The Pennsylvania Mountain Accent???

Ok, do Pennsylvanians from the middle Mountain part of the State have some sort of a different accent , than the rest of the State ? Almost like a low, slow drawl to their voice when they talk .

no.

but we DO say "pop" instead of "soda".

we take more after the Pixburgh side of the state than the Philly side.

(originally FROM central PA)

btw...you might need to be more specific...the mountains run right down the middle of the state. are you talking northern tier, Altoona/Johnstown, or Bedford County environs?

I am from south central PA .Many of the people are of German descent . My father learned to speak PA Dutch before he went to first grade .All of his family could speak it They learned English once that started school The Amish of PA also speak a form of PA Dutch

Dunno

One night while on a hunt in Colorado i noticed the lady cook we had leaning against the counter, just watching us and smiling. I asked...Whatcha doing there smiling like a Cheshire cat? She said she loved our accent and was just enjoying listening to us chat.

Never noticed anything myself.

Depends which side of the mountain you are on. If the left side, like white marlin said, they say pop. If on the right side, it is soda.

Growing up in Pennsylvania we drank warter and warsed our clothes

They all just sound like yankees to me.

I never new there was another name for whoopie pie until I went down to Altoona pa. Crazy!!

What do they call them in Altoona?

There definately is a distinct accent with the people of the northern mountains of Pennsylvania.

You better believe they do. It's not the words they use, it is the accent. I'm from there originally. I was watching the TV show Alone. The one contestant had an accent. I said to my wife, he is from Bedford, Blair or Cambria counties. South-central-Southwest PA in the upper Appalachians. Sure enough he was from Johnstown. Hard to describe the accent.

them Johnstowners tock funny.

We in the northwest don't have no accents.

Or any verbs. If something needs done or needs washed then there's no need for there "to be".

By gum I don't know why they think we be differnt

Not us, it i the rest of the state that has an accent!!

The Eastern Europeans of the coal regions have a different accent than the Germans.

We ain't got no stinking accents.
Now New England that's a funny accent.

They talk funny in Ohia too.
So stinkin hot I'm goin don to cellar and sit on the davenport.

I worked with a guy that colleged in Boston.
I told him the more he BSed his clients, the more his accent came out.
Was glad I told him as he worked on his "sales pitch".

Pshaw!

Yeah, I notice that too up around St Mary's way

They call them Gobs out that way..."Gawbs" to be exact LOL

Absolutely. Im from northern Potter county. I can tell someone from done near I80 instantly when they talk.

Not that I can tell. I came from northern Centre County, but have lived in western Pa. most of my life. Now that I’m retired, I split my week between my house in Snow Shoe and one in Butler. Folks sound the same to me.

You can spot a Mon-Valley accent a mile away.

As for the mountain region of PA yes....

You can also tell someone from back east by the way they say water. Wooter.

This reminds me of the bar scene in Inglorious Basterds. I go to Johnstown and Altoona frequently and never noticed a difference?

If you are not a native you can notice the accent immediately. I notice it around Byrnedale, St.Marys. and Benezette.

I noticed it in the Mountain areas north of Williamsport. Don't know if it is some sort of english/ German Pennsylvania Amish accent , or what . But, you can definitely tell when you hear it

Never noticed it in the mountain billies.

Southeastern PA............say east of Bedford...........yep.

Pixsburgh area................yep.

But never picked up anything too out of the ordinary along the middle Rte 6 corridor.

I worked outside of Huntingdon about 5 years ago. Never noticed any accents. Nor did I have any trouble understanding anyone around there.

My only gripes were the high gas prices... and the DQ in Huntingdon didn't serve burgers, ice cream only.

Gorgeous countryside though.

Mike

you can blame the high gas prices on the highest (or second-highest?) gasoline taxes in the nation.

Just came through there about an hour ago. Nice ridge lines for sure. The valleys werent flat but more of a rolling type terrain. Didnt look great for mink stops unless you went straight to the rivers there.