How to do a Chicago Accent

[@hapidjus69]

There are some Chicagoans that speak with an accent but it's not this heavy. You hear it mostly with the older generation.

[@edg6762]

hapidjus69 you'd think. Depends where you go. on the north side you don't hear it because most everyone there is a transplant

[@patato_potato6236]

Thats very true, I'm in high school and a lot of my older teachers have this kind of similar accent. Maybe not as strong but I still hear it(although the majority of my teachers are pretty young). You'll notice that the accents of teens and young adults have blurred out to the general american accent.

[@jdub4276]

hapidjus69 I agree definitely with older people, in the city and all of the chicagoland area

[@TabithaReminiec3399]

with the actors who are from chicago

[@gsoto3323]

Ed G east of western! You still hear it on the northwest side, but whenever south siders visit the north side it’s east of western! Nobody east of western is from Chicago anymore!!!! All yuppies and you know what!

[@carlyskanberg3272]

I live in Chicago and I only hear this accent in *some* 40-60 year old men who are obsessed with baseball/football Edit: I made friend who isn’t from America and she said I have the thickest Chicago accent ever so i really don’t know anymore

[@chicago4tw438]

SAME... My older relatives who are all HUGE Bears fans (🐻⬇️) have this exact accent. THE EXACT ONE...

[@nolamccollian3211]

so my grandfather

[@carlyskanberg3272]

nola m and my dad

[@JJlI2009]

So do homeless dudes lol

[@carlyskanberg3272]

Geai Lee oh yeah true true

[@deejaaay7600]

Nobody knows about Jewel or Dominicks outside of Chicago... lol

[@Navillus.55]

Jewel Tea was in Boise, Idaho for awhile, but was named Jewel/Osco. I haven't seen a Dominick's anywhere except Chicago or the suburbs.

[@tabragalone]

We moved to Ohio in 2003 and my mom still calls it The Jewel's...

[@justincaldero5174]

Daniel Hickok right, I work at a hotel in a Chicago suburb and people from out of town call it jewel osgood lmao

[@Michael-zh7pl]

the nearest dominic’s to me just closed

[@Dog-999i]

The rest of the world is finally learning about Portillos.

[@icetre4769]

it's funny because I'm from Chicago and I didn't know we had accents😂

[@antoniolampley5532]

Tresean Williams every area has their own accent..

[@whatdidyouzay5688]

Antonio Lampley except Chicago. coming from a person who lived in Chicago his entire life

[@bridiemurphy1477]

Tresean Williams ssssaaaammmmeees

[@whutevas]

Tresean Williams omg same 😂😂

[@icetre4769]

***** I've just learned that we pronounce "I'm" like "om" lol😂

[@Materva-hv6sz]

I immediately want a Vienna beef with sport peppers and bright green relish in a steamed poppyseed bun

[@prozacania]

Materva 1974 you better not even think of the word ketchup!!! :)

[@glennso47]

prozacania You mean Catsup?😆

[@nik1128]

Hahaha yes

[@pinkythechihuahua3156]

I miss having a hot dog stand on every corner. We have 2 Portillos in Southern California. The closest to me is 40 miles away!

[@leehuang4050]

Awesome

[@vigilantslacker6039]

Most Chicago accents are a lot more subtle than this.

[@aidanrocha2043]

I got uncles that talk like this

[@skylekmoss622]

Yea. Im from nw indiana. We are proper with a small amount of slang. Its a very comfortable to the ear

[@lukelisiecki361]

yeah it’s becoming outdated you can still here traces of it in some people though

[@russian_knight]

Yeah

[@nataliestahulak4266]

This dude sounds like he’s from New York or Jersey

[@Madcapredcap]

Nobody has an accent until they leave their hometown

[@r3dyskunkteam904]

Nbs

[@Random_facts134]

whose told you this sh..t

[@thibbz]

As a Chicagoan, the people saying most Chicago accents are not as strong as this are wrong. My uncle and grandpa sound EXACTLY like this, and I have met some young people who sound like this. This is the most accurate video I’ve seen on this beautiful accent.

[@GirlWhat74]

I think it’s strength depends on the age group. Younger chicagoans accent isn’t as strong. However, the long hard A is still a strong signifier in even the most refined Chicagoan.

[@zinnia-]

I only hear this accent when 40-50 year old men say “DA BEARS”

[@condemmend1]

DAH BEAHS!

[@pdusainc]

From Schaumburg area and yes people say I have a Chicago accent...did not realize that when I went to Vegas...freakin jag offs lol

[@HaikesXO]

M V from streamwood so we must have the same accent lol

[@jabbingjabberwocky5243]

HaikesXO from Hoffman estates ..and we say Jewels lol not jewel when talking about grocery store...lol ...lived in Las Vegas for a few years before moving back ... we also say MA a lot not mom...so hear goes the sentence (ie) "Where's MA? she went to DA JEWELS " . 😉

[@imschleep8571]

M V woah we live close, I live in Elk Grove but I used to live in Schaumburg.

[@BillyMinnow]

I grew up in Elk Grove. Moved to the city when I was 13. I loved it out there. When I first moved here I was constantly told I had a suburban accent. Took me about 10 years to finally hear it. Trust me, the accent you have is not an actual Chicago accent. It's hard to describe, other than saying you sound "too midwestern". I know that sounds odd, bc it did to me, but after 10+ years of living in the city, I get it. It's almost as if suburbanites are trying too hard to put on a Chicago accent, but messing it up. I know that's not true, but that's what it sounds like. I have 5 uncles. 3 live in the burbs, 2 in the city. The ones in the burbs sound pretty similar to the guy in the video. The 2 in the city don't even really have an accent (that I can notice anyway). The guy in the video is definitely from the burbs btw.

[@Keif_Richards_420]

hell yeah I live in the burg lol

[@vanimmo1041]

People from Chicago say chicaaaago trust me I'm one of them

[@edg6762]

depends. some say it chicaaahgo some chicawgo

[@vanimmo1041]

+Edouard Garça you're right but it really depends on what part of Chicago u are from

[@edg6762]

+BSBVlogs4u on the South Side it's Chicawgo as far as I know. I know in "Melwaahhkee" everyone says "Chicaaahgo". I wonder if the closer you get to Wisconsin the more Wiscaaahnsin people sound. :D

[@vanimmo1041]

Usually what I hear on the north side is chicaaaago or chicaahgo but sout and west is more chicawwgo and yes the closer you get to the Wisconsin Illinois border it does sound Iike wiscahhson but that's what I hear

[@edg6762]

Do they also say "caahfee" instead of "cawfee" for coffee?

[@claytonsommerer]

Im from the northwest suburbs ‘right off 53 and route 14’ as you quoted and I can confirm that accent is spot on.

[@BVaccaro88]

I didn’t know I had a Chicago accent until I talked to a girl giving me a lap dance in New Orleans... She either liked my accent or she liked my wallet. I’ll go with the latter...

[@gushernandez25]

🤣

[@BuildinWings]

It's the latter. IME most people just want to hear us say "the Bears."

[@DsgSleazy]

@CjTooCut u tweakin

[@BretteBaker]

😂😂😂

[@aaronmarcotte6960]

Lmfaoooo

[@demeko96]

I'm a foreigner and I've been searching videos of actual Americans teaching about their accents, and your video is by far the most convincing one I've seen about the Chicago/Midwest accent. Well done man!

[@Fishhunter2014]

I was born in Chicago but I moved to Montana when I was ten. I still kinda sound like that if I get mad enough though.

[@michaelalguire419]

Fishhunter2014 I know what you mean. If I get mad the NYC accent comes out strong.

[@user-tt2fh8nf1o]

@@michaelalguire419 why is it that when ppl get mad their accent comes out strong? i dont get it...

[@lisa.user-xm7kz2tb6x]

Fishhunter, great comment. 👍😊 i get homesick for Chi.

[@catj.v.6904]

Same here. I don't really have a noticable accent but it really comes out when I'm mad or when I start ranting.

[@evinspire284]

Fishhunter2014 same 🤣

[@edg6762]

thank you. Especially for pointing out that a Chicago accent and a Midwest accent are different from each other. The stereotypical Midwest accent is actually very non distinct. It is what most newscasters seek to have. On the other hand, the Chicago accent is considered very nasal and grating to some ears.

[@oskieemmy02]

Ikr!

[@joshdriscoll9323]

Eastern Iowa and specifically Dubuque Iowa has a similar, albeit watered down accent to this. Everytime I go out west to Portland I'm either asked if I'm from Chicago or Minnesota.... never fails

[@eyb0ss390]

These accents are only found in chicago and certain suburbs. It is found nowhere else in the state. In fact, when you hit Peoria, people have more in common with the the south than chicago.

[@changedpace9169]

@@joshdriscoll9323 hey I'm from dubuque too

[@famguy218]

This guy sounds like New York mixed with Chicago lol.

[@susichie]

Some do sound a little like that. Certain words sound like NYC slowed down

[@thenovaknight932]

He from Minasota. Accent says it all. This ain't a Chicago accent.

[@bdaycaker]

No he sounds like North Dakota and Vermont

[@amrayabaptiste2933]

@@susichie I think so too.

[@deebo1186]

@@thenovaknight932 A Chicago accent was first to sound like that especially with al Capone New Yorkers and Italians.

[@PantzMaster35]

This is by far the best display of our accent I've seen on KZbin. Props to you man!

[@wearenotalone7187]

not at all I live in Bridgeport and he sounds nothing like us

[@edg6762]

SOL SOL because he sounds Wisconsin white. Bridgeport sounds Irish Mexican 😂

[@dollybizarro3982]

SOL SOL i live in bridgeport and i still have kinda this accent

[@jdub4276]

PantzMaster35 agreed, way too real

[@opheliac6379]

No F'en way!!!! He sounds like a clown! Rude. No one says "Algonquin" like that & no one really turns their T to a D. What year is this man living in? Only thing I notice is saying Yer instead of Your. NO ONE IN ARLINGTON HEIGHTS TALKS LIKE THIS!!!!!

[@sarco64]

I grew up near Buffalo NY and went to college in Rochester NY, and this is pretty much the accent you hear throughout the western half of New York State, as well as Cleveland, Detroit, Milwaukee, and everywhere in between. It's what linguists call the inland northern or Great Lakes accent.

[@brandykoleta6633]

sarco64 Milwaukee here, ours is a little less grinding on the ears ;) Just sayin!

[@love0the0fans]

Don't nobody in Detroit sound like that😭 Not even the little bit of white people who live here.

[@edg6762]

@@love0the0fans yes they do. Just their own version of it

[@michaelsmalley9755]

I'm from Detroit and nobody talks like this here. This sounds more like how people from Wisconsin or the UP of Michigan talk.

[@edg6762]

@@michaelsmalley9755 yes it is more Wisconsin but it shares similarities. And some Whites in Detroit sound closer to this than Blacks

[@reesemaster73]

This is awesomely real. It made a lot of sense when you mentioned that the accent really comes out in a higher pitch and I can definitely see that now.

[@theindyone]

He nailed it to a tee!

[@twobasicblondes6370]

not really the younger generations dont talk like that

[@edg6762]

+AnaAva yes they do

[@astraeareminiec669]

Are you kiddin' me? the only way that any generation ( from the chicago areaa) wouldn''t have this accent is if they weren't from here!

[@cameronmenzies8033]

He has such a casual and agreeable way of speaking. I'm nodding to everything he says

[@yarnovah]

“Ahnest ta Gahd,” lol, didn’t realize that was part of the accent until now.

[@nehsangbong7259]

😂😂

[@orlandosanchez8123]

I'm from Chicago my friends from new York love the way I say words with SA like salad, salmon Saturday ect, I never realized it until they brought it to my attention lol

[@andrewbutler909]

I went to Rome two years ago with my family and we asked someone to take a photo for us at this fountain... before he even took it he asked us if we were from Chicago, we said yes and asked him how he knew. He told us that he could tell based off of our accents?!? It was insane... we were halfway across the world and he could still guess were from chicago

[@jamesgifford2019]

I've lived in Chicago my entire 36 years,I listened to this guy talk for 3 secsonds.Ive never met 1 person that talks this way.

[@tawneeens436]

James Gifford same

[@virgilbarrett4687]

Yeah I agree lol

[@drewpdrew2004]

True. He sounds more like a New York native.

[@JMJsama]

I’ve met s few but it’s a little rare. I hear it more in the suburbs than in the city limits. Nowadays I mostly hear either a strong Ebonic accent mixed with Cali or a strong Hispanic accent mixed with Cali.

[@indiamoya7415]

James Gifford frl 😂

[@allenetube]

Best tutorial of the chicago accent I have found. Too many people are trying to explain the vowels and it's better just to listen to someone talk. thanks.

[@dynamicgaming8540]

The only thing I here as a fellow Chicagoan. Is we say "watchu mean?" "Instead of what do you mean?"

[@robloxthing]

Ayyye lmao thas true asl we neva be sayin whole sentences like dat

[@deebo1186]

Or wah u mean Sounding like Wyoming

[@MichaelK-xj3if]

I grew up in Philly and my mother was from Skokie, IL. That is exactly how she sounded 100%

[@agenttoad3777]

"Algaaanquin," I loved that part. We do emphasize our A's but not too much, haha. If you're from the suburbs, and sometimes the city too, we really pronounce the 'ow' like at the end of 'know' pretty hard.

[@carlwalsh7944]

No doubt about it, that's Chicago. Being a Chicagoan myself, it's comforting to hear it since I'm in the South now.

[@glamglitzgorgeous]

"ur gonna get on algonquin road" 😂😂😂😂

[@badguy1481]

"Den you gotta turn west on Dempster to get to Witfield!

[@savannahnoll1247]

Paula Ciurkot omg yess

[@zombie8157]

I ride on Algonquin almost every day

[@AMPProf]

I don git it

[@davidg7136]

😂😂😂

[@jackhackett80]

I lived in Rockford for years, and the the accent there fairly similar...not as nasally, though

[@Navillus.55]

I moved from Chicago to Boise, Idaho in 1970 and once in awhile I still fall back to that Chicago accent, especially in certain words. Every once in awhile, I have a tendency to pronounce quarter as quawta; coffee as cawfee; chocolate as chawclat; Chicago as Chicawgo. I grew up in East Rogers Park, which at that time was predominately Jewish, so I think I picked up that particular way of pronouncing A's in that manner from the 1940's through the 1960's. The thing that really bothered me though was when Boise people would say I was from the East -- Chicago people always believed they were Mid-Westerners. Easterners were (and still are) a whole different breed of cat.... By the way, I remember when The Bears played at Wrigley Field -- Soldier Field was then built years later.

[@qwualify]

*Da Bears

[@b2dary890]

Soldier Field was built in the 1920s. If you remember seeing them play at Wrigley, soldier Field already existed at that point. The Bears didn't start playing there until 1970 or so, even though it was built in 1924.

[@wezzlyn]

This is what I call the "What Dan Aykroid Thinks Chicagoans Sound Like" accent.

[@edg6762]

Wesslyn yeah he sounds Wisconsin as heck

[@floatturtle3201]

Hahahaha, def Dan Ackroyd

[@badguy1481]

I don't know. In the Blues Brothers I think he did a pretty good job with a Chicago accent. Things like "No they don't got my address" and "You want I should clean the windshield". I don't remember him ever using the Canadian "umlauted o"( like saying "out and about" like "oot and a boot")... during the entire movie.

[@kizyyy-r1]

Hes from the area so it's a legit and honorable impression

[@TheSpecialJ11]

@@badguy1481 "No they don't got my address" sounds like something my dad who grew up in Aurora just west of Chicago would say.

[@gregthebaritone]

I loved when Dennis Farina came on Law and Order. They first tried to sell his character as being from NYC, and he talked about when he was younger going to "Da bars, in da Brahnx." They later changed his character's back story to being from Chicago originally.

[@greetswithfire1868]

The late actor Dennis Farina had a classic Chicago accent.

[@edg6762]

@NyYankees1985 yeah is that what they say? What a bunch of fuckin bullshit

[@kenkunz1428]

Yes he did.

[@Beastgrows]

He's dead!?

[@beepboop4285]

To everyone saying only older people have this accent. I was 21 when I moved out of state and my accent was so thick everyone thought I was from boston and would ask me to repeat phrases. I’ve lost most of it now (sad) but it does happen. Now it’s usually people who have family or have been to Chicago enough who still recognize my accent when I say certain words. My mom and family had thick accents but I have friends my age from northwest Chicago who also speak like this.

[@user-ru6mq5sc5n]

Exactly! I grew up outside of Chicago. People posting only old people speak this way obviously never grew up here. I have not lived here for years, but when I come back I pick up even the slightest accent and yes a lot of young people have it.

[@southbound1969]

I have lived in Las Vegas for over 20 years now but from the Chicago suburbs. I always considered myself accent neutral but even I notice I still have a little accent left when I say "car".

[@reall6229]

Didn’t know I had an accent, then I moved to Georgia and every time I’d talk to people they’d barely be able to understand me and said I had a really thick accent

[@susanschultz1762]

You're right, not all Chicagoans talk that way. It's working class Chicagoans that talk like that.

[@dustbinbroom]

Dat tak liek dat...

[@TT-zi7hi]

i usta work in a warehouse with a fella talked like that

[@GRANOLA77]

Only old people talked this way

[@tre6316]

Thats kinda like a lot of places

[@yokie52]

It's a neighborhood accent, not all the same. We have been affected by TV, video, etc. children now hear a lot more input from outside the family and neighborhoods, so we have lost it. Not necessarily "working" class...

[@Nick-xp4vj]

I think this is spot on for the percentage of Milwaukee and Chicago that carry this accent. I have family in Milwaukee with this exact accent and it's common there.

[@sarco64]

It's the same accent that you'd hear in Rochester (Raaahd-chester) and Buffalo (Buff-lo) NY.

[@Ryan-9000]

I'm from Wales in the UK and when I first met my cousins from Milwaukee years ago I was blown away lolol. They have some of the Chicago feel but mixed with a little more of a Canadian feel. Super interesting. Maybe one of the hardest accents to try and replicate in all of the US. I'm trying my hardest to master it so I can make fun of them every time we meet xD

[@greenmachine5600]

its an interesting and pretty cool accent for sure. Wish we Americans took better care to preserve our regional accents and be proud of them, but most people want to speak with a generic american accent nowadays

[@mfjosh6422]

@@greenmachine5600 yes that’s totally true. Why do you think that is ? I’m from SoCal and whenever I met someone outta Cali they say I sound like a surfer 🤣

[@goldfishghosts1919]

RIP Dominick's

[@Baghuul]

How do you like Marianos? hehe

[@viviangalleher124]

I get choked up whenever I hear someone talking about dominicks, that was my childhood

[@AMPProf]

Da fuck !

[@SweetJeopardy]

That scene from "Ferris Bueller" when Rooney tells Ferris' mom that he's been absent NEEEEEIIIIIIIN TEIIIIIIIMS (9 times) always comes to mind when Chicagoans/Michiganites say that they don't have an accent 🤣🤣🤣

[@gsoto3323]

Native northwest side guy and he nailed it!!!!!

[@astraeareminiec669]

Chicago,I was born on the northwest sde of the windy city.. Could I have the same accent?

[@cityhunterfan]

Maybe, maybe not. There's the midwest accent which is pretty flat basically. Then there is the Chicago accent. Ditka and the Daleys have the Chicago accent. We actually have two accents here. Chicago north and Chicago south. South side sounds more like this guy and especially among the older generation.

[@gsoto3323]

Astraea Reminiec what neighborhood?

[@pinkythechihuahua3156]

I grew up in the Belmont Dragon area. Moved to the boonies of Hang---Hanover Park. Moved to California 40 years ago. I still get asked if I'm from Chicago.

[@ryanmadsen3982]

I was born in Berwyn, raised in La Grange and both my parents grew up in Chicago Heights. This is spot on!

[@wallstreettrader1]

BERWYN???!!!!

[@Stroudtucson]

This accent you're using is the strongest I've heard. I was born and lived in Chicago until I was 11 when my family moved out to the south suburbs. My Mom and the older generation did have this accent (maybe slightly softer), and somehow the suburbs "softened" mine. I wasn't aware of it, but when I go into the city I can hear that Chicago accent. They say "Chi-CAW-go" a lot. I say "Chi-GAH-go". However, this extreme accent seems to be dying out with the older generation.

[@jamesharmon5409]

Never seen a vid from this guy and he seems likes the nicest guy on the planet

[@neenee8422]

I didn't know we had an accent until I went to college. Now I can't unhear it.

[@weeds526]

I live in Chicago and I don't have one, but my landlord is a dead ringer for this guy

[@weeds526]

@Popeye I'm from St. Louis, so not too likely

[@stoybenxi7395]

It’s a cultural thing man, you pick it up eventually

[@andrewm3150]

I didn't think I had an accent til I went on a road trip down south. More than a few people asked if I was from chicago

[@Lunaphire]

I've lived in the Chicago area my whole life, and this sounds super Wisconsin to me.

[@nights_over_egypt]

Thank youuuu

[@babykiwer2005]

Indeed

[@dab0331]

It is. This accent is only found in white people over 60. And even only a few have it. My boss who is old and from the Chicago area doesn't have an accent ANYTHING like this. Nobody talks like that anymore

[@brookeswittkamper543]

The Chicago accent is definitely real and distinct and I didn’t realize it until I moved away, and then moved back and listened to the local news. look up video “greatest Chicago accent ever” for proof

[@davidbarry213]

I really like the accent, its unique and got character. I'm not from the US, so don't really know much about US accents, but it sounds similar to the way I've even heard some Canadians talk, such as when they pronounce the 't'' as 'd''

[@greenmachine5600]

its an interesting and pretty cool accent for sure. Wish we Americans took better care to preserve our regional accents and be proud of them, but most people want to speak with a generic american accent nowadays

[@yoe91]

I'm a metalhead and a big Cannibal Corpse fan and I was surprised to hear some of the guys' accents knowing they were from Buffalo NY, I mean NY you don't associate with this accent here, but I see it's in the Great Lakes area so that explains that.

[@studentchicago91]

I recently traveled to Toronto and Kid you not I had five people come to me and asked me if I was from Chicago and when I would ask why they would amswer you have a Chicago Accent. Honestly it was so surprising and funny I would play it off and say its probably my Spanish ( Mexican) accent and they would say no its not that it's a Chicago Accent.

[@MCiliberti1]

Chicago native left at 21 and fun to hear home. His accent is the regular accent of many Chicagoans. Made me long for an Uno’s pizza or a Chicago hot dog which is a full meal. No city has a more beautiful waterfront. Try walking out on the North Avenue Pier and look back at the city at night, spectacular. Oh and I stuttered badly so had years of speech therapy so have Northwestern U. theater school accent😉

[@3dogsdesert]

I swear he sounds like my brother, I was crackin up... the nasal is my favorite

[@田中静香-t8x]

I was in Elmhurst (a western suburb of Chicago) for a year, and people talked like that. I miss it. 😭

[@zarathon8315]

I think it depends. My grandpa sounded just like this and he was from Lincoln Park (when it was a slum) and also lived in Racine during the growing season (sharecropping). He then worked a drill press all his life. Grandma was also working class, from a little further north in Chicago and she didn't have that strong "Da Bears" accent. I still hear it a lot stronger in the south side and amongst working class folks. It gets blended a lot with the cheesehead/Minnesotan accent and I can't always tell the difference until they whip out a "you betcha" and then I know it's cheesehead. I can imagine my grandpa saying "so's it's Fry-day an da eye-talians next door are comin over to play pinochle and we'll put on some brats. Are you gonna come by? You know day got a grand daughter dat's real cute!"

[@glamourchick21]

My dad grew up in Highland Park, my mom grew up in Edgewater. I grew up in Mount Prospect. I have a softer Great Lakes accent, but I can always hear it when I’m on the phone.

[@user-ru6mq5sc5n]

I grew up outside of Chicago and have lived in the Seattle area for over 25 years. When I come back to visit it blows my mind! I have relatives that have hard core accents ( its mostly Chicago, southern Wisconsin, Detroit about the same sounding) The number one word is "DO" the o is dragged out dooo. Also You know, is said yaah knooow but it is not New York. I even pick up immediately on people that just have a slight accent. You have to move away for a long time and seldom visit to know this. It is both women and men.

[@williamkoscielniak820]

Your accent is perfect man. Like you said it's not over exaggerated. That's the way we sound haha.

[@kellyhowell-perez4145]

I was born and raised on Long Island, New York, hearing the strongest New York accent you could ever dream up. And I even had one. Now living in North Carolina, I just went through a Chick-fil-A drive-through and almost asked the girl if she was either from a Scandinavian country or South Africa (Dutch Afrikaans). The next employee told me that she was from Chicago! That’s the only reason I ended up seeing this video. I love it! Hilarious!

[@JosStorm]

As a person that lives near Chicago, this is one of my favorite American accents. I mostly hear it with the older generation but I seem to have developed a bit of the accent lol

[@Muff_Diver]

funny he mentioned buffalo, heard a guy speaking last week in what i thought was a chicago accent & I asked him if he was from chicago & he said no buffalo which shows how far that type of accent goes compared to the north east where if you just look at new york, philly & baltimore, all with in 2 hours of each other but have very different accents.

[@sarco64]

Not just Buffalo, but most of upstate NY, at least from Utica westward through Syracuse, Rochester, and Buffalo. The first time I went to Chicago I thought, "This is really cool. Everyone here talks like they're from Buffalo or Rochester." I felt right at home.

[@steinozeankrieger4215]

Here is a fun fact for you. In 2020 about a million people voted for the top fifty sexiest American accents and Chicago came to be 5th so apparently people do love it.

[@tylermedley3166]

i, from chicago, came here curious what my accent sounded like i left with the knowledge that my As are ugly and i sound like a cartoon edit: i didnt even notice him doing an accent for the whole video

[@greenmachine5600]

why so negative.

[@greenmachine5600]

Check out The Outfit, it's a movie thats set in Chicago and the people have this accent

[@irishstar2496]

Finally someone that nailed it!

[@CJPooz]

Its funny cause my voice didn’t start sounding like this till I hit puberty ya know?

[@itsbongoroo2097]

Thank u so much! I’m an up coming voice actor and I rlly need to learn the Chicago accent for a character I’m voicing in a new indie show.

[@guyfromkcmo]

I love it. To me it's not just an accent, but it's like the sound of components in a well tuned engine or something like that.

[@OFM1209]

I went to California and asked for a grape pop and everyone looked at me crazy.

[@Walter2846.]

"Pop" is a Chicago thing.

[@Mecal21]

I live in Chicago and I've never ever heard someone say "pop" we usually say soda

[@OlJackBurton]

How did you say "pop"? Was it closer to paup like Paul or pahp like Papi? The same thing with rock. Most people say Honda with an o sound like dog, but i guess Chicagoans say Honda like Hahnda like pasta. Always thought that was weird. Of course these are white accents. Blacks and Mexican Americans and Puerto Ricans (most Latinos in Illinois/Chicagoland are Mexican or Puerto Rican) have their own accents, and strangely sound much more similar across the country.

[@bharre]

Living in Chicago for a short time, I did notice a difference between the south side accents and the north side accents. Without knowing, I would have said this guy was south side all the way.

[@rockingchain2]

As someone from Michigan, this hits VERY close to home.

[@OneTrueSonOfGod]

You should be an actor on a Chicago Sitcom

[@teri4608]

Born and lived in Chicago and NW burbs all my life. This guy sounds like all my friends. Can’t even detect an accent. If he’s not from Chicago, very well done. 👍. In an effort to sound more sophisticated, I battle myself to not say Dat (that), yous guys, Middens (mittens), Agg (egg), and many other “problem” expressions. 🤣 Also, many PhD students DO talk this way at the local universities. I have listened to plenty of PhD presentations. It’s not just The Jewel workers! Unfortunately the accent can make you sound less educated, which is why I think I sometimes try to downplay it in my own language. But usually I don’t can’t if I sound like a local.

[@bulldogface8259]

Lolol I remember asking a guy from Chicago to pass me the ketchup for my hot dog and he gave me a crazy look and told me YOU DO IT PUTTING KETCHUP ON A HOT DOG IS SACRILEGIOUS WITH THE CHICAGO ACCENT 🤣🥲🤣🥲😆

[@inmanchristopher78]

I never knew I had an accent until I left home for basic training. One of the guys heard me talking and was like " where are you from?"

[@toddlogg]

The Chicago accent is more subtle most of the time except in steel workers, roofers, mechanics, pipefitters, and cops.. The average person doesn't really have a noticable accent

[@WorivpuqloDMogh]

I love it because its a part of pop culture and i like the sound

[@Larry37M]

This sounds like a guy trying to do a SNL version of a Chicago accent.

[@Migueltheglassmaker]

I was born in Chicago but I live in California so I'm going back to my roots

[@Michael34-14]

Living here on the east coast for many years, I can pinpoint a Midwest accent from a mile away, and usually Im right if I chat with that person. Chicago, Wisconsin, Minnesota (especially Minny) ...I can tell.

[@user-ru6mq5sc5n]

Being from the Chicago area I can tell you those from Minnesota do speak more Canadian, there is a difference, but it can be blended in with some people.

[@mikesmith3873]

If you’re from Da region Dey talk like dat in Hammond and Gary, and Eash Chicago

[@davidg7136]

True, they speak chicago in northwest Indiana because it's also Chicagoland

[@PumpkinHalloweed88]

My accent was only brought to my attention when I dated a broad from the suburbs... never knew I had one before her... but this guy sounds like he’s from Canada. Then again, I’m an Italian Chicagoan , raised by old fashioned dagos from the city. This guy sounds like he ripped a SNL skit.

[@hiramnoone]

This accent is spot on Chicago (I was born there). But not every Chicagoan has it. There is neutral Mid Western which predominates in the area, outer burbs particularly. But it's an accent we've all heard, (Hello, Detective Sipowicz), more pronounced in the inner city we get a private kick out of when we hear it.

[@AllieJKat]

My bf is from outside Chicago, and i don't notice his accent until he's heated, like when we watch hockey. But he's lived West Coast for like 8 years now.

[@ZoeSimza]

Man, not only is the accent perfect, but those sunglasses make you look like a total Chicago ddue as well lol

[@katiel8725]

I'm from the Chicago area. This is exactly how my uncle talks. I don't have it as strong. But I went to college out east, and my friend, who was a linguistics major, said I had the "Midwestern vowel shift".

[@regalincogbeauty]

OMG!!!! I was born and raised in Chicaaaago, IL and he is on point about the accent. It's like our accent and New York's accent had a baby!

[@SP-cd3wo]

It is really weird that I don’t realize I have one either until pointed out once in a while

[@Eudevie]

My Grandma used to have this accent. I don't think the younger generation uses it as much? Stepdad who grew up in Lakeview/North Center has it a bit

[@edg6762]

Eudevie they do. I have lived outside of Chicago and when I go back I hear it in every native regardless of age

[@dab0331]

@@edg6762 they do not. Anyone under 50 doesn't have an accent this exaggerated. Most white Chicagoans have a more neutral American accent now with only a slight midwestern twang

[@srmichel417]

I lived in Cleveland a while in the 70s, it's similar, like he says, the Great Lakes. Hard to spell those A's in print, but they way they said "paarty Saiterday night" was cute.

[@prozacania]

i laughed hard, mainly because I sound like this!!! on a side note, when I taught English abroad I was complimented on my accent due to the ability of how easy it was to understand me. you'll notice the speech is slightly slower as well, making it very easy for people learning English to pick up on it.

[@greenmachine5600]

its a cool accent, be proud and make sure to keep it alive.

[@ZenaLoreace]

Go to Mt Greenwood or Narragansett and Mobile and you’ll for sure hear this accent. People dial it down in front of strangers but sit in a sports bar for a bit and strike up a conversation. You’ll hear it

[@alexm.5409]

Gotta love this guy.

[@MythicSuns]

I'm from the UK (specifically England) and I've been trying to figure out state accents, mainly because I don't want to be one of those guys who just calls every state accent an American accent (I know that's not exactly wrong but I just feel so clueless every time I say that), and it's also so I don't accidentally call an American a Canadian or vice versa, and for anyone who is surprised I can't tell the difference between an American accent and a Canadian accent, keep in mind that I don't constantly hear the accents everywhere I go, which means I haven't got used to them. I'm sure if I lived in a state for about a year or two I'd probably start to notice the difference more, but because I don't, I can't hear the difference.

[@badguy1481]

Hard to tell the difference...UNTIL they use the letter "o". Must be the Scot influence in Canada. An American will say "out and about". A Canadian will say "oot and aboot". You just have to wait around until the speaker uses a letter "o" at the beginning of a word...Then you GOT EM!

[@greenmachine5600]

Wish we Americans took better care to preserve our regional accents and be proud of them, but most people want to speak with a generic american accent nowadays.

[@btraina85]

I just moved out to Oklahoma from Chicago and found out we have an accent

[@scattygirl1]

Non-American here- so did the Lena Lamont character in Singin' in the Rain have this accent? I'm just reminded of her repeating "And I cya-a-a-an't stya-a-a-and it" in the elocution lesson scene.