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You mean like "Qpawns"? That's how I've always said it...
Thats how I say it also Qpawns and Im orignally from the Boston area. Probably a Northeast way of pronoucing the word. I like our accents in the Northeast be they NY, Jersey or all the way up to Maine.
Thanks for the Urban Dictionary reference for mingya, Howard. When I was a kid, I used to get my haircuts at Nick's Barber Shop near Main & Winton. Some days there'd be old Italian guys in there hanging around. They'd speak Italian to Nick and his partner (don't remember his name), and their talk would be peppered with mingyas. I remember when I was in grade school at St. "Jahhhn's" on Humbolt St. the older boys would say mingya but it was obvious to us it was some type of swear word, not to be used in the presence of our families, teachers or girls. Never knew what it meant, but we speculated, of course.
marmom, "yous" was big among some of my relatives, only they pronounced it "yiz". Still remember going over to my uncle's house in Greece and he'd greet us with a big smile and a hearty "Gooda see yiz!"
I can picture that part of Humboldt. Used to jog by there, and I worked at Gleason some years ago. Believe it or not, Main and Winton hasn't changed a whole heckuva lot through the years.
That's funny about "yiz", in fact I've heard that. I've also heard "Good ta see yiz!". "Yous" is more common in Buffalo, and points west. I've heard "yiz" and "yous" from folks around my age (mid-30's) who graduated East HS.
I'd put some more Italian words up here but they're swear words.
I had friends from college who grew up in the NE of the City/Irondequoit, and would commonly use the exclamation "facia nada" or something like that. Literally translated into "no face" but would basically be used to express that you thought someone was being stupid.
I can picture that part of Humboldt. Used to jog by there, and I worked at Gleason some years ago. Believe it or not, Main and Winton hasn't changed a whole heckuva lot through the years.
That's funny about "yiz", in fact I've heard that. I've also heard "Good ta see yiz!". "Yous" is more common in Buffalo, and points west. I've heard "yiz" and "yous" from folks around my age (mid-30's) who graduated East HS.
I'd put some more Italian words up here but they're swear words.
Gleason Works--I forgot about that place. There was another factory behind St John's called "Consolidated" --no idea what they made there-that had lots of empty land. We used to play baseball back there.
Great posts! Hilarious! Having grown up in NE Ohio, I understand completely. I never knew NE Ohioans had an "accent" until I went away to college. And it is definitely more noticable in the folks from "Paaaaaarrrma". My husband made fun of me when we first met because I say "Maaaaaaahm!" instead of "Mom". And another one I get teased about is "Oh my Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaahd!" My ex-sister-in-law is from Beulah, ND, so imagine trying to mix that one in! My other sister-in-law teases my brother and I for turning "no" into what she calls a "six syllable word". lol... In any case, I'll take NY, PA,& NEOH accents over this "Y'all" nonsense any day.
I am enjoying these posts! I've moved from Pittsburgh ( they say "yins" or yins guys) to Buffalo, then Raaachester for a decade and now I live in South Carolina ( Y'all and Ma'am all day long!) Not sure what accent I have.
I personally thought this video was hilarious. Obviously it is exaggerated, but the longer I spend away from Rochester, the more the city's (and my own) accent gets pushed in my face. I think I'm sort of lucky in the sense that Philly also has a pretty rediculous accent, and also that some of our things cross over (mostly South Philly things which is cool because South Philly makes me think a lot of Rochester anyway).
I actually sought out a post on 585 accents to ask about one particular word I've never heard mentioned in the general "stereotypical" accent.
Fire.
I guess I say it in some way that accents the I more than other people and I was wondering if that is common for the rochester/buffalo area or not?
....or the word, "rock". The o has more of an a sound like ra.
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Vic and Irvs!
