I think it depends on where in Chicago you are from or suburb. Also black Chicagoans sound different than white Chicagoans. Southsiders and people from out west sound different. Black Chicagoans aren’t as glaringly Chicago. They actually sound pretty southern as many have ancestors from Louisiana and Mississippi. Many white Chicagoans are Italian, Irish or Polish and much has a huge influence on speech.
This was my thought. My family is from the south side of Chicago and they don't sound like this at all. I've only been around the Southside of Chicago and the downtown area.
@@CGDtravels Yeah I've been in Chicago northside for over 40 years and I don't know where they speak like this. I only ever hear this dialect in movies or shows like this.
This is true. Chicago has influence from Louisiana,Memphis,Canada,French Canada,Spain,Italy and Ireland. Most black people have roots in the south and most Caucasian people from Italy and Ireland.
I had a friend with an MFA who loved picking apart my southwest suburban accent/dialect differences from the standard Chicago accent. She especially pointed out my tendency to add “there” when I was showing her stuff, like when I was going through photos and kept saying, “See that picture there,” etc. She said she’d only noticed that quirk from people from the SW side and suburbs.
exactly! lol He could be Jewish OR Italian! but, considering his last name is Virkus, I'm going with Jewish. :):) He actually reminds me more of Adam Sandler!
I’m watching this because I’m from Chicago and am always told I have the Chicago accent. This is pretty spot on. People often point out my accent with the “a” sound when I say “bag” or “egg.” I also get called out when I say “milk.” I’m working on my issue with changing the double “t” to “d” sound, e.g. “mitten” becomes “midden.” Some things are hard to change!
thanks to the internet accents are really disappearing in young people and I think its kinda sad. Our American accents are all so unique and love them.
This is very accurate. I grew up in Chicago for 26 years. The most known accent icon is the Chi-caa-gahoo but has become lesser heard unless you’re a boomer like my dad and many others. Newer generations have adapted a more subtle dialect, maybe from social media? But the lesser glaring accent is still clear. You hear the accents clearly and more strongly or lesser so depending where you are in Chicago.
I grew up in Northern Illinois for 18 years and have been away for over 30 years. When I come back to visit I notice it immediately in most people not just in the city. As many people have said more so in older people more so, but young people have it also just not as strong.
Oh my gosh I'm from Chicago and when I'm in a different state I can really hear my Chicagoan accent. I think people think I sound overly pleasant or animated compared to their harsh tones but I can't help it. This is the way I speak coming from the Midwest.
I have always loved the Chicago accent! Really, it's just a Midwestern accent with only a slight affectation. :) Chicago, Michigan, northern Ohio, Wisconsin, Minnesota, I love that accent and all its variations! To me, the upstate New York accent sounds a bit similar, so I love that one as well! :)
I grew up in Detroit but have lived in Chicago for 16 years. They have the same vowel shifts, but I can still hear slight differences that tell me I’m not in Detroit. When I go home, I’m like “omg you guys sound so Detroit”.
My name is Frank, I’m from Chicago and I’m here because I have an accent. I live out west now and it seems like people are waiting for me to say hotdog. As soon as I say it they’re like “oh, I know, you’re from Chicago!” Frank drank from the tank gave me a good laugh tho.
You hear a lot in older people especially. Most of them who run mom and pop joints or have lived in the city for many many years. This is accurate. People from Chicago say they don’t have an accent but they sure do have one!
Actually, the Chicago dialect sounds different from Detroit, and we can really hear it when Chicagoans visit Detroit. They have a more extreme version of the Northern Cities Vowel Shift. Plus, Detroit has the ai/ʌi half of what's called Canadian Raising. Even people with heavy Detroit accents sound much different from this accent they're showing.
Great to have some attention paid to the fast-disappearing Chicago accent, strongly characterized by the "Northern Cities Shift," as identified by William Labov. But how did these guys omit Cleveland from the list of cities? Only the Philly accent has more rough edges and sounds more "blue-collar." FWIW the best nationally-known Chicago accents are / were those of actors Joe Mantegna, Dennis Franz and Dennis Fariña.
There's no tilde over the "n" in Farina. He's Italian, not Spanish. I worked with a guy from Philly once for a week. I didn't know where he was from at first. His accent sounded like "normal" midwest.... but at times with a tiny pinch of East Coast-- NY, Jersey, even Boston. I just thought he was from the area (Chicago) and that was just his individual quirky way of talking. Then on the 2nd to last day he pulled out his Eagles cap. 🤣
I grew up in the western suburbs of Chicago and this was an accent we associated with the lower-end of the working class. I think most of us had a milder version of this.
@@jeffvirkus when I was younger a bit, but now I still have “th” problems lmao but most don’t point it out cause it’s so universal if you’re from the area (am from Bridgeport area originally but now I stay about 15 minutes outside the city)
As someone from the south living in Chicago, I can say I have heard people with a really thick accent; or at least that is how it sounds to me because I didn't grow up here so it's more noticible. But there are people whose accent is not as pronounced as shown in the video and only comes out with certain words.
When I first moved out to Colorado, everyone immediately knew I was from Chicago because of how I spoke. It always caught me off-guard because until then, I didn't know we had a discernable dialect at all. 🤣 (However, after living in Colorado for 28 years, I've mostly lost the dialect). This was a fun reminder of what English sounded like growing up (fun fact, German was my first language. Both of my parents and their parents immigrated to Chicago from Europe). I grew up near DePaul University.
This is was very helpful. Have to learn the accent for a production of Chicago the musical. Could you do a follow up on these accents in periods of history?
First off. Congrats on the part in Chicago:) And thanks for the subscription. Great suggestion! The Chicago dialect during the Jazz Era! So much fun! It's on my list. I will try to fit in as soon as possible. When is opening night?
OMG...I just rewatched it. You're right. I didn't mention the T to a D sound. I'll think of a few more things I may have missed and add them in the show notes. Heck, if I come up with enough, it may justify another quick video.
hey I was raised on the nort side and I lived there for the first 41 years of my life. I think the presentation the young man does is a little over the top. more of a caricature of somebody talking Chicago.
Thank you for the suggestion. No promises, but I'm going to put some serious thought into possibly doing something along those lines. Let me start brainstorming what I could possibly bring to the table that would provide value to the masses.
The gentleman with the hat is doing something closer to a working class city- proper accent. It seems that when you move west to general northern Illinois the nasal vowels continue but we talk slower and draw words out. Family moved west and noticed this.
If you want to hear good examples of the Chicago accent, listen to interviews with Ann Landers or Dennis Farina. The Buffalo/Rochester/Syracuse accent is very similar. A good sentence for that accent would be "Marge drove her large car to the diner in the plaza and ordered a ham sandwich with a glass of water and a bottle of pop."
Just listened to an interview with Ann Landers (aka "Eppie Lederer" - I didn't know that) and an Unsolved Mystery Episode with Dennis Farina. GREAT examples of authentic accents that I wouldn't have been exposed to if you hadn't tipped me off. Thank you so much, sarco64.
I love Dennis Farina as an actor and for his accent. One great example of an Upstate/Western NY accent is Robert Forster. Look up an interview with him. RIP to two legends.
I am watching this because everybody on Chicago PD sounds the same to me and I want to understand the Chicago accent, which people say only Atwater and Platt have.
I'm from Buffalo and have lived in Chicago for over 20 years. I find that the Chicago dialect or accent is pretty unique. There very few similarities other with black people who descend from the South.
This is why everyone asks where I'm from. . . I have more than half of this and didn't even notice. I live near NYC now and people constantly ask. Damn i miss the midwest lol
Great question, Ruth. Good ear. Both Chicago and Boston have large Irish-American populations, and the Irish accent has had a significant influence on the regional dialects. (Ex: Dropping the "R" & vowel elongation can make "cat" sound more like "cay-ut")
I'm from Chicago and when I moved out to the suburbs they asked me where my accent came from, and I said what accent, and it's funny I tell my kids to put something in the front room, and they asked me what's a front troom.
Oh, yeah. I became aware of the your one-of-a-kind accent when I worked with a lot of northern Illinois transplants at Second City, Hollywood. So many great improvers out of Chicago. Shout Out!
Interesting that this is a generalised Great Lakes accent. This reminds me of how people from Nova Scotia speak to some extent, so I'm wondering how it compares and contrasts with a Maine accent?
@@jeffvirkus What you will hear at times in Eastern Canada is the long "O" sound common in Maine: th-cam.com/video/AX68AkoFoUc/w-d-xo.htmlfeature=shared&t=206
I'm from the UK. In my area accents change a lot every 10 miles. Yet there are very few distinctive American accents. There's New York, Boston, the general Southern accent. The others sound t he same
I think the word "dollar" is very telling. I noticed on the show "The Bear" which is supposed to be in Chicago, a character pronounced the work "dollar" like he was from California :p
A lot of the "Th" sounds kinda turn into the "D" sound or the "T" "I'm goin to da Battroom. Garage keys are "Gratchkeys" the living room is the "Frunchroom" and a couple of things is "a couple two tree"
there are many actors that are from Chicago and Michigan who have somewhat maintained their accents, like Lily Tomlin, Joan Cusack, Adam Baldwin, and a few others. I confess I always like to listen to them talk , just to listen to the accent. LOL
Brian Doyle and Bill Murray. Dennis Farina and Dennis Franz...those are both (pronounced "boat") heavy accents. Amy Madigan, Jami Gertz. The two CPD detectives in The Fugitive both have authentic accents.
The film where Joan Cusack made her debut is one of my favorite Chicago films ever, My Bodyguard from 1980. Highly recommended! It’s also Adam Baldwin’s debut and includes cameos from future stars Norm Wendt and Tim Kazurinsky.
Question. Is there any difference between standard American and Chicago accent when it comes to the long "O," as in Ohio, Ago, Though, Throat, Boat, Show, Throw, etc.?
I live in Los Angeles now and ppl keep saying I have a Chicago accent. I grew up in a suburb 30 mins from Detroit, but I never noticed an accent. But ppl out here stop me all the time and ask if I'm from Chicago bc of how I talk lol.
For years I thought there were only two United States accents Southern and Non-Southern but now I know that there are many United States accents not just two !
I gotta random news recommendation recently for a recent fire in Chicagoland area at a chemical plant out there. And the news reporter lady had this accent. It's crazy normally news ppl have a standard American accent. Chicago kinda sounds general American until u get the nasally flatness. My xbox friend sounds exactly like this. Lol
Try pronouncing the city's name as "Chicawgo." Listen to Dennis Franz's accent. That is real Chicagoese. You are right about the Great Lakes urban accents being similar.
Yes! My mom grew up in Pilsen (or as she pronounces it : Pilzen). She always tells me that correct way to pronounce Chicago is Chicawgo. I grew up in the suburbs, but I still don’t hear the difference between the two guys pronouncing these words other than a few. One thing missing is the “th” sound which tends to drop at the end of a word: Month = “mont” or both = “boat”. This was fun!
Franz's accent is an actor's affectation. Born and raised in Maywood, not Chicago, if you listen to his normal speaking voice, it's closer to neutral Midwestern. He does do the exaggerated Shi-Cah-goe accent a lot in his roles. It's one of the things that identifies him and makes him unique among actors.
@@hiramnoone Like Maywood is in Iowa? It is right next to Chicago and part of Chicagoland. I've heard Franz speaking in interviews and he has a Chicago accent, or at least "Great Lakes."
I think it depends on where in Chicago you are from or suburb. Also black Chicagoans sound different than white Chicagoans. Southsiders and people from out west sound different. Black Chicagoans aren’t as glaringly Chicago. They actually sound pretty southern as many have ancestors from Louisiana and Mississippi. Many white Chicagoans are Italian, Irish or Polish and much has a huge influence on speech.
This was my thought. My family is from the south side of Chicago and they don't sound like this at all. I've only been around the Southside of Chicago and the downtown area.
@@CGDtravels Yeah I've been in Chicago northside for over 40 years and I don't know where they speak like this. I only ever hear this dialect in movies or shows like this.
This is true. Chicago has influence from Louisiana,Memphis,Canada,French Canada,Spain,Italy and Ireland. Most black people have roots in the south and most Caucasian people from Italy and Ireland.
I agree most black retained their southern accent…Never picked up the “True Chicago” accent.
I had a friend with an MFA who loved picking apart my southwest suburban accent/dialect differences from the standard Chicago accent. She especially pointed out my tendency to add “there” when I was showing her stuff, like when I was going through photos and kept saying, “See that picture there,” etc. She said she’d only noticed that quirk from people from the SW side and suburbs.
Not you looking just like Ben Stiller in the mustache 😂😊👍🏻
exactly! lol He could be Jewish OR Italian! but, considering his last name is Virkus, I'm going with Jewish. :):) He actually reminds me more of Adam Sandler!
it's 1:1
I thought it was Ben Stiller for a second
Looks like Ben Stiller, sounds like Bob Odenkirk.
idk why i'm even watching this but it's hilarious
Thanks, William
Literally same
I'm cracking up!!
Me either
Watched the entire video to finally realize it was the same guy 😂
Ha! That's great. Hope you found it helpful and entertaining.
I’m watching this because I’m from Chicago and am always told I have the Chicago accent. This is pretty spot on. People often point out my accent with the “a” sound when I say “bag” or “egg.” I also get called out when I say “milk.” I’m working on my issue with changing the double “t” to “d” sound, e.g. “mitten” becomes “midden.” Some things are hard to change!
Don't change too much, Teri. Such a distinct and endearing accent:)
I hear the bag egg thing in my grandma but nowhere else
thanks to the internet accents are really disappearing in young people and I think its kinda sad. Our American accents are all so unique and love them.
@@Blady99 I’m not THAT old!
Never noticed it before. But those first"a" sounds are similar to Northern Ireland, especially Derry, where people go and drive their kee-yar.
“So I says to him” is a Chicago vernacular
Also NY...
This is very accurate. I grew up in Chicago for 26 years. The most known accent icon is the Chi-caa-gahoo but has become lesser heard unless you’re a boomer like my dad and many others. Newer generations have adapted a more subtle dialect, maybe from social media? But the lesser glaring accent is still clear. You hear the accents clearly and more strongly or lesser so depending where you are in Chicago.
Thanks for the feedback @Felfzi - Yes, I think so many of our accents are becoming less pronounced due to social media and globalization in general.
As a woman from Chicago, I am DYING.... I am 40. This SOOO on point. And I get comments about it alllll the time lol
That's great! I wish I had a recording of you saying that so I could hear your authentic Chicago accent:)
I grew up in Northern Illinois for 18 years and have been away for over 30 years. When I come back to visit I notice it immediately in most people not just in the city. As many people have said more so in older people more so, but young people have it also just not as strong.
Such a distinct accent. I associate it with decent, good humored folk.
I’m from Chicago and this couldn’t be more on point 😂
Thanks for the feedback, Beachy. Appreciate you:)
I’m 39 and haven’t lived there since I was 12. It comes back quick
@@jeffb8562 That's fortunate. Wouldn't want to lose one of the most endearing accents.
Oh my gosh I'm from Chicago and when I'm in a different state I can really hear my Chicagoan accent. I think people think I sound overly pleasant or animated compared to their harsh tones but I can't help it. This is the way I speak coming from the Midwest.
I have always loved the Chicago accent! Really, it's just a Midwestern accent with only a slight affectation. :) Chicago, Michigan, northern Ohio, Wisconsin, Minnesota, I love that accent and all its variations! To me, the upstate New York accent sounds a bit similar, so I love that one as well! :)
There is definitely a charm to the Chicago accent. One of my favorites.
outstanding job and absolutely hilarious
Thanks a lot, RJ. I really appreciate the feedback.
As a sout sider myself, I can so relate to dis.
Go Sox! Best House Parties, ever:)
His Chicago accent is on display when he speaks normally. When he uses his Chicago accent, he is Italian/Chicago.
Really nice breakdown. Gonna use this for Chicago in my next audition.
BOOK IT!!!
I grew up in Detroit but have lived in Chicago for 16 years. They have the same vowel shifts, but I can still hear slight differences that tell me I’m not in Detroit. When I go home, I’m like “omg you guys sound so Detroit”.
This helped so much! I’m British and we have a high school production of Chicago the musical and well I wasn’t able to do one before this! 😂
I'm trying out for the Chicago musical to! :)
Lol same
I'm doing grease now, hence why I'm here 😂
My name is Frank, I’m from Chicago and I’m here because I have an accent. I live out west now and it seems like people are waiting for me to say hotdog. As soon as I say it they’re like “oh, I know, you’re from Chicago!” Frank drank from the tank gave me a good laugh tho.
You hear a lot in older people especially. Most of them who run mom and pop joints or have lived in the city for many many years. This is accurate. People from Chicago say they don’t have an accent but they sure do have one!
I've been forced to admit it, but it isn't THIS dogwater accent.
This is some mid-century southside shit.
Tremendous production. Good Work!!!
Thanks a lot,
@Solvet862
Actually, the Chicago dialect sounds different from Detroit, and we can really hear it when Chicagoans visit Detroit. They have a more extreme version of the Northern Cities Vowel Shift. Plus, Detroit has the ai/ʌi half of what's called Canadian Raising. Even people with heavy Detroit accents sound much different from this accent they're showing.
Yep. He said Detroit and I said you mean Cleveland.
Also, everybody in Chicago knows it's pronounced "Dee-troit Sux!"😄
for years, i was confused how someone i met in florida said i had a chicago accent cause i never thought i had an accent in general, but now i get it
Ha! I think Chicagoans speak the mother language. Everyone else in the world has an accent 😉
Great to have some attention paid to the fast-disappearing Chicago accent, strongly characterized by the "Northern Cities Shift," as identified by William Labov. But how did these guys omit Cleveland from the list of cities? Only the Philly accent has more rough edges and sounds more "blue-collar." FWIW the best nationally-known Chicago accents are / were those of actors Joe Mantegna, Dennis Franz and Dennis Fariña.
There's no tilde over the "n" in Farina. He's Italian, not Spanish. I worked with a guy from Philly once for a week. I didn't know where he was from at first. His accent sounded like "normal" midwest.... but at times with a tiny pinch of East Coast-- NY, Jersey, even Boston. I just thought he was from the area (Chicago) and that was just his individual quirky way of talking. Then on the 2nd to last day he pulled out his Eagles cap. 🤣
This is video explains this best and I've watched more than ten of them. 👍 thanks
That's great. I hope it helped Buffalo Pete. Thanks for the feedback. Much appreciated
The late Dennis Farina had a great Chicago accent!
Also, Joe Mantegna.
@@bwanadave76 Dennis Franz, and Ralph Foody (Ya, Filthy Animal) from Home Alone also .
@@bwanadave76Dunno where he's from, his sounds more New York-ish, jmo
@@Gee2deDubya He was born in Old Town and was a Chicago cop for 18 years.
Your videos are hilarious. I will definitely share
I truly appreciate that,
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To echo with someone else said five years ago, I have no idea why I’ve been watching this, but it is so freaking hilarious and very well done 😂
Thanks, Brittney. Love your take on the importance of GRIT! So true - th-cam.com/users/shorts-6dE3z77Iz8?si=oCuaLUADJcVVbMm_
I grew up in the western suburbs of Chicago and this was an accent we associated with the lower-end of the working class. I think most of us had a milder version of this.
This is literally the SNL Da Bears dialect used to make fun of us Chicagoan.... We aren't nearly that whiny.... 😒
@Larki, Don't feel bad. This video is wrong. 😡😡
T becomes D Dat guy over dere told me to go meet him over by jewel over there.
Lmaooo this guy in the vid sounds like a wise ASS!
Older guys from Chicago tend to have the really heavy speech but that's about it.
Your right. Except for when we say mom. It LITERALLY sounds like mahaahaahaammm. I wish I knew the right way to say it. Lol I've tried it's so hard.
This sounds similar to the Canadian dialect; this is absolutely fascinating!
I've always said the closest thing to Chicago accent is Canadian
It's the Great Lakes accent. Southern Ontario is a Canadian version of the Great lakes.
@@AlienCel1 Minnesota is closer lol
@@0truckmafk MinnesoTER
Your videos are fantastic!!
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hahaha, this was such a fun video to watch. subscribed.
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@@jeffvirkus thanks 4 asking! ooo maybe something frenchhh if you can
@@fenet8717 th-cam.com/video/BiMgIaKD-TE/w-d-xo.html
Awesome. Cheers from Canada. Dare Pally.
Thanks for the "shout out," @quincee3376
I had to take a few speech classes after my family moved out of the city, I realize now I just picked up a thick Chicago accent growing up
After taking speech classes are you now able to turn the accent on and off?
@@jeffvirkus when I was younger a bit, but now I still have “th” problems lmao but most don’t point it out cause it’s so universal if you’re from the area (am from Bridgeport area originally but now I stay about 15 minutes outside the city)
@@Emobeefy I don't see the "th" issue as a problem but rather a uniquely distinct quality.😉
As someone from the south living in Chicago, I can say I have heard people with a really thick accent; or at least that is how it sounds to me because I didn't grow up here so it's more noticible. But there are people whose accent is not as pronounced as shown in the video and only comes out with certain words.
Awesome upload!! 🤎
Neat jargon goin on in giant cold bean town.
Tanks pallys
Thanks,
@humanoid2545
When I first moved out to Colorado, everyone immediately knew I was from Chicago because of how I spoke. It always caught me off-guard because until then, I didn't know we had a discernable dialect at all. 🤣 (However, after living in Colorado for 28 years, I've mostly lost the dialect). This was a fun reminder of what English sounded like growing up (fun fact, German was my first language. Both of my parents and their parents immigrated to Chicago from Europe). I grew up near DePaul University.
Do you have any trace of a German accent left? What a fun combo that would be...Chicago/German.
@jeffvirkus I never had a German accent. Nor do I have an American accent when speaking German. The perks of being raised bilingual.
@@jeffvirkus If I'm not mistaken German and Polish were huge influences on the Chicago dialect. Can hear it in the vowels.
Chicago accent sounds like a combination of a New York + Midwest accent
This is was very helpful. Have to learn the accent for a production of Chicago the musical. Could you do a follow up on these accents in periods of history?
First off. Congrats on the part in Chicago:) And thanks for the subscription. Great suggestion! The Chicago dialect during the Jazz Era! So much fun! It's on my list. I will try to fit in as soon as possible. When is opening night?
I've lived in and near chicago and I didn't notice for years that there's an accent, I had to have it pointed out.
Chicagoan here. Excellent job. Maybe I missed it, but shifting the T to a D sound is a major part of the accent. “Dat guy over dayre.”
OMG...I just rewatched it. You're right. I didn't mention the T to a D sound. I'll think of a few more things I may have missed and add them in the show notes. Heck, if I come up with enough, it may justify another quick video.
Better yet : "Over by dere."
Brilliant 🙌 "That's an awesome big screen TV" 😂😂😂😂😂
Thanks, @cfarrell29 - btw, love the contrast b/w the two characters in your showreel. Bravo - th-cam.com/video/_GADlOS_WJE/w-d-xo.html
hey I was raised on the nort side and I lived there for the first 41 years of my life. I think the presentation the young man does is a little over the top. more of a caricature of somebody talking Chicago.
I feel like this accent is more common in older people living in the burbs.
Then tell us how the younger people speak?
@@Pratt_MusicRoom good point!
@Pratt_MusicRoom Depending on which part of the 'burbs you're from, it'll arguably sound like General American English, in general.
I love how you're looking at yourself talking
Ha! It takes some getting used to.
My daughter was rolling listening to me trying out this accent 😂
How's it coming along? Also, make sure she tries it too;)
This Chicago , is cockney , i already know about it , but thanks you make us understand awsome !!!
Could you do another Chicago accent Video. Just something fun. Perhaps how to speak with a tv accent from a Chicago point of view
Thank you for the suggestion. No promises, but I'm going to put some serious thought into possibly doing something along those lines. Let me start brainstorming what I could possibly bring to the table that would provide value to the masses.
No one named Noah ever came from Chicago. We have Bobs and Mikes. Maybe a Jerry.
Amazing!!! Pls more videos and contents about chicago accent, i live in Chicago and sometimes i encounter difficulties in understanding
The gentleman with the hat is doing something closer to a working class city- proper accent. It seems that when you move west to general northern Illinois the nasal vowels continue but we talk slower and draw words out. Family moved west and noticed this.
Great feedback and added info. Great to know. TY:)
I'm surprised you didnt mention the 'H' drop off like in the word three. My father says 3 as 'tree'.
OMG...Great call. That's gotta be in the sequel.
Now I'm realizing how much Bob Odenkirk sounds like this.
Straight outta' Berwyn, Illinois
If you want to hear good examples of the Chicago accent, listen to interviews with Ann Landers or Dennis Farina. The Buffalo/Rochester/Syracuse accent is very similar. A good sentence for that accent would be "Marge drove her large car to the diner in the plaza and ordered a ham sandwich with a glass of water and a bottle of pop."
Just listened to an interview with Ann Landers (aka "Eppie Lederer" - I didn't know that) and an Unsolved Mystery Episode with Dennis Farina. GREAT examples of authentic accents that I wouldn't have been exposed to if you hadn't tipped me off. Thank you so much, sarco64.
Or some Dan Aykroyd
I love Dennis Farina as an actor and for his accent. One great example of an Upstate/Western NY accent is Robert Forster. Look up an interview with him. RIP to two legends.
Ever since I moved to Texas I’ve been getting stared at whenever I talk 🥲
I hope it serves as a conversation starter with friendly people.
I'm from Chicago and this sounds about right for the North siders. All of a sudden I feel like watching The Cubs😩🤣
Go CUBS!!!
Trying this out for an audition now - thanks!!
Book it, Beth:)
Born and raised in Chicago and Yup that’s a real Chicago accent!
Good lookin’ out, Zevay. Means a lot comin' from a true native. 'Perciate it.
You forgot that we drop or really soften the t at the end of words.
I am watching this because everybody on Chicago PD sounds the same to me and I want to understand the Chicago accent, which people say only Atwater and Platt have.
I live in Bloomington-Normal in central Illinois and it's crazy how different people sound in Chicagoland
Agreed. Always amazes me how many dialects emerge from the different accents.
I'm from Buffalo and have lived in Chicago for over 20 years. I find that the Chicago dialect or accent is pretty unique. There very few similarities other with black people who descend from the South.
Thanks, Fareed G - I'd be curious to learn of any specific similarities or differences you could share that you've possibly encountered.
I guess its unique because anytime I leave Chicago people know where I am from instantly
Eh, nothin' wrong with soundin' like home, ya know? It's charmin'
I should have watched this video BEFORE my actual trip in Chicago! I tought I lost my english! 😅
Dat’s what happens in Chi-town. Ya didn't lose nuthin'. Ya just expanded yer versatility. Yer a real chameleon, ya know?"
@@jeffvirkus hahaha! Just today my understanding is better since I looked at your video!
This is why everyone asks where I'm from. . . I have more than half of this and didn't even notice. I live near NYC now and people constantly ask. Damn i miss the midwest lol
The accent seems to be synonymous with good values and common decency.
Is Chicago near Boston? I mean, I can go and google it but some words sound a bit Mark Wahlberg-y
Great question, Ruth. Good ear. Both Chicago and Boston have large Irish-American populations, and the Irish accent has had a significant influence on the regional dialects. (Ex: Dropping the "R" & vowel elongation can make "cat" sound more like "cay-ut")
The pauses were funny, this is cool 😂
Thanks, Aalon:)
I'm from Chicago and when I moved out to the suburbs they asked me where my accent came from, and I said what accent, and it's funny I tell my kids to put something in the front room, and they asked me what's a front troom.
That's the funniest comment I've ever read. I'm from Chicago and have live in multiple states. Everyone looks at me crazy when I say "Frunch" room.😂😂
Look in the frunchroom and see if I left the grotchky in there.
dude needs to be wearing a Blackhawks jersey!!
I wasn’t aware I had an accent till I moved from northern Illinois to Arizona and people asked where I was from.
Oh, yeah. I became aware of the your one-of-a-kind accent when I worked with a lot of northern Illinois transplants at Second City, Hollywood. So many great improvers out of Chicago. Shout Out!
This feels more or less like the midwestern accent, and it's very adjacent to my native Canadian accent.
I just watched that entire video without realizing it was the same guy till the very end
im just trying to learn the accent lmfao
Hope it helped, Oof Fruh
Interesting that this is a generalised Great Lakes accent. This reminds me of how people from Nova Scotia speak to some extent, so I'm wondering how it compares and contrasts with a Maine accent?
Great question. Perhaps, that can be my next video. Thanks, @Mark-fv8vt
@@jeffvirkus What you will hear at times in Eastern Canada is the long "O" sound common in Maine: th-cam.com/video/AX68AkoFoUc/w-d-xo.htmlfeature=shared&t=206
@@Mark-fv8vt Great video. Thanks a lot, Mark. This is super helpful.
Yall really need to start specifying that this is how southside white ppl from Chicago talk mostly cause black ppl from Chicago dont sound like this
Great point. Thanks, Brande
@christopher burroughs Now that's an accent I'd like to take a crack at.
I'm from the UK. In my area accents change a lot every 10 miles. Yet there are very few distinctive American accents. There's New York, Boston, the general Southern accent. The others sound t he same
I think the word "dollar" is very telling. I noticed on the show "The Bear" which is supposed to be in Chicago, a character pronounced the work "dollar" like he was from California :p
Should have paid a few extra DAH-lurs to hire an authentic Chicago actor:)
I think most of the cast is from New York. Same deal with the lead actor on Chicago PD...which is why I can't watch it.
as a person from detroit i didnt know i had a chicago accent!
Okay the pause joke was great
Ha! Thanks, TwistedAttittudes
A lot of the "Th" sounds kinda turn into the "D" sound or the "T" "I'm goin to da Battroom. Garage keys are "Gratchkeys" the living room is the "Frunchroom" and a couple of things is "a couple two tree"
Ha! These are great. I especially like, "a couple two tree." Hadn't heard of that. It's in my repertoire now. Thanks,
@niteclydn er...Danks.
This is one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen
Thanks a lot. Is there another accent you'd like to see featured on a video tutorial?
Im from Little village in Chicago.... Idk what we sound like. But i know the difference when I arrive in NYC lmao
So basically since I have to have a thick Chicago accent and I'm from Northwest Indiana. I have to rewrite my own sides to match this
Hilarious and educational I love it
maybe mentioned before but "stillmill" ie. my dad worked at the stillmill.
Classic Chicago right dere. Rill ossum:)
i live in Chicago growing up of this!
there are many actors that are from Chicago and Michigan who have somewhat maintained their accents, like Lily Tomlin, Joan Cusack, Adam Baldwin, and a few others. I confess I always like to listen to them talk , just to listen to the accent. LOL
Yes! Shout out to Bonnie Hunt and John C. Reilly. I swear I can pick up their Chicago accents.
Brian Doyle and Bill Murray. Dennis Farina and Dennis Franz...those are both (pronounced "boat") heavy accents. Amy Madigan, Jami Gertz. The two CPD detectives in The Fugitive both have authentic accents.
The film where Joan Cusack made her debut is one of my favorite Chicago films ever, My Bodyguard from 1980. Highly recommended! It’s also Adam Baldwin’s debut and includes cameos from future stars Norm Wendt and Tim Kazurinsky.
@@kathyastrom1315 I’ve seen it. I love the Chicago accents I hear in it. :)
Question. Is there any difference between standard American and Chicago accent when it comes to the long "O," as in Ohio, Ago, Though, Throat, Boat, Show, Throw, etc.?
Good question, Chuck. There really isn't. Any change you make to the long "O" would be specific to your character.
“Da Bearss”😄
I live in Los Angeles now and ppl keep saying I have a Chicago accent. I grew up in a suburb 30 mins from Detroit, but I never noticed an accent. But ppl out here stop me all the time and ask if I'm from Chicago bc of how I talk lol.
Thanks for this. Only actually listening to it explains it. Nicely done.
thank you good video
Next do Wisconsin. I find it a cross between S. Chicago and Mini-soooo-ya.
The perfect accent blend
For years I thought there were only two United States accents Southern and Non-Southern but now I know that there are many United States accents not just two !
OMG...So many more.
Is the Chicago accent similar to the New York or Boston accent?
No.
Depending on what part of town you are from, "-ar" words are pronounced as "-ah"... for example, "car" becomes "cah"
Thank you, bakari! I appreciate that. I'm going to incorporate your suggestion into my next performance. Hopefully, others will benefit, too.
I gotta random news recommendation recently for a recent fire in Chicagoland area at a chemical plant out there. And the news reporter lady had this accent. It's crazy normally news ppl have a standard American accent. Chicago kinda sounds general American until u get the nasally flatness. My xbox friend sounds exactly like this. Lol
Try pronouncing the city's name as "Chicawgo." Listen to Dennis Franz's accent. That is real Chicagoese. You are right about the Great Lakes urban accents being similar.
Great tip, Roger. Checking out Dennis Franz now. I've loved his work. Thank you
Yes! My mom grew up in Pilsen (or as she pronounces it : Pilzen). She always tells me that correct way to pronounce Chicago is Chicawgo.
I grew up in the suburbs, but I still don’t hear the difference between the two guys pronouncing these words other than a few.
One thing missing is the “th” sound which tends to drop at the end of a word: Month = “mont” or both = “boat”.
This was fun!
I feel like pronouncing it like "Chicawgo" is distinctly northside. I grew up down on the southside and it's always "Chicahgo"
Franz's accent is an actor's affectation. Born and raised in Maywood, not Chicago, if you listen to his normal speaking voice, it's closer to neutral Midwestern. He does do the exaggerated Shi-Cah-goe accent a lot in his roles. It's one of the things that identifies him and makes him unique among actors.
@@hiramnoone Like Maywood is in Iowa? It is right next to Chicago and part of Chicagoland. I've heard Franz speaking in interviews and he has a Chicago accent, or at least "Great Lakes."
Sounds like the little gangster with the hat from bugs bunny cartoons🤣🤣
Ha! I think I know who you're talking about.Little guy named Rocky I think. His sidekick was Mugsy if I recall:)
Learning the Chicagoan accent from Ben Stiller in prep for a production I'm about to be in.
All the best on your production Tak0Kitteh!!!