mymindisgoo
Bluelighter
i have a nnj accent..
i've noticed recently that people from eastern Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey sometimes follow a sentence with, "that [enter noun]." for instance:
"she's crazy, that girl."
"it was delcious, that place."
ROFL! We just had an all-staff meeting at work, and one of the agenda points was how our southern customers were getting offended when we would use the word "guys" - we were instructed to use "y'all" if we had to use a synonym.*guys: I have been called out by elderly Southern women for referring to a mixed group as "guys", when I was waiting tables, so I now use...
*y'all: ugh
I grew up in England, and I live in the American South now, so I have a really weird speaking voice. I've noticed that I'll say the same word once in an English accent and then in an American accent within the same sentence.
i prob have a jersey accent but the only thing i can think of is when i say :
going down the shore. (sh-aw-oar)
i've noticed recently that people from eastern Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey sometimes follow a sentence with, "that [enter noun]." for instance:
"she's crazy, that girl."
"it was delcious, that place."
I always hear Italian and Jewish people using it, especially those from the east coast, which is pretty unsurprising from what I understand.I think that North Jersey speech habit you're all talking about came from Yiddish speakers, originally.