as confused as they were lol

[@tophat7735]

“-for some chowder”

[@HLKpop]

I’m always shocked that people don’t know it lol

[@lilywalker7499]

thank you so much lol

[@SilasCilice]

The Baltimore version of this is "Earn earned an iron earn"

[@bonbonbons]

As a phonetician, lol everyone has an accent. Its only a matter of how socially accepted as the standard your accent is that makes you feel like there is none🤷‍♀️

[@ns645]

Yumi giving me ads in English. I will listen. Zoey is the master of knowing how to avoid people skipping. big brain play.

[@RecoveringChristian]

I love them getting these sweet sponsorship deals

[@vivrei3399]

@@RecoveringChristian I also love when Yum speaks English 😍

[@user-ru3zw6lz9h]

Her accent is so pretty!

[@drewlambert7798]

Yumi.. English... mommy

[@FRAMEDSKATEKREW69]

BRO I DIDNT EVEN NOTICE until i saw your comment

[@Deyedai]

i’m from new york and that guy was probably the best representative we could’ve had LMAO, at least in regards to the new york city accent

[@TheChillyCucumber]

It’s funny because I was born in NYC/grew up in North Jersey (I live a 5 min walk to the GWB) and I very rarely hear this accent in the wild when I’m over there. Usually they sound the same as me. But it always tickles my funny bone when I hear NY transplants ordering at the bagel store with thick New York accents that are blended with our (RARE!) guido accents!

[@AngieTomlinson35]

I love New York accents!! I loved New York when i went there

[@ahgazenity.aliverse]

yeah he was the best representation for New York city but i can't relate. I'm from western New York and people have said we sound like Canadians minus the occasional "eh". A lot of Canadians come to my city to shop and them saying "eh" is the only way you tell the difference when they talk.

[@segarasan]

i was a bit surprised he couldn't come up w any word that we mispronounce, but he's also right at the same time that we just have an accent that generally runs all our words together, so in a way everything is pronounced differently lmaoooo. the two i thought of immediately - ask any native NYer to say "violate" or "wilding" 😂 and we also have our version of Boston's "park the car in the Harvard yard" or Baltimore's "Aaron earned an iron urn" - "coffee costs a quarter on the corner" 😂

[@ladydontekno]

@@segarasan I’ve been told we mispronounce Oregon but the “real” pronunciation sounds weird to me.

[@jeljel960]

i wish hawai'is clip was longer our "accent" is so unique it's basically a different language it's hard to explain but

[@TakahashiTakami]

Pidgin English. :D We have so much Asian influences which is probably why our English accent may be the most unique.

[@KahwahShutseh]

Wish they showed more actual Kanaka Maoli speaking.

[@uk3obeysseme]

Thank you. Ours was so short: “I almos not even see em.” But seriously, it was like 2 seconds and she didn’t even get to finish her example.

[@TakahashiTakami]

@@uk3obeysseme I kinda wish ours was several minutes long since there’s so much to talk about for Pidgin English and also the fact that compared to the other 49 states, ours is like the least “English” like. But it’s understandable, they had to make a video showcasing English accents from all 50 states.

[@MarleyM414]

Pidgin IS a recognized different language - it was recognized by the US Census in 2015.

[@ayoayo1044]

The thing is that even though one state might have a signature accent your race and area you live in plays a big role in it as well. So there are TONS of accents in America all derived from a solid set of accents.

[@NuLagoo]

Yes. Kinda

[@jeannieridley]

I'm from Georgia and most people with super prominent southern accents, normally the older generation like my grandma, say "purdy" instead of "pretty"

[@J_Gamble]

Love the Georgia accent (I'm from Northern California)

[@LindaC616]

When I was young in Michigan, we had a family front from GA. When I went to Tennessee for 3 days in high school, I was able to pick out the ladies on the riverboat ride who had a Georgia accent

[@Alex-dh2cx]

Piller and winder for pillow and window xD

[@LindaC616]

@@Alex-dh2cx To be honest people in Rhode Island and Massachusetts do the same thing. "You need to go buy a new leathah sofer"."get a new oilah boilah from Woods heating"

[@tiny_mouse6448]

I'm 17 and say stuff like "purdy", "sammich", "cray-in" (for crayon), etc. I'm from Mississippi

[@MilliCB]

If you want a really detailed look an American accents, I recommend watching Wired's "Accent Experts Give a Tour of U.S. Accents" parts 1-3. They explain why these accents are the way they are, along with great examples!!

[@hubbabubba8083]

Wired does a great 3 video series that’s is FANTASTIC!!! They do African-American/Latino/and Native American accents as well as White! It’s super amazing

[@willjohnson8446]

Yeah, those are really great. It’s so fun watching him effortlessly slip from accent to accent.

[@Itshollymoon]

Yes I expected more people to be saying this

[@Itshollymoon]

Lol when I clicked this i was like “please don’t be that video.” And then it started and I died inside lol. Yep, That video where they all just forget how to speak in their regional accent and say they don’t have one lol.

[@hubbabubba8083]

@@Itshollymoon 100000% I saw accents got excited then saw this one and got sad.

[@beingsneaky]

What?? Where??

[@jennaramos1229]

I grew up in CA so I have “like” a lot in my vocabulary and then moved to TX with my family and picked up “y’all” lol so I got a lot of filler in my sentences

[@LoyaFrostwind]

I'm from Northern California, but still use "y'all" and "you guys" a lot.

[@tsovloj6510]

The California thing that weirds me out as a Midwesterner is the definite article with highway numbers. If you told someone in Minneapolis to get on "the 94" they'd think you meant a bus route, but the equivalent with freeway designations in LA you hear all the time.

[@BathoryBat]

I feel like it's really interesting when people from certain states say, so confidently, that something they do is specific to their state, when it's something that happens in every single state. especially the T's to D's thing.

[@Chris-ib5ht]

Yeah, I found that really annoying. And in some videos a lot of them will say "y'all" is their "local slang", as if half the country and most African Americans dont say it

[@z_ed]

@@Chris-ib5ht I'm from the south, a Floridian and African American. I say, " you ALL." In our community, some speak what we refer to as Proper; we know we mean "properly" (i.e. the adverb). While I might use y'all from time to time it feels like a verbal cliche...

[@Chris-ib5ht]

@@z_ed Im from MS and the only African Americans I ever hear say "you all" are older women so maybe its older here. Everyone else (black and white) uses yall

[@z_ed]

@@Chris-ib5ht yeah, in Florida, most floridians say you all or, "(did) everyone(?)." I'm a black dude btw...only when someone is playing up their "southern-ness" do they say y'all here. That being said, most speak Spanish, too, so that might be a factor. We pretty much assume anyone you encounter speaks Spanish. America's a changing, y'all. Edit: " you guys" is super common even among multilingual folks, here. Cheers from Tampa 🤙🏿

[@Megaelixer2]

T to D thing is called flapping. It's a unique feature in American English that occurs basically everywhere in the country lol

[@pairoleggs]

as someone from florida, it really depends on what part of the state you're in. north florida will have a southern accent, similar to alabama or georgia. central florida is where you'll start getting the mix of spanish and english, but most people have a standard pacific accent. in south florida, you'll get lots of people speaking spanglish and a strong hispanic influence

[@raymonds7492]

I wish I had that north Florida/South Georgia accent where you drop the R.

[@pairoleggs]

@@raymonds7492 hang out with my family long enough and you'll pick it up quick

[@DeezNutz-pg9io]

Or a mixture of other Caribbean accents

[@Victoria-pu9bm]

Agreed with this. Just moved from central Fl. to north Fl. Know some people who have been here for several generations. Their southern accent is so unique in my opinion. The way they say "Yall" is more like "Yawl". With the "aw" way back in their throat. It's like Georgia southern meets valley girl 😂🤣

[@TheSpencer1000]

​@@Victoria-pu9bm I live in north west florida and ya, we definitely have a bit of a southern alabama accent, but its a bit faded compared to a northern alabama accent. You probably know what they say. The farther north you go, the more southern it gets around here. But our accent and south alabamas accent is pretty much identical.

[@goguma814]

It’s sad that they didn’t have the Appalachian accent for West Virginia! I used to think that WV didn’t have an accent, but now that I’ve lived in a different state for a few years I always hear it so clearly when I call my mama 💙💛

[@Roanoak]

It's ok people shouldn't head up that way anyhow... they will die on the roads or a landslide or going through the trailer parks

[@nunyafinbiz]

Most def. I was raised in wv/va and now live in wa state... and when I get on the phone with my relatives especially my grandma... my accent comes back and it sounds like a whole new language LOL

[@jesserogers3192]

I didn't realize how many people in MS have an Appalachian accent until I was in my 20's. I just thought it was a normal MS accent because that is how pretty much everyone on my Dad's side of the family sounds. Guess where Granny and her folks are from, heh.

[@Keshia____]

I thought the same, but the video made me realize that WV has so many words that’s said a different way from many other states. I know our accent comes from the Irish accent just being slowed WAYYY down...since those are the people that ultimately settled in the mountains. It’s so interesting to see people in Texas saying oil the same way as us (at least southern WV wise lol).

[@Chris-ib5ht]

@@jesserogers3192 Same here. My grandmother prided herself in never once leaving the state of MS and her accent was 100% Appalachian. A ton of older people have that accent somehow

[@umaiar]

The reaction to Pennsylvania's "Jeet yet?" (Did you eat yet?) was great. And if they say no, you can ask them to join you for a meal with "Yontu?" (Do you want to?).

[@ohsnapitsemmie]

I feel like I barely hear it though

[@MykkiOnTheCusp]

The whole "jeet yet?" is a thing in Minnesotan as well, but sower usually. LOL

[@NoButWhyTho]

Shoulda had someone from Delco on here lol

[@zeppelin4790]

As a Pittsburgher, I have never ever heard anybody say that.

[@vivacious6019]

i was like no we don’t do that then continued to say “did you eat yet” out loud and if you’re talking quickly it totally sounds like jeet yet omfg😭😭 same with do you want to it’s just about the pace bc the words will blend

[@Learninglotsoflanguages]

I never thought of myself having an accent until I moved to Korea. I spoke with others and didn't notice until friends from Minnesota came and I was like, oh this English is my English! It sounded comforting. Now that I have taught English so long I can switch between very clear accentless sound to strong Minnesota accent. Lol.

[@djpgurl13]

Lol the thing that's even more crazy is that within states there is a lot of different accents, for example I grew up and currently live in Massachusetts (an hour away from Boston) and I have never had or grew up with anyone who had that really hard Boston accent, but at the same time I do notice that I don't fully pronounce my Rs when I say words like car or garbage it's more like cah and gahbidge. I have only been called out on being from MA when I've said the word "wicked" randomly 😂

[@zoehood8624]

I’m a Hispanic adopted by German people. I had a speech therapist with a very heavy northern accent as a kid. I was raised in Cali then moved to Texas. Needless to say, my accident is v strange to some people.

[@zoehood8624]

@@HappyH4ppyHappy I love Texas but it’s so strange. People can literally narrow down your city just by how you sound. Bless your boyfriend for trying tho lol.

[@mylifeasamy5691]

Louisianaian here... New Orleans vs Baton Rouge vs Lafayette vs... etc. All different. If you speak, I know what part of the state your from.

[@CashCatMoney]

I feel like the stereotypical Boston accent has gotten diluted because of all the College Students from out of state. But if you go to Southie you DEF can hear it.

[@KDbelieves]

Same for new york. It's so different that people from NYC call update new yorker "south Canadians" 😭

[@PyroRoadScout]

One thing I've noticed being a North Carolinian, seemingly everyone else pronounces the Appalachian mountains as "Ap - ah - lay - shun" when everyone in my state pronounces the name as "Ap - ah - latch - un"

[@vibaj16]

"Ap - ah - latch - un"? That sounds like if I tried to pronounce it without ever having heard it...

[@Deadlyguy75]

I'm in SE KY and we also pronounce it app-uh-latch-un. Saying appa-lay-shun is an immediate sign that you're from the city lol

[@nagual1992]

I’ve seen a lot of accent reactions and it’s always funny how everyone loves southern accents… Except for Americans. XD

[@popmybubblegum]

When ur living with southern accents they get rlly annoying 😭 unless it’s the cute ones

[@zannis5441]

Southern accents just is enjoyable to me

[@solitarelee6200]

It makes me feel better about my accent lol, bc here you'll get straight up bullied for it but most foreigners are like :O!!! SAY PIE!!! YOU SOUND SO CHARMING... like,,, thank u I'm used to hearing that I sound dumb lol

[@zannis5441]

And northern accents are nice too

[@positiveecho326]

@@zannis5441 Yeah, but northern accents don’t carry the same connotations. Southern accents get knocked on by other Americans quite often. In fact, many southerners will change their accent when leaving the south in order to avoid the stereotyping and judgements from northerners, westerners, etc. That’s why it’s good to hear people appreciate the various southern accents because it’s not something that southerners hear.

[@kristi4113]

I’m from Texas, and the “oil” thing is spot on! We get talking fast, and it comes out “Fixin’ to take the car fer an aaalll changer”. 😂 You two would have a heart attack if you had a conversation with my Momma😂

[@heatherhenderson1649]

Earl change 😂

[@Charlie_Rowe]

Lol I love this! Just lived in San Antonio and while hearing a Texas twang, it was never as bad as TV would have you believe....Until I visited Dallas, Y'all!

[@NeoNihilism]

Do you live in North Texas? I’m in the South near the Houston area and I’ve never heard anyone say oil like that :0 from what’ve noticed the more intense twang is always from the north lol

[@kristi4113]

@@NeoNihilism I live in Dallas, but I’m originally from Northeast Texas near the Red River. The area called Texhoma.

[@boosagi1609]

@@NeoNihilism same, I'm in SA and most people here dont have a twang but there is an accent specific to this city not gonna lie 😅

[@theajane6444]

I'm a Californian living in Minnesota...they have the funnest accent ever. But even better are the regional "turns of phrase"...holy buckets...oh for cute...you betcha...so many more!

[@AmbiCahira]

I'm Swedish living in Minnesota too and I'm also very amused at the you betcha and holy buckets, and one that I don't know if it's just my husband or a regional thing but he also says tough titty instead of like "well sucks to be you" and I love it so much 😂 I will be using it forever 🤣

[@LindaC616]

It's a horse a piece

[@LindaC616]

@@AmbiCahira 😆😆 you surely must have heard at least one Uf da! by now...

[@AmbiCahira]

@@LindaC616 Only through memes! It seems more common more North? :)

[@LindaC616]

@@AmbiCahira Not necessarily. I lived in Madison Wisconsin for ten or 11 years and with all of the Norwegians in Stoughton next door it was quite a common expression

[@csong9940]

Yumi's English is so good! I love her accent.

[@momoandmiz]

We mispronounce a lot of Spanish words in California when they're the name of a place, but we'll pronounce it correctly otherwise. Like we *know* Pedro isn't pronounced "Peedro", but we'll say Peedro if we're talking about San Pedro or say San Bernadino instead of San Bernardino.

[@robertstapleton4394]

That is also the case in Texas (Amarillo, for example).

[@motherofpastalovingitaly3852]

I’m from SoCal and I have definitely heard the San Bernadino instead of Bernardino (i’m guilty of this myself); but i’ve never heard the Pedro in San Pedro pronounced as Peedro. 🤣

[@XSemperIdem5]

@@motherofpastalovingitaly3852 fellow Southern Californian and I have actually heard that.

[@XSemperIdem5]

That's true 😅 even funnier when you're also fluent in Spanish but still do that.

[@vibaj16]

and "San" with an English short 'a' instead of how I assume it's pronounced in Spanish: "Sahn"

[@MykkiOnTheCusp]

The further north you go in Minnesota, the more "scandinavian" the accent is with the long O's and the nasal tone. The closer you are to the Twin Cities, the more generally "Midwest" a person sounds!

[@rahne176]

Marylander: I don't think we have an accent. Zoey: You do. I, as a Marylander, have had that exact convo lol

[@strykerparlett3530]

My korean professor told us we def have a marylander accent 😅

[@ShanayRussell8900]

i definitely think we have an accent (or rather accents) but it depends where you live. for baltimoreans it's how they say to, two, and too; and people that live close to dc are affected by their accent

[@ohsnapitsemmie]

I always say I don’t (I’m from PA though) but multiple ppl have said I have an accent or they like my accent and I’m like .. what accent ?

[@Charlie_Rowe]

Yup. Baltimorease and say Eastern Shore can have similar words but are just said with different annunciation. Like Wooder and Wadder for water.

[@Charlie_Rowe]

@@ohsnapitsemmie Don't listen to her. She's probably a Steelers fan. 😜

[@Myrope]

As someone born and raised in California, I can't help but love the southern accents. They always sound so warm and comforting to me.

[@Adeez77]

Yumi has such a pleasant tone when she speaks English. She should get a job recording audio books.

[@yeehawbitey]

“Someone speaking in a southern accent” Zoey: Yeehaw!

[@YkcivD]

Would love it if you did this with the various accents of the UK. Scottish, Welsh, Northern Irish, scouse, geordie, Gloucestershire, and so many more. It would be hilarious to see Yum’s reaction as our accents are all very noticeably different. Great video x

[@Chris-ib5ht]

We Americans dont like the video they chose bc this particular one for some reason doesnt actually have very many people speaking in the actual regional dialects/accents. In MS you'll find different accents within each class and when I was in school I could identify which school in the same county other kids went to based on subtle differences

[@megothefabulous]

Omg I'd love to see them react to a Northern British accent. It's so wild, I love it so much.

[@robfinlay8058]

There's a lot more distinct accents in Britain, to say we're smaller than many of the individual US states.

[@ellen2805]

I was just thinking this same thing. I'm not from Britain, but I love all of the regional accents I've heard.

[@jjminn95]

Do you mean English accents? Like specifically accents from England?

[@ewesme]

they had to have brad saying “wourder” lmao classic jersey accent though

[@afrazier63]

The biggest word we say wrong in Texas is “rural”! Everyone I know says it so it rhymes with Earl. Rurrl.

[@ahhhhitsteresa]

Did not realize I did this until I saw your comment 😂

[@castlecorn593]

That's pretty much how everyone else pronounces it how else would you say it

[@mollyapteros]

I'm from Austin and I pronounce it as two syllables. 🤷

[@ijustneedmyself]

@@castlecorn593 "Rur-al" It trips me up almost every time, but that's the only way I've known to say it.

[@shhhimnothere.2878]

... sorry, so we're not saying it right??? 👀

[@danielled.2169]

Native Californian here. Our accent is mainly a "valley girl" accent (example-saying "like" a lot). That and we speak very fast. I've taught English in Korea and now in Vietnam and when I show my students videos like this, they are all enamored with the Southern accent. They can't get enough!

[@shontoo6979]

Also, Californian Valley accent is going away. Mostly I can tell the other natives by how they pronounce places or give directions

[@scottydu81]

I've also noticed that they all tend to do upspeak? When they raise their tone at the end of every sentence? It sounds like every sentence is a question? (you read that in your head in that tone, I know it)

[@Lizizle]

I'm from Texas and didn't know I had an accent until my cousin, from Florida, pointed it out lol p.s. Yumi speaking English was amazing!

[@elinight]

I'm from Michigan and have been told that the way we say our S's and T's are very distinct. You also have the difference with people in the upper peninsula vs. the lower peninsula as well. Language and accents are wild things!

[@TheCsel]

i cant say ive heard anything weird about Michigan S's and T's but being from Northern Indiana I probably have the same accent. though I do hear some differences in Michigan with the letter O, but not everyone.

[@missguttz]

Kinda disappointed they completely ignored my state. We have one of the most audible accents in New England 😕 rip Rhode Islanders

[@RalphInRalphWorld]

Rhode Island? 🔍🧐 Sorry 😅😢

[@LindaC616]

All they have to do is watch family guy!

[@popmybubblegum]

I’m from Maine and was a little disappointed that we only got one comment 😭 New England accents really be something else lol

[@remains10]

Ah yes the state you can hardly see on a map

[@missguttz]

@@remains10 yes with a population that is greater than that of most of the states in the middle of the country.

[@ntlbrn7260]

in Michigan we usually pronounce "mirror" as "meer",, we can be really lazy with pronouncing things since we talk pretty fast

[@goldegreen]

And "crayon" as "cran"

[@BTSeomma1977]

We say that in western NYS, too. Who’s got time for more than one syllable? 😄

[@ntlbrn7260]

@@BTSeomma1977 exactly 😂

[@Camzilla0]

The girl from Boston said "You gotta park the car in Harvard yard and give the guard a quarter for some chowder"

[@saadhelp8932]

yum's english is so good! first time ive heard her speak english too, keep going!!

[@magsguerra]

I’m from Arkansas and my husband is always picking at my accent. The way I say ‘pie’, ‘ice’ and ‘Fixing’ will never cease to amuse him.

[@therealJamieJoy]

Mundie, Toosdie, Wensdie, Thursdie, Fridee, Saturdee, Sundie. :) Lived in Arkansas back when, and visited relatives there my whole life. Arkansas has the cutest of all the Southern twang accents.

[@beingme._.eilonwy4571]

As a southerner it’s funny seeing people genuinely like our accent because most Americans usually don’t.😂 I tend to make fun of it and have one myself. It especially comes out around family

[@CherryGryffon]

I was born in California, moved to Arizona at 2 and lived there until 9, then moved to Kentucky. I can confirm, one's accent is yanked from within when around family lol. I normally have a fairly neutral accent, due to my early years on the west coast. Arizona does indeed have a neutral American accent. But man, I start talkin' to my Kentuckian dad? Y'ALL BEST BELIEVE I'M FIXIN' TO CRANK IT UP lol

[@pavelstaravoitau7106]

It can be funny, it can be ridiculously stereotyped, but it sure sounds very nice despite all that.

[@Toastmaster_5000]

The hillbilly accent is awful. Pretty much all other southern accents are really pleasant to listen to

[@dantosinferne]

i love southern accents. tbf i'm from kansas which has a little southern twang to it (i think of it as 'rural' or 'farmer' twang lol)

[@benjackson7872]

I like the souther accent

[@mandychuu]

Ah, you've got those French pronunciations in Louisiana. It's the only state where counties are still referred to as parrishes. My accent is weird and all over the place. My dad's family is from Oklahoma, but we have family here in Texas and in Louisiana. My mom's family is from Indiana and New York, and for the first 8 years of my life, I lived in California.

[@JazzyJGT_V]

I grew up in Georgia but I’m living in North Carolina currently, but I noticed no one said in the southern states we often drop the “ing” at the end of the word ((: Swimming, Running, dancing, cooking, can become Swimmin, Runnin, dancin or cookin 🤣🤣🤣💞

[@a-goblin]

how "did you eat" got abbreviated to "j'eet" is just wild. although "herbert" being "A-bear" makes sense bc of the louisianan history with french & creole. for new york, there are a bunch of accents, although the biggest one you'll find in an everyday context is probably how we pronounce "coffee" like "c'awe-fee"

[@markschwartz1565]

I think it was George Carlin who did a routine that included the exchange, "Jeet?" "No, joo?"

[@charlesbecker6305]

We played with Jeet?.... No, Joo? 50 years ago as kids!

[@lolpufferfish1129]

did you eat did ya eat didjya eat j'eet

[@lolpufferfish1129]

they just shortened it its not 2 wild tbh

[@WarmGentz]

I do that shit im from canada :o I probably picked it up from a tv show and thought it was normal dayym

[@ostrichmonstrosity2183]

Being from Pennsylvania, it was funny to see your reactions every time. I'm from the Coal Region of PA, and one weird thing we say is "Ho, Bud" instead of "Hey, Buddy."

[@SavageIntent]

Please do one for British accents! There are so many regional dialects here that sound so different to each other!

[@michelles.6466]

I grew up on the border of Georgia and Alabama and the word "oil" sticks out in my head. We pronounce it like "oool" or almost like "ull". Also, tire iron is pronounced a really unique way.

[@mikeyredding8983]

lives in washington my whole life and i’ve never heard people say “wershington” 💀

[@chrisvoss4465]

same lol

[@tophat7735]

I’ve unfortunately heard it a few times.

[@solitarelee6200]

I feel like it's a rural thing, no one I know on the coast does it but some of the folks i know who grew up further into the countryside say it lololol

[@WalkWithRuby]

Me too, if somebody pronounced it like that I'd wonder where they were from.

[@adieljonsson864]

I hear it a lot from older people in Eastern Washington. It’s not something most young people do.

[@emilyt9490]

In reality, everyone has an accent! “Normal” is all about perspective

[@pamelaleannefreeland9025]

You’d get a real kick out of hearing the regional accent where I’m from- in Southeastern Ohio. 🤣🤣🤣 It’s sometimes referred to as holler talk (holler being a slang word for hollow, out in the middle of nowhere).

[@ephinyus]

That's where I'm at too... Washington County.

[@castlecorn593]

I'm in Cleveland people say I sound like a Canadian New Yorker which makes no sense to me I've never been to Cincy though

[@FeatheredWingz]

Oh wow. As a Canadian, I can recognize all the more talked about accents, like the New York, Boston, Texas, etc. But this video was very helpful in picking out the nuance in other regions that may share similar dialect yet are still unique to each other. I find it interesting that the states I would've thought were too into the north to have a "twang", do have a slight one! It's always been a stereotype of southern states, right? Love learning these things! Funnily enough, I know older people in certain rural farming towns in southern Ontario, such as my hometown, also use "warsh" for 'wash'; my grandparents did. My hometown's population boomed from the 2000's onward due to urban sprawl from around Toronto, so it's pretty much a lost accent in the area; but I find it funny how that's most seen as a thing in the south-east states when it was definitely also a thing up here lol. Canada has more accents than even Canadians give credit to, as well, I think. But the Newfie accent and closely-related regional maritime province accents tend to be the favourites to cite, along with Quebec's unique dialects of French.

[@OceanLaboratory]

Kansas is super diverse in that there are people who have the more "standard" neutral midwestern accent, and then there are people who very much have that southern drawl.

[@PeridotPoppy]

"I have, like, a Boston accent but a lot cooler. And drunker." So frickin' true! 🤣 I still wish they got an old lobsterman for this! Some of their accents are so thick that even native Mainers can't understand 'em!

[@ajclements4627]

Ok, Yumi could read a US phone book or a take out menu and I’d listen.

[@shiroikami2690]

As a Pittsburgh native, I can confirm that we say "yinz" (short for "you ones"), and "jeet jet" ("did you eat yet"). We also have words specific to our dialect which aren't used anywhere else such as "jaggerbush" (any bush with briars - like a raspberry bush) and "gumband" (known everywhere else as rubberbands). It's as distinctive in its own way as the New York, Boston, or Chicago accents.

[@Bmike5117]

I guess I know why we call you guys "yinzers" now lol

[@shiroikami2690]

@@Bmike5117 Yes. That is in fact EXACTLY why we're called "yinzers". :D

[@bgctrinity]

Ugh, I'm from Washington, and YES. My mom does the "Warsh" thing too. Drives me nuts.

[@sierracase5515]

I’m from Washington too! I wasn’t born here so I don’t really understand why some people do and some people dont, but I had some teachers that had it, mostly middle aged people I think?

[@cerberus0225]

You should totally check out Wired's three-part series called "Accent Expert Gives A Tour of US Accents". He does much more to explain the various accents and how they developed, and gives a more complete picture. A lot of states have very similar accents while others have multiple within them.

[@teeeeeeekz]

I don’t know if anyone has said this already but you definitely need to do this for accents in England too! We have so many and some are reaaaally different!

[@Mystearicia]

yessss thisssss, I find British accents more fascinating

[@aliwantizu]

Putting an R wins Wash or Washington used to drive me nuts. My Dad did it, and he's from the Mid-West. But he seemed to FINALLY correct himelf once he got into his 60s and dropped the R, lol

[@moreor_less]

Ahh I would love for you two to react to the Wired’s Accent coach’s videos, or maybe just watch in your spare time if you want to hear how different accents in the USA can really be, as well as how class and race affect the growth of accents!

[@corinaibarra1728]

Ok this is my first video hearing Yumi’s English and omg 😍😍😍

[@syntheticsleep]

You guys should definitely dive deep into the southern accents. The strongest "country" accents from NC, SC and GA, for instance, didn't really feature here and they are present in the majority of the population. Different Texas and Gulf Coast accents abound as well. They're great fun.

[@wheelmanstan]

north carolina imo is top dog, well at least the folks I met in NC, that's a unique accent, who the heck else answers a phone with "yaallloouuu"? I'm a Texan and our accents vary quite a bit, from neighbor to neighbor even, really thick accents at times, it's great, damn shame nearly every one on tv tries to hide it or suppress it or is a brit faking it

[@BJ-pq9ef]

Pittsburgher here! We have lots of weird words for common items, like gum bands for rubber bands, spicket for faucet, clicker for remote control and a lot more

[@YoshiPotter88]

First of all I absolutely love your reactions very hilarious and wholesome! Second Coloradan here born and raised and all I have to say is it depends on where you go in Colorado I kind of have an Accent but it's not as strong as other states, it also depends on who's been here longer because there have been a lot of people moving here from other states and maybe even some countries but still there is kind of an Accent you just got to listen a little bit more to really hear it! 🤣😂 But overall Colorado is a very beautiful State especially when you go up in the Mountains or at least look at them and even some of the Land is beautiful, anyways I can't wait for more Content from you guys and I hope that you all are doing well and staying safe and healthy!

[@LanaDelTaco1372]

You don’t know how much I needed a video of international people reacting to U.S. accents 😭

[@Der_Kosmonaut]

Mais, I wished they’d really given you some of the deep Cajun accent we have here in Louisiana, cher . We got beaucoup diversity in here. A strong joie de vie and lagniappe.

[@richhomie740]

Same bro kinda sad they really say too much about Louisiana especially south Louisiana like Nola, BR, etc

[@yasaminwhy8212]

Seeing you both react to this video made my whole week!! The people demonstrating the accents were so much fun (and it was also really fun to see which parts of the accents you both liked best)! That Boston accent 😳 I'm a voice-over artist and nerd out hard over accents/dialects, accents plus this channel equals just the best thing 😂

[@lux3226]

As a Korean girl who lived in Georgia for 25+ years, I do tend to speak with a Georgian accent. But, having lived all over the south, from North Carolina to California, and all the southern states in between, and currently living in Ohio, my accent tends to get muddled into a more non-accent than anything, so people don't consider me as having an accent to speak of. That said, from what I understand, Louisiana is heavily influenced by the French language due to historically being held by France, so much of the accents there are tilted towards French pronunciation. That is why "Herbert" becomes "ay-bear" - the French pronunciation would silence the "H" and "T" and elongate the "er" to a long "a" sound. It's a shame they didn't cover real Cajun/Creole accents - those are so thick, they're damned near impossible to understand.

[@Der_Kosmonaut]

I truly do love my state, and the culture I was immersed in growing up. Merci cher!

[@svgstarlight]

the massachusetts girl did the classic boston accent, i’ve met tons of people (usually older) with that accent since i live right outside of boston and i never notice it until other people point it out cause i’m so used to it 😂 i remember all of my teachers teaching us “park the car in harvard yard” sentence for fun when i was younger lol

[@LexieLyn]

Here in Ohio, we definitely have something between "southern twang" and "standard accent". Even for myself, I have a standard accent for most of my words, but every once in awhile I'll naturally slip into a "twang".

[@jadelynelle218]

The video with the linguist expert going through the regions is even better. If you have time to watch it on your own I recommend it!

[@Pixie_K]

Well now you need to cover regional accents in the UK :D

[@Alastor255]

First time hearing Yum speaking in english, she's really good!

[@naveen4926]

if someone speaks a language, they have accent of the region they speak in. there is nothing like " true way to spell a word without accent"

[@kingmespeaks6839]

Literally everyone in Georgia (and kind of the South in general) drops the "g" at the end of a word. Beginning is beginnin', running is runnin', dancing is dancin', etc.

[@ShanghaiGoat]

The UK is smaller than California yet has some serious regional accents.

[@lilywalker7499]

My third grade teacher was from Alabama and I was in New York at the time. Absolutely loved everything about her.

[@codygates7418]

So first of all as someone from Kentucky we do NOT sound like that. Most people have southern accents. Also I don’t think this was the best video to do but, WIRED has an AMAZING tour of American accents I think you two would like it!

[@castlecorn593]

Agreed most of these people honestly sound like Cali transplants

[@codygates7418]

@@castlecorn593 Yup! I’ve seen SO MANY people say exactly that. It’s like people looked at an accent and tried to mimic it horribly.

[@basedredpilledo7939]

The Herbert thing at the end is because that's the French pronunciation, Louisiana had many French immigrants in the past

[@Starynymph]

Ohio state definitely has different accents within the state! Southern Ohio definitely has more of a country twang to it since the south part of the state is mostly rural farmland.

[@meighanmoore989]

Yeah when I think of Ohio accent it's kinda flat and with different vowels like "melk" for milk and "woof" for wolf. My mom said "crick" instead of creek.

[@fxbear]

My parents and the older generation have very heavy southern accents. Like “lookit thayt yeller howse over yonder”. Texas everything has extra syllables. Tayaxas. The younger generation grew up with television so we don’t got no accants

[@idk_blueand9534]

It so interesting to hear. I my self don't hear my accent but other people do.

[@ajclements4627]

I hear myself all the time and so I try real hard to speak like a neutral news presenter.

[@LindaC616]

@@ajclements4627 Those people are sent to Michigan and Illinois to train and get rid of their regional accents. But I think Barbara Walters and Dan Rather broke them

[@piperthorn9948]

as a kid that grew up in Iowa I used to say things like pop instead of soda, ruff instead of roof, rut instead of root, and woof instead of wolf. My favorite regional accent is my friend from wisconsin who says fleg instead of flag, beg instead of bag, and farrest instead of forest

[@McCammalot]

Why do people say "I don't have an accent"? There is literally no way for any human to speak without some kind of accent! Every way of speaking is an accent of some kind! 🤣

[@goldegreen]

I guess people who don't know much about linguistics *shrug*

[@danielleporter1829]

@@goldegreen Most Americans typically have a neutral accent(broadcaster accent similar to the Received Pronounciation/London/Modern BBC accent we tend to associate with England. Since this is usually the case, those of us that say we have no accent are so used to hearing our natural speech pattern and that of those around us , we don't see it. And also most of us that have a neutral accent tend to associate having an accent with accents that are distinctive like the strong Bostonian/New Englander or New York(Brooklyn, Bronx , Queens think Tony Danza, Robert DeNiro, Born in Manhattan and Danza Brooklyn) Fran Dresher and Ray Romano( both from Queens) or Southern accents to name a few.

[@McCammalot]

@@danielleporter1829 Sure, but everyone's accent sounds neutral to themselves. It's not. And there tends to be an excessive valorisation of "neutral" accents as if they were somehow more linguistically valuable than others. But every accent has something to teach us about history and etymology. I'm constantly told I have a so called "neutral" accent (I live in a large multicultural city) until I leave my hometown. It's not neutral, it's a very recognizable accent among 1st gen kids from my parents' country and we instantly recognize it in each other. People calling my accent "neutral" because it doesn't default to the expected AAVE, which I can also do, often comes across as condescending. It's a nuanced, complicated situation depending on location. I picked up twinges of a different accent when I moved to a different place for college; how the heck am I going to tell the people living in the state they were born in that *they* have the accent and I don't? That's far more arrogance than I'm willing to demonstrate. My point is literally everyone's accent is going to be odd to someone with a different accent. If you pick a direction and drive two hours and people remark that you have an accent, they're *categorically* not wrong. And I gotta say after living 8 years in the UK, *nobody* says they "don't have an accent." Recieved Pronunciation is an accent (which, interestingly enough, the Queen does not have. No, I don't get it either 😁). Middle class people are carefully taught it in school and code-switch and consider it a social asset (Australians do similar); people with contempt for it demean it as "posh" or "Sloane Ranger," and actors take pride in switching between it and forty odd regional ones including their birth accents (and find us USians weird for not being able to switch as easily. Not our fault, we live in a much bigger place even though people outside seem to think California is how we all sound; and in the early 80s the stereotype was a bit more cowboy, especially on the continent. For a short while in France they'd legit say "howdy" to us! ) But no one calls it "not having an accent."

[@danielleporter1829]

@@McCammalot I'm a native of California too and I certainly don't have the stereotypical Hollywood overemphasized "Valley girl" accent although I have on a few parts of the San Fernando and San Gabriel Valleys more than a few times on my life. I won't say I haven't had like in my lexicon a time or two in my life but I will catch myself and find and another superlative to replace it. My biggest pet peeve ( which I most likely learned from my mom) when watching TV, especially the news is hearing newscasters tending to saying amazing after other word they say. In my experience , I think people from other parts of the country who movr here (So Cal ) say like. Maybe I'm just flashing back to walking on campus while at LMU and hearing other students ( much younger than me circa 2006-2009) more than any one who is a native .

[@McCammalot]

@@danielleporter1829 Luckily the Valley Girl accent isn't what most people outside the US equate with California, I don't think. I.e., Lucy Lawless imitated a much less stylized but definitely Californian accent when she did Xena. (Stylized might not be the right word. I'm having issues with insomnia. You can see it makes me far too wordy...) And honestly most of the US shouldn't have that stereotype in their heads either. Because of the media, a lot of the US has started to veer towards a sort of mellow, standardized Hollywood accent themselves. (One of the most startling things I heard was an Australian saying that they got so much US television it felt odd to her to hear an Australian accent on TV.) I'm on the East Coast myself. I got to go to San Francisco once, and I'd love to go back, or to visit San Diego if I get a chance (a lot of New York friends are migrating over there. I hope they are being well behaved.) I have to confess I have culturally appropriated a Valley Girl accent from time to time, but only in self defense, I swear. It put people at ease in certain smaller UK towns when I was the only visible POC in a group. (Especially during peak Brexit. If I made myself seem blatantly like a tourist instead of a student... I guess it was more obvious I wasn't going to stay forever? So suddenly I would have willing cultural guides...) No shade on them. It was a good time and place. I think "like" has made it to nearly all English speaking/influenced nations, now! I've heard it in Bollywood films. It definitely got into my vocabulary in the mid 90s and stayed. I am a bit obsessed with this sort of thing. I should hush. But I love these conversations.

[@TIMson888444]

wow yum her english is getting better:D i love these girls! u girls are the best

[@mwise1016]

In Canada we have a lot of different regional accents too!

[@LindaC616]

Noova Scootia

[@followthecrown1122]

I'm a South Carolinian, born and raised. I didn't realize how thick my Upstate SC accent was until I went to college on the coast with A LOT of people from out of state. My roomie was from outside Philadelphia and she always pointed it out lol.

[@ericforsyth]

Americans thinking they have "no accent" is hilarious. Everyone has an accent, by definition. Besides, how are you going to claim to speak the "standard accent" of a language developed during thousands of years an ocean away (at least) from where you live? Especially when most of you haven't had it as your native language for more than a handful of generations. And no, the "American Southern Accent is closer to how they spoke in Europe at the time than anything you'd find in Britain" thing is a myth.

[@andieallison6792]

Why are you getting so offended lmao

[@ericforsyth]

@@andieallison6792: Criticism of ignorance doesn't necessitate offence. Good attempt at deflection, though.

[@andieallison6792]

@@ericforsyth I'm not "deflecting" anything, I'm asking a question lmao

[@jackierockers3552]

Natasha you are totally right about Kansas. Very diverse. I mainly noticed we do not say the ed at the end of words. We cut it short. Anyone else in Kansas notice that?

[@Min_hobiii]

Loved this video that you guys did and experiencing the different dilactes in the US. This was so fun to see I hope you do more of these in the future! Perhaps reacting to the different Caribbean accents!

[@iDrummerGirl]

ohhh this makes me want to watch videos about korean accents and dialects!!!! regional differences in the same language are always SO fascinating to me. different pronunciations for things as well as different names for the same thing -- it's so much fun to learn how differently others speak the same language that you speak. and they're really interesting to hear about in languages that you don't know.

[@nikitadonley5990]

Check out World of Dave. He did a series on it!

[@iDrummerGirl]

@@nikitadonley5990 oh wow, i haven't watched his videos in so long. i'll check it out!! thank you!! :0

[@williamking3301]

Great video, thank for making it. I have always had a fascination with languages. A lot of us Americans don't realize we individually have an accent or even a dialect, even within the same state, until we meet someone from another part of the country. I am from Georgia, and I remember back in college I met a fellow student from Columbus, Georgia and she had a twang to her accent that I loved.

[@dsegundo]

Yumi's english is so surprisingly good. I feel like her and Zoey just speak in english when the camera isn't on.

[@laurenkalibat357]

You both speak English so well. I'm from the US and I'm trying to learn Korean, but I am really finding it hard.... however I won't give up. I really enjoy all of your videos....

[@KeithCooper-Albuquerque]

OK, OK, you got me. You to are just too cute not to subscribe! I love your perspectives in this video! You both are so honest and open.

[@Heyitsmehyuppp]

5:40 I laughed because it’s true. People sometimes can’t really hear their own accent, but the thing to remember is that everyone everywhere has an accent. I grew up thinking south Texas didn’t have and accent but people from California tell me that the can tell I’m from the RGV just from that.

[@SnowAnayathatweirdgirl]

I'm from West Texas and thought I didn't have one till I went to Colorado and everyone would just stare when I talked making me nervous till someone said.. You sound like the guy from Dazed and Confuse.. Bruh.. 😂

[@Julia-tk2em]

I’m from California, and never really thought I have a distinctive accent, but when I travel I really see it. Especially the way we use certain word and phrases. We use the word “like” a lot, “Dude” is another word that I find to be very west coast.

[@riusu8672]

i am from new jersey but regarding boston accents its like taking half of what we would interpret as a new york accent but then mix it a little bit with british accent and you get the famous boston accent :)

[@merrytunes8697]

I’m from Missouri and true, so many accents here. We say ‘pop’ but have many southern transplants that say ‘soda’, so it turns into ‘soda pop’. Dropping consonants off the end of words is also pretty common.