DC accent

[Anonymous]

"Yeah man" or "mannnnnnn"

Never, ever "dude."

Some white people say "buddy" instead of man, like "hey buddy how you doin'?"

[Anonymous]

Oh lord I caught myself with another one right now. . .

I 'ont = I don't.

I think we leave off the D in don't.

[Anonymous]

Fourth generation Washingtonian here. My in laws and mother and five of my aunts and uncles grew up within blocks of each other in SEDC. All are white and range in age from 60-80.

All have distinctive accents that to me, a native northern Virginian, sound a bit like a less pronounced Baltimore, Maryland accent.

Collectively, all of my family sounds like Pat Buchanan. What's distinctive about HIS accent? The long "a" sounds in manner, in Pat, in Buchanan -- they all stretch out (oh- out is sometimes said like oat) those a's so it's Paaat Byu cahhh non.

There may be a sub category of working class/upper class DC accents. My father in law and his siblings all say Warshington and Merlin and amblance and even warter for water and they were rough city boys whereas my private school educated uncle has the Pat Buchanan accent.

[Anonymous]

Lived in Virginia for awhile and noticed that some white Virginians say "ou's" a bit (but not exactly) like Canadians. For "out and about," some Canadians say "oot" and "aboot" and the Virginians I knew said something like "oa-oot" and "aboa-oot" in the back of their mouths. Having grown up in the north and having a so-called "typical" southern accent drilled into my head, I realized that the tv and film industry are actually not representing many people from the south accurately. (I know, why should I be surprised at this?)

Anyway, I noticed when I moved to DC that some white people here have a softer version of the Virginia accent. And I speak that way nowadays having lived here so long. I notice this sometimes when I listen to NPR and at first I think the reporter might be a Canadian transplant but then I realize it's just a DC-based reporter.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Lived in Virginia for awhile and noticed that some white Virginians say "ou's" a bit (but not exactly) like Canadians. For "out and about," some Canadians say "oot" and "aboot" and the Virginians I knew said something like "oa-oot" and "aboa-oot" in the back of their mouths. Having grown up in the north and having a so-called "typical" southern accent drilled into my head, I realized that the tv and film industry are actually not representing many people from the south accurately. (I know, why should I be surprised at this?)

Anyway, I noticed when I moved to DC that some white people here have a softer version of the Virginia accent. And I speak that way nowadays having lived here so long. I notice this sometimes when I listen to NPR and at first I think the reporter might be a Canadian transplant but then I realize it's just a DC-based reporter.

Years ago in Washingtonian magazine, a native born Washingtonian was quoted as saying to someone who thought he had a Canadian accent that the Washington accent was the same as that of a bunch of Canada-bound Scottish natives. Sounds as plausible an explanation as any ...

[Anonymous]

Bamas. Erryone a y'all's bamas.

[Anonymous]

Jawnt is a DC accent thing right? I know a black native whose son is "clurunce" - Clarence. Short u.

Coming from CA DC area folks sounded Southern to me. Northern VA ers have a soft Southern accent to me.

[Anonymous]

BALL't'more MURYlun

[Anonymous]

Father, mother, brother = fah-vuh, moh-vuh, broa-vuh

[Anonymous]

you people are morons

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Bamas. Erryone a y'all's bamas.

Not so much an accent as the slang will show you a native

Bama
Jont
cised
Nobody bother me......

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Lived in Virginia for awhile and noticed that some white Virginians say "ou's" a bit (but not exactly) like Canadians. For "out and about," some Canadians say "oot" and "aboot" and the Virginians I knew said something like "oa-oot" and "aboa-oot" in the back of their mouths. Having grown up in the north and having a so-called "typical" southern accent drilled into my head, I realized that the tv and film industry are actually not representing many people from the south accurately. (I know, why should I be surprised at this?)

Anyway, I noticed when I moved to DC that some white people here have a softer version of the Virginia accent. And I speak that way nowadays having lived here so long. I notice this sometimes when I listen to NPR and at first I think the reporter might be a Canadian transplant but then I realize it's just a DC-based reporter.

People in Charlottesville speak like the way you describe in the first paragraph (UVA grad).

[Anonymous]

People use the word buddy a lot around here. Well-to-do moms will call their sons buddy. I had never heard this before.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"Yeah man" or "mannnnnnn"

Never, ever "dude."

Some white people say "buddy" instead of man, like "hey buddy how you doin'?"

There is an actor from D.C., Jon Bernthal, who totally speaks like this when he is being interviewed. He was Shane on the Walking Dead. He was also in Wolf of Wall Street, Grudge Match and is in a new movie coming out called Fury. Definitely a D.C. thing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"Yeah man" or "mannnnnnn"

Never, ever "dude."

Some white people say "buddy" instead of man, like "hey buddy how you doin'?"

There is an actor from D.C., Jon Bernthal, who totally speaks like this when he is being interviewed. He was Shane on the Walking Dead. He was also in Wolf of Wall Street, Grudge Match and is in a new movie coming out called Fury. Definitely a D.C. thing.

There's a twang in "man" to, it's more like "main"

I have not noticed the buddy thing.