Is there a New Jersey accent or is it a New York accent?

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I'm from South Jersey and the accent there is much more Philly/DelCo based - think Mare of Easttown.

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Of course there are NJ accents, but like everyone said, they vary based on the region

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Anonymous wrote:Nascal sounding - Janice from Friends was a Brooklyn/ Jersey hybrid

100% not. And it will depend on where you are from in Jersey. South Jersey v. North are very different.

NP here. How does the North Jersey accent differ from different parts of NYC?

Sopranos vs. Kelly Ripa

This is the wrong comparison for what PP was asking, but the right comparison for North vs South Jersey.

Outer boroughs NYC accents tend to be much stronger than NJ accents. There is also a class element here- working class folks have stronger accents than middle/upper class people. And the Sopranos even with the mob money are working class, isn’t that part of the challenges for Edie Falco’s character on the show?

True, but the upper class don't have any accent.

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there is also a WAY of speaking that is very North Jersey mixed with NY.

My parents used to laugh when I came back from a camp I went to for several summers and was hanging out with lots of people from those areas. I would come home (which wasn't incredibly far - we lived halfway between Baltimore and Philly) speaking a mile a minute.

I tend to pick up little things like that depending on who I am around. Like going to college in NC and coming home to some of my friends who said "wooder" ;P and being accused of becoming a southerner.

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Corey Booker has a great NJ accent.
He is from Newark/Essex County which is close to NYC but you will note that he does NOT have a NY accent.

Also, Chris Christie has a solid NJ accent, also from Essex County.

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Whitney Houston had no accent but was from Newark.

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Anonymous wrote:My kids were like WTF when I accidentally let a “wooder” slip for water the other day.

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Anonymous wrote:Corey Booker has a great NJ accent.
He is from Newark/Essex County which is close to NYC but you will note that he does NOT have a NY accent.

Also, Chris Christie has a solid NJ accent, also from Essex County.

These are perfect examples.

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Anonymous wrote:Corey Booker has a great NJ accent.
He is from Newark/Essex County which is close to NYC but you will note that he does NOT have a NY accent.

Also, Chris Christie has a solid NJ accent, also from Essex County.

I agree with this as well as the poster who mentioned HOW people from Jersey (really North Jersey) talk. It's the rate of speed, as well as the volume. I grew up in Union County as did my husband. We speak really fast and when we are with our siblings/cousins it gets LOUD.

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Also, a Brooklyn accent differed from a Queens accent. The best way to describe a north Jersey accent is sewage running over gravel.

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Anonymous wrote:Corey Booker has a great NJ accent.
He is from Newark/Essex County which is close to NYC but you will note that he does NOT have a NY accent.

Also, Chris Christie has a solid NJ accent, also from Essex County.

These are perfect examples.

I’m with you on Christie but I don’t notice it on Booker so much.

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Anonymous wrote:I grew up in central NJ and can tell you within 10 miles or so if someone grew up near me. It's a very distinctive place on the NY-Philly-Maryland spectrum. North and South Jersey are different yet again from that. You just have to know how to hear it.

+1

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Corey Booker has a great NJ accent.
He is from Newark/Essex County which is close to NYC but you will note that he does NOT have a NY accent.

Also, Chris Christie has a solid NJ accent, also from Essex County.

I agree with this as well as the poster who mentioned HOW people from Jersey (really North Jersey) talk. It's the rate of speed, as well as the volume. I grew up in Union County as did my husband. We speak really fast and when we are with our siblings/cousins it gets LOUD.[/quote]

+1

We think southerners are SLOW.