What is this man's accent? Maryland area

[Anonymous]

It's a rural MD accent. It's like a combination of a southern twang, Pittsburgheze, a with a light touch of Philly/Jersey.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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]

Great video. Thank you for sharing. He sounds a little bit like he has an eastern shore accent (werter for water) but he's too far west for that.

[Anonymous]

West Virginia

[Anonymous]

It's a middle applachia accent and there seems to be some facial paralysis affecting his speech as well

[Anonymous]

Listen to “million”
He replaces the double L with a Y

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's a middle applachia accent and there seems to be some facial paralysis affecting his speech as well

He didn't seem to have an intrusive r.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

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.

I agree

We have lived in Maryland for over 25 years and there are quite a spectrum of accents here. However, that does sound like some rural Maryland people I have heard - I also thought they sounded like a combo of southern and Philly when I first heard them

I love hearing strong accents and wish I had acquired more of a Maryland flavor when I talk.

The human brain is amazing in the ways it shapes so many wildly different and nuanced expressions of our shared humanity.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s an old time rural Maryland twang. It almost sounds like the old East Baltimore accent crossed with the rural eastern shore twang.

Yes! I heard the same thing.

[Anonymous]

This video makes me sad - Frederick Co Farmer who knows/used Eddie's services for fertilizer and pasture liming He also had some health issues which affected his speech (stroke, I think). He retired and sold his business in 2021 to Helena Agri-services (Big Ag). We miss him and the way he treated his customers so much. It's not the same without him and his family running the place. Most of the sales staff left when he retired and sold, and we miss them just as much.

We've since moved our business to another fertilizer company.

[Anonymous]

Western MD (Garrett, Allegheny, and Washington counties) is technically part of Appalachia so naturally many people from that region have a more country accent.

[Anonymous]

Personally I don’t even hear an accent-

[Anonymous]

From MD. It sounds like a Glen Burnie, Anne Arundel County accent. However, his speech sounds slowed so something may have happened.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

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.

Of course he has an accent. Everyone on Earth has an accent.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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.

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