Baltimore accent appreciation thread

[ineedsleep212]

Sounds similar to some UK accent. I dont know what its called though.

 

[Just like bruddas]

nikkas had the seed in the car

 

[KodeBlue]

I was born and raised in Baltimore and the accent cracks me up.

 

[DaRealness]

"Check da sunruuf, check da sunruuf"

LOL people talk about our London accents but that Baltimore accent sounds just as bad as a Manchester, UK accent. It sounds like a hybrid of British, deep south, ratchet and whatever else.

 

[Rarely-Wrong Liggins]

Take the worst of NY/NJ, throw in a bit of Texas, Louisiana and Missalabama and you get that Baltimore accent.

Funniest part was when dude was like "Imagine a nikka gettin burnt like that!" Had me like

 

[Rarely-Wrong Liggins]

"Winnows"

"Sun rewf"

"crehzy"

"Schmoke"

"Woll the winnows up"

@Rawtid?

 

[Data-Hawk]

fukk yall.lol

 

[IVS]

Shoutout to Bmore. The accent does sound like English and Irish, "Country" and slave mix because the place was a Irish settlement and its name Baltimore comes from the Irish Baile-na-tighe-mor. Men like George Calvert (1st Lord Baltimore) were from the Irish Peerage

Its similar to how Jamaicans sound was due heavily to the Irish influence in the colony when the Irish were sent as slaves, indentured servants and later made overseers.

 

[Ooh Marty]

Can any of u fine fellas from bmore upload some voice clips??

 

[baltimore]

i must have watched this shyt like 20 times yesterday, showing people and everything..

WHAT DID YOU FEEL IT? BOY I FELT IT

not orginally from baltimore but you hang with these dudes long enough and you got to catch yourself

 

[Rarely-Wrong Liggins]

That was the train that derailed yesterday btw.

 

[KodeBlue]

Its a very strange accent. I'm still trying to find out where it came from. It's not southern, but I can't put my finger on it. Meek Mill sounds just like a Baltimore nikka when he raps. White people from Baltimore have accents similar to Philly, and S. Jersey.

 

[Eastside Get The Money]

Got kin in Bmore and Hagerstown and they kill me with that accent

Me: "I gotta go to the store yall need something?"

Cousin: "Yeah, you know what I'll just come tuuuuuu"

 

[Rarely-Wrong Liggins]

Here, learn something brehs.

The Baltimore dialect, also known as Baltimorese (sometimes pseudophonetically written Baldimorese, Bawlmerese, or Ballimerese), is a dialect of American English in the Mid-Atlantic United States that originated among the White blue-collar residents of South and Southeast Baltimore. It has a few similarities with the Philadelphia dialect, although they can sound very different. The most notable characteristics of Baltimore English are the fronted "oh" sound (occasionally written out as "eh-ew" or "ao") and the usage of the endearment "hon".[1]
It is spoken mostly in Baltimore City and the surrounding areas (particularly Essex, Dundalk, Middle River). It is also heard in other parts of the nearby counties – Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, Harford, and Howard. While the dialect is localized in these areas, it is not limited to them and can be heard as far west as Frederick and Hagerstown, as far north as Elkton, as far east as Ocean City and as far south as Calvert County. Due to Maryland's small size and its close proximity to a variety of strong cultures, the further one gets from Baltimore, the more the local speech is influenced by these other cultures. For example, the speech of Western Maryland is influenced by Appalachia, Northeast Maryland by Delaware Valley and the Eastern Shore of Maryland by the Tidewater accent. Families who migrated out of the city along the Maryland Route 140 and Maryland Route 26 corridors brought the dialect and in some cases pronunciations melded with local colloquialisms such as the word "bixicated" referring to someone who is silly or simple.

Baltimore English closely resembles blue-collar Philadelphia-area English pronunciation in many ways. These two cities are the only major ports on the Eastern Seaboard never to have developed nonrhotic speech among European American speakers; they were greatly influenced in their early development by Hiberno-English, Scottish English, and West Country English. Due to the significant similarity between the speeches of Baltimore, Philadelphia, Delaware and southern New Jersey, some sociolinguists refer to them collectively as the Mid-Atlantic dialect.[2]
The Bawlmerese or Ballimerese dialect that originated among the White blue-collar residents of South and Southeast Baltimore is not the only accent found in Baltimore. There is also an accent found among African American Baltimoreans. Notable characteristics include vowel centralization before /r/ (words such as "carry" are often pronounced like "curry") and the centralization of /ɑ/ to schwa, particularly in the word "dog" (often pronounced as "dug").

 

[Rarely-Wrong Liggins]

Learn more brehs.

Baltimore Accent

The language spoken on the streets of Baltimore is one that has been refined over the last 30 years. It's a largely homegrown accent, and it's one that's mainly confined to the city and its black suburbs. A person from Baltimore never pronounces the T. It's more like Ball-di-more, or usually just B-More. Yo often, unnecessarily, begins AND ends many sentences.

-Switching Vowels-
Words like red, bed, and dead are pronounced with Is: red=rid, bed=bid, dead=did. Chair sounds more like "cheer" in Baltimore. Orange sounds more like "oinch"!
-Adding Consonants-

It's hard to explain what happens to words like too, blue, or do. It comes out with an added r somewhere, and the actual sound can't be accurately spelled.
-New Words-
In the late 90s, young Baltimoreans could be heard calling "Ay yerp" in all corners of the city. In context it sounds more like yerp=yo
-Altered Definitions-
Many definition changes are related to crime. For example, the movie "Blow" brought national recognition to a nickname of cocaine. However, ask for "blow" in Baltimore, and you'll get served heroin. Drug cops are "knockers". To get "plucked" is to be punched. Sneakers are always tennis shoes, or just "tennis" for short. Braids are almost always "plaits". A whore in Baltimore is not a prostitute, he or she is a coward. Even Baltimorean children have slang. Cut or budge in line and you'll be told not to "rude in line".