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

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

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I grew up in central NJ and I would told you that we had no discernible accent. Then I returned for my 30th reunion and was absolutely blown away by the accents of my classmates who stayed in our town.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

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I grew up in central NJ and I would told you that we had no discernible accent. Then I returned for my 30th reunion and was absolutely blown away by the accents of my classmates who stayed in our town.

which central jersey town?

[Anonymous]

There’s definitely a north Jersey accent that is comparable to Long Island accents. And Jewish people from that area have a certain cadence and use certain words.

[Anonymous]

My DH has lived in the DMV for 30 years but when he talks to his siblings (who also live in the DMV) they all slip back to North Jersey accents. It's very distinctive.