What is this man's accent? Maryland area
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Anonymous
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I was watching this video about grain elevators (Yes, I was.. the term came up in class today and the kids asked me what it was and I wasn't really sure). At about 40 seconds in, this man starts speaking with an accent i have never heard before. Is it typical for someone in a rural area outside of Frederick MD?
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Anonymous
| Well... we haven't heard this man speak so it will be hard to say if it is a typical accent for the area. |
Anonymous
| Give us some examples! |
Anonymous
| “Real” Marylanders have an accent that, to my West Coast ear, sound a lot like a Philly accent. My parents live in rural-ish MD. |
Anonymous
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Here is the video
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-tt2nTCE5c It doesn’t sound like a typical Maryland red neck accent you hear in Frederick/Damascus/etc which is a little more twangy I agree it’s different. |
Anonymous
| I think it sound more like he had a stroke and his words are thick and slow. |
Anonymous
| He just sounds like his generation IMO. |
Anonymous
I agree with this - it just sounds southern and not particularly the delaware county pa/lower delaware/ that I was expecting. Not hearing any of that in "go, over, etc. - long O has a particular sound in those accents. |
Anonymous
Oh yeah, that’s definitely a rural Maryland accent. Perhaps he’s also had some other issue that slows the cadence of his words. But you can hear that Maryland accent. |
Anonymous
First, thanks for the educational video. I enjoyed it. I’m not even kidding. He does not have a typical Maryland accent. To my ear it sounds like a faded southern accent maybe paired with a medical issue. |
Anonymous
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It’s an old time rural Maryland twang. It almost sounds like the old East Baltimore accent crossed with the rural eastern shore twang.
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Anonymous
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He doesn't have a discernible accent that I can hear. He does speak a bit slow.
I take real issue with the word "redneck" as a pejorative. It still seems acceptable in 2023 to mock a person for having a southern accent and for using that word. Posters should stop. |
Anonymous
He has an accent, but it's not Southern. Listen to the way he says water and oil. So, it appears to be a regional Maryland accent. |
Anonymous
| He's got a bit of old man mouth clogging his words. |
Anonymous
| he is born and raised there so obviously md twang |