figmentisgreat
New Member
Shore girl here - no accent!:ROFLOL:
*disclaimer - I don't wear booty shorts, uggs, or tan all winter!*
*disclaimer - I don't wear booty shorts, uggs, or tan all winter!*
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New Jersey week in Disney!
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ClemsonTigger
Naturally Grumpy
Now you have to explain to everyone else what the shore is....:lookaroun :lol:
Victoria
Not old, just vintage.
Those three things don't apply to me either. :shrug:
I don't think I have much of an accent. I know others (Heidi/TwoTigersMom :lookaroun) disagree with me though. :lol:
wesTcoastY
Member
3) and finally the rest of us with no accents...
So you think.
mousebymarriage
Active Member
I guess I have #1 but I don't hear it! I absolutely hate when I am in Florida (not just at Disney) and after I speak someone says "are you from New York?" They think that we all sound the same !
disneyfan56
Active Member
I'm also in the camp of little to no accent here on the Jersey shore.
I think the majority of New Jerseyans do not have that Soprano's accent, yet that's how we are portrayed in the media.
What most of us do have is that we are fast-talkers. I always have to remind myself to slow down my speech as we drive farther and farther south.
I think the majority of New Jerseyans do not have that Soprano's accent, yet that's how we are portrayed in the media.
What most of us do have is that we are fast-talkers. I always have to remind myself to slow down my speech as we drive farther and farther south.
surfsupdon
Well-Known Member
"Down the shore" is an expression those N Jersey accented folks use.
Us locals "go to the beach."
Us locals "go to the beach."
xoxorockon1
New Member
lol i do say down the shore instead of the beach..... i believe i have a mix of 1 and 2 but mostly 2
Craig & Lisa
Active Member
the only place I have an accent is when i go to work. I work in Linden NJ and the majority of my customers either speak, spanish, polish, or creole. So I feel like I'm in WDW. :lol::ROFLOL:with the variety of languages there.
Phonedave
Well-Known Member
I worked in Linden a few years ago. Not sure exactly when, but it was during the Northeast blackout. Someone rear ended my company car just on the other side of 1&9 because they were busy watching the huge burn plume at the refinery because it went into some sort of fail safe mode during the blackout.
You could get some good Kielbasa in Linden. Also they have a White Rose System, which is allways a good thing (Cali burger up! )
-dave
Victoria
Not old, just vintage.
Exactly. I have lived in Jersey all my life and I can't recall ever saying "down the shore." I don't have to go "down" anywhere to get to the beach. All I have to do is drive 20 minutes straight East and I am in Belmar. :shrug: :lol:
it should be "East" instead of "Down"!:lol:
look1angel
New Member
WOW, I had no idea there was a Jersey week! I grew up in Jersey, (Oranges, Montclair, Jersey shore) I still have a Jersey accent & it gets better when I tawk to family up North. And yes, I do tend to talk fast 
I must remember that for this year. Thanks guys! :animwink:
I must remember that for this year. Thanks guys! :animwink:
Phonedave
Well-Known Member
Heh, I work with a guy who lives in the same area you do.
I said somthing about "down the shore" to him the other day.
He said the same thing. When they were kids they never went down the shore, they went to the beach (I went down the shore
)-dave
Phonedave
Well-Known Member
figmentisgreat
New Member
The true test is if you can pronounce Forked River correctly
-dave
I lived in Forked River my entire life until 5 years ago!
Now I live in Lanoka Harbor!
TubaGeek
God bless the "Ignore" button.
When I was there mid-February I'm pretty sure most of the population was down there! There was this one girl hitting on me at the pool that was pretty much the most negative stereotype I've ever met. She was just loud, obnoxious, spoiled, and tanned WAY too much. It's girls like that that give the rest of the state a bad rap!
ClemsonTigger
Naturally Grumpy
What do you mean bad rap? Sounds like a Miss NJ candidate for me. :lookaroun :animwink:
Probably not from 4kid river however...
figmentisgreat
New Member
I dunno...there are quite a few 4kid riverers that are obnoxiously tan with booty shorts and uggs all year round... *shudder*
Actually aparently, since I'm from 4kid river, I should have a bumper sticker on my car reading "Proud to be a Piney from my head down to my hiney."
My family's from Kearney originally though, so it doesn't count