PhillyTawk: The Phluphian Dialect

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Dis is an exposition of da Phlulphyin bree-anch of da Mid-Atlannic Dolleck of Amurcan English. Check it ay-out.
This is an exposition of the Philadelphian branch of the Mid-Atlantic Dialect of American English. Check it out.

[@maigowang]

It's actually easier to understand without the subtitles :D

[@terrycallahan748]

That's true. Strange

[@johnfish837]

Can't hear it with that shitty music playing.

[@userace1117]

Where are you from?

[@maigowang]

@@userace1117 I'm from China but I lived in Pittsburgh for 8 years

[@userace1117]

@@maigowang 8 years probably not enough time to pick up an accent.

[@singindiva721]

Wait, he gets his coffee at 7-11 and NOT Wawa? No real Philly person gets their coffee from 7-11 unless they're drunk or stoned. It ain't right!!!!! It's either Wawa or Dunkin'

[@GopherGuts2000]

singindiva721 Dude, EXACTLY!!! Why have I never heard an accurate Philly accent in a movie. Yo! Gowin dewn WaWa's, yus wanna coffee?

[@tiarainey7501]

Andrew Verdecchio real rap

[@mowdegrassetyson7676]

True

[@nuggwife7162]

singindiva721 🤣 perfectly!

[@DrJuice1]

Wawa French Vanilla

[@MelissaMcClain112485]

This is great! Born and raised in philly, and while its definitely exaggerated at times, its point on. Not only is the accent correct but the fact that you incorporated all types of philly stuff like, "wooder" ice and "talian" roll makes it hysterical. I was bored and started looking into philly accents on here and this is the most entertaining video i came across. I really enjoyed this...thanks

[@anb2526]

I was born in Richmond, VA, moved to France when I was a kid, stayed there 20 years, moved to Philly just over a month ago. I thought I was crazy. I knew my English was rusty and needed some work, but I felt like a moron moving here. I still don't understand some people at stores or whatever, just frigging articulate and speak up please LOL. Your video nails it. I'm showing it to everybody. I make people repeat two, three times and sometimes still don't understand.

[@70sleftover]

You've done the best job I've found so far on capturing the differences from other American English speech; maybe a little heavier on the southern "i" than I ever hear - sounds more Delaware and eastern shore Maryland. Sad to say the local dialect is dying, at least as far as I can tell from kids who've grown up here since the 1980s. Note to others: Wawa was never that common north of the city until recently, but their cawfee is supposedly the best.

[@mikedonn71]

This accent is cool to listen to for me as a Midwesterner, because it seems like a throwback to colonial days sort of. I was watching this special on PBS called the Story of English, and they had these fishermen in Tangier Island, Virginia, in the Chesapeake that had the purest, undiluted version of this colonial accent, which they traced back to Wessex in England. They theorized that this accent was almost unchanged since 1607, when the British established a fort in Jamestowne.

[@jc19766]

I love hearing different dialect, especially when a native does it. Of course it's more pronunced as he is pointing out the features of the dialect. Good job!

[@qcgirl2011]

This guy is brilliant! I grew up in the NE, so my accent wasn't as pronounced, and I lost it when I moved to Canada in the 60s after college, but I love to watch his videos. My brothers and I were in the diner on Cottman Avenue (just west of Wilson JHS) one day and the waitress actually said to us: "Whas yers, hun?" when taking our order. That and "gon' ta Walwood" are our two favourite greetings now! Our friends think we are crazy!

[@billybrooke2094]

Dude this is by far the best look into the subtle nuances of the Philly accent I've ever seen. I'm laughin my ass off over here! Mine, like most in the area, is way more toned down, but a few times I went to repeat a line and said it the the same way. "If it ain' crookid iss shchray." "don' 'ave enuff steaff." "Whuffy fawlls, gofferbid?" "muyswell" You nailed it bud!

[@jimijaam2591]

without reading the inserted text , it's easier to understand the guy LOL

[@RMartin631]

If I watched the subtitles I had difficulty understanding this. If I covered the subtitles up with my hand, I understood about 95% of what he was saying. Born and bred in Annapolis, MD.

[@ridespirals]

West Coaster (cali) here. same exact thing.

[@danak4064]

I always get made fun of for saying Jimmies instead of "sprinkles" I love it though

[@smonahan09]

@DrJuice1 I think you're 100% right about this video. I made this when I'd just gotten back from four years in the Mid-West, so my accent had dulled down a lot. Over the past year, in Philly again, it's gotten more natural. I think you can tell by comparing this to my latest video - watch Philly Tawk: Overview of Mid-Atlantic English, Part 3

[@StevenShields29]

I can see a connection to Appalachian. In many aspects of the phonology, the relationship is quite striking!

[@RogetMusic]

"MAC machine" YES!! :D

[@Whammytap]

I could listen to you talk all day!

[@Sarah.Riedel]

"FUSTRATED" made me literally laugh out loud

[@XzavierWalker]

i got the philly accent and a canadian accent so its a Philnadian accent lol cause i was born in Philadelphia but my dad was born in Canada.

[@danastuhl]

this is dead on,i don't know what these people are tawlkin about because you sound like everyone i know,maybe a little exaggerated but isn't that the point? we laughed our asses off last night watching this,love it.

[@aquandary4951]

You DON'T gedda cawfee a' Sen-Ullen; you gedda cawfee a' Wawa!

[@JoePulcinella]

OMG, so friggin' nailed it!

[@KevinGraham]

I think he's exaggerating just a little.. He also said warsh, which is a pittsburgh thing.

[@JoePulcinella]

Kevin Graham Maybe the "warsh" thing but there are so many others that you just can't make up. Plus some he missed.

[@Lyubov91]

My mom's from Southwest Philly, and she says warsh.

[@viviangalleher124]

Sometimes Tom says wooder

[@karenortegainkw]

I swear, I just mentally read your last name with my Philly all out there!

[@eddiesavitzspizzaboxcollec7252]

Grew up in Bucks. If i'm not looking at the subtitles it doesn't even sound weird. Cept we never say spigot.

[@tigercomet23]

Exactly. Spicket.

[@karenortegainkw]

Grew up NE Philly, Lower Bucks Jersey Shore...gone from the area for 37 years now, I think I say spigot

[@patrickweisback5835]

Spigot is south Philly my mom mom youst to say that 😂

[@feitocomfruta]

I’m born in Abington, grew up in Bucks, and I need this video to refresh my accent for a D&D game

[@KeikoBushnell]

My gosh this is great! I’m from Philly but I never really got that accent! I moved to California where people think I just grew up here and when I hear People with the Philadelphia accent I recognize it right away but I don’t know exactly what it is about it and I love the way that you spell everything in the captions that’s awesome I wish I could do it and I’m from there! I don’t exactly like the way it sounds but I feel like being from there I should be able to talk like that! I say yo and People look at me weird and they have no idea what Wawa is but other than that I sound like I’m from California.

[@TimothyDonaghue]

Dude he has it down pat! I live in Philly, this is nuts haha

[@donnafromnyc]

The accent I grew up with all those summers down in Wildwood Crest! (I'm from North Jersey) I used to call it "swallowing half of your words". About 40% of my class at Drew University was from the Baltimore area into Reading and I was one of the few who could actually understand them.

[@qcgirl2011]

OMG. I left Fluffya nearly 50 yars ago. I LOVED this!

[@Stufflikeheartz]

Hahahaha oh god, this is so true. I never realized how much we Philly folks have an accent.

[@chuckfrmgamestop]

I'm from Philly and he's dead on but It depends on who you talk to. He's sounds like most of the 20 year olds that call up sports talk stations.

[@smonahan09]

@thepresidentofjanos What are the differences between south philly, fishtown and the NE, for example? I don't think there really are any, but I wanna hear what you think.

[@Droogie1971]

I'm from Philly and I don't talk like that. The wooder (water) thing is definitely true though.

[@redleg56]

Right! From Lycoming County, live in Baltimore, daughter is out near Phoenixville, right.

[@jacyannc7381]

Droogie1971 and tal instead of towel

[@ButcherPeete]

Yeah, I'm from West Oak lane....this bullshit.

[@Dangerella]

GASP! You said a bad word! You said 7-11 and not Wawa! ;) I appreciate this. Being away from Philly, it's nice to hear reminders like this.

[@zachh2776]

Philly born n raised....spot on bro, good stuff!!

[@Xzqx2]

Only lived here 6 years and all of this made perfect sense to me. Have a gi'n!

[@kaizen1300]

This was hilarious!!! But, how could you forget jawn and you dat bawl!!!

[@edwardmulholland4598]

No one in Philly talks like this. 46 years in Philly and this kid isn’t even close.

[@JennelleBelle]

omg teef! thank u! when i talk to people from other parts of the country, they ask me where im from. i always laugh at my mom cuz she 'warshes' her clothes. loool

[@70sleftover]

You've done the best job I've found so far on capturing the differences from other American English speech; you're a little heavier on the southern "i" than I ever hear - wounds more Delaware and eastern shore Maryland. Sad to say the local dialect is dying, at least as far as I can tell from kids who've grown up here since the 1980s. Note to others: Wawa was never that common north of the city until recently, but their cawfee is supposedly the best.

[@LynnetteMadden]

OMG, this is hysterical... the only thing missing is the nasal-y talk with the "PH" sounds. This is great!

[@heatherhaney]

Funny!!! My friends here in GA make fun of the way I say some things. I've been down here 17 years now and I now know for sure I have a touch of the Philly accent in me even though I'm from Bucks County! Jimmies on my ice cream!!!!!!!!

[@jerres9585]

+Heather Haney why the hell are you in the south?

[@smonahan09]

@tri985 what parts sound canadian and what parts sound british?

[@yinkastinka]

amazing! this made me homesick.

[@frimgopdegoog]

To my New York/South Central Connecticut ears, this was almost incomprehensible!

[@frimgopdegoog]

You should hear how they sound in Northern New England if you think that was unusual! In fact, anywhere in NE except CT - where our speech is influenced somewhat by NY.

[@europa_bambaataa]

Jeff Anderson from Clerks- you are his voice twin. mainly with pitch & timber, but I think Anderson sounds very flu-del-fya too.

[@tarnopol]

Brilliantly done!

[@143PinaynProud]

You're awesome! 💯💯💯

[@annettew.5597]

i havent heard somenoe say mac machine in years!!! a freakin mac machine lolol they just call them all atms down here in orlando.

[@DerrickJLive]

Man, this is perfect. Well done, and thanks for writing it all out.

[@kimmyyxwhateverr]

hahahaha, thats exactly how i talk and i live a little bit outside of philly. lols, that made my day!

[@justRUCKit129]

heard this on WMMR, i'm from outside NE philly n trenton and we def talk like this! my family from western pa is always sayin we sound like city kids and that we talk too fast. i never realized how wierd we must sound outside of 2-1-5 this is hilarious! nice finds

[@hilaryoncesaid]

hahaha I understand every word. And it is dawning on me why people don't understand me sometimes in my new location.

[@poeticmeditationsbyyaffa]

Wooderice!!! Loove it

[@tommytrillfiger5302]

I love how u guys talk.In New York we have our way of talking as well

[@karenortegainkw]

lol. This is not NY accent. It's South Jersey, Philadelphia and parts or Delaware and Maryland.

[@warrenkemmer1307]

The yous guys and hun i hear that down here in Baltimore

[@femalehobbitwithhairyfeet]

Idk why but he sounds like an Australian trying to force an accent. So weird but hilarious

[@GroundZeroMusic15]

watched this wit out the subtitles, and as someone from the NE, i definitely talk like that... lmao. 8D

[@kyletrombley6689]

Exactly. I'm from North Philly and we talk a lot different

[@ColinMcDonnellphilly]

youse dint say nutting bout the jawn

[@smonahan09]

@PopCultureHobo This accent, with all its quirks, is very unique and something I think we should all be proud of. And we should be able to have a laugh or two as we poke fun at ourselves about it. Know what I'm tawkin' abbat?

[@adh1224]

I couldn't make it past "Answer the phane" 😂😂🤣🤣🤣

[@smonahan09]

@seed215 Nah, it was definitely forced, you're right. I had just gotten back from 4 years in Ohio when I made this, so I was trying to get back into the swing of things. That's why I like my newer videos a lot better. Look at the "Overview of Mid-Atlantic English" series.

[@wresneski]

@smonahan09 You may be right. I think its that you delivered it with a bit of Shemp Howard dolleck may be whats throwing me off

[@ArthurORMartha]

This is amazing.

[@AshaBee73]

I LIVE in GA (from Philly) and I SWEAR I say the same thing when two Gaw-juns get to talking to each other! Especially the folks from the HOOD! Just listen to (TI & ) Tiny and her BFF talk to each other! I SO need Closed caption to watch that show! LOL

[@coolbrittahnay]

My mom from NE Philly says Mondeee, Tuesdee, Wednesdee, Thursdee ..etc. She also says bawldymore. And winda, pilla, marshmella. She also says Punkin Pie. And my grandmom born and raised in the NE says Santyclause and Schrawberry She also calls people Puerta Rikans lol.

[@akihikosakurai4013]

This is basically how english sounded to me when I first started learning it

[@karenortegainkw]

I understood every word, the subtitles were "duhstractin doe"

[@evangar]

I love this. When I travel people always ask me if I'm from the south. I always tell them "Yeah. South Philly."

[@The_Red_Scare_]

It appears that the PhillyTawk t-shirts are no longer available on Cafe Press. Is this a mistake?

[@Morte.]

cheers for this, very useful.

[@marvinseiger6441]

YO....What memrees....So well done! Don't fahgit the Libry Bell anda EL!

[@jutecat]

@kevinmcg76 your right on! i never have said warsh or heard warsh in philly in my life! he also failed to say jawn. is this guy actually from philly or just making fun of us??

[@smonahan09]

@WouldYaEva I talk about tiger in the video called Overview of Mid-Atlantic English, Part 4.

[@graffitigorsk2989]

I get how people say water, however, I was raised in my family to say wooder for my dad was born in phila and my mom moved with her family to america when she was learning English and that's how I say wooder and jimmies and wid out

[@chicanohek]

its easy to understand if you don't follow along with the subtitles

[@moonchyldcrab82]

@Mr10Football Right. But you gotta admit you understood it lol From West Philly. Reading it messed me up but when I just listened I understood every word.

[@SuperSpeakless]

If ur philly close ur eyes and ull hear it all

[@katiedudek1085]

The captions made it confusing. I could understand everything he was saying. I'm from north Delaware and when I travel far south or west people ask me if I'm from Philly. Some people who know that Delaware actually exists have told me I have a Delaware accent. I don't even know what that is or what it sounds like, but the way I talk resembles a Philly accent.

[@velvetelvis999]

Will you please sing I will survive? In the philly accent😂

[@BigMoeFo]

What cracks me up is I understand everythin he's sayin. Born and raised in Philly, but the subtitles below are gibrish(gibberish) ha This pens mayin!!!!! Lol

[@seanyds]

@whatuwatchingjoe Yeah it's either burt-day or burffday. Gotta love em both.

[@QUEENBEE200384]

I'm from Baldamore, and hours(ours) is very similar, wooder(water), owld air(out there), boddle(bottle), drawn out "I" and "o"'s. sumdings(something's) we say down ear(down here) are diffrent ( different), but I understan( understand) yew(you) jus(just) vine( fine).

[@WhiskerKey]

I’m from NJ and I sound exactly like this besides “warsh” and “wooder”

[@vicvega2102]

I am crying laughing! I love the accent...my father tawked dat weay.

[@nstacks1]

The captions confused me. It sounds mostly totally normal to me. Much more entertaining without trying to read the captions because I don't think we sound like that

[@smonahan09]

@IamNowJMAN What is the difference?

[@taniap.7467]

I love his accent !!

[@uhhFez]

I’m from Pittsburgh and I’ve never heard this accent not one time lol

[@MrJayspeaks]

Funny 😂I about jumped out da winda!

[@smonahan09]

@kevinmcg76 good points, Kev. Crowns for crayons is a big one. I've never actually said "warsh" in my life either... but I remember my Philadelphian grandpa saying that. It's probably something that used to be part of the accent, but has faded away by now.

[@bullhead420]

We don't put r's in saw or anything else, that's major northeast penn/ ny

[@SandbaggerDave]

I can almost hear a slight Australian twang in some of those words. Living in the suburbs of Philapa, I have some elements of this but not others. I don't say "wooder", but I do say "hawse". And I like to go to "Flarida" to visit Mickey "Mowze". I don't say "downashure", it's more like "downdashore". And "Seven-eleven" is what it is. And I still use a MAC machine. I guess some habits never die.

[@smonahan09]

@Sonnelicht87 No prob'm - glead y'enjoyed it!

[@70sleftover]

@WouldYaEva That sounds like Pittsburgh. Never heard "Tagger" from fellow Philly area folks, but from those western Pa. folks, sure.

[@smonahan09]

@toolbagcentral I can't believe you're from Philly and you've never heard anybody say something like "Santy bring ya anything good this year?" BTW, I live a few blocks from Pat's and Geno's in South Philly.

[@limemason]

This is just how Charlie talks in It's Always Sunny

[@Utikazoo]

I am so glad you said orange water ice! My friend and I moved here from way upstate New York, and we used to make fun of people by saying that. My wife is from Chicago, and she sometimes slips and says, "Oarnge," and I make fun of her.

[@languagelover747]

I’m originally from South Jersey, but sadly have lost most of my accent. But we Cape May Countyans tend to say “Ken” for the verb: “Ken” I get a Caen of soda?

[@GallopingDarns]

Fuss-traded. So accurate. I love knowing now that my accent is unique!

[@smonahan09]

@ilikeoldfashionsongs And hayw 'baywt dem Phills an'at awesome new pitchin' steaff???