dc912 t1_j6izqt0 wrote on January 30, 2023 at 5:55 PM

Reply to comment by trixiewutang in Would you say that you identify more with NJ or the US as a whole? by mszanka

I didn’t realize I had a “New Jersey accent” until I went to grad school in the midwest. Being from the shore, I always thought we had relatively weak accents compared to North Jersey or the South Jersey near Philly.

trixiewutang t1_j6j11g7 wrote on January 30, 2023 at 6:03 PM

Really similar!! I’m from Monmouth county and I had the same thoughts. I don’t say water like my south jersey friends “wooder” lol but comments from Texas, Florida, NC/SC it’s apparently clear as day I’m from NJ.