Does South Jersey have an accent?

There’s no denying it: South Jersey natives have a weird accent. It’s not quite New York (nobody, anywhere, says Joisey), and it’s not quite Philly (we say coffee, not cawfee), but it’s definitely there. To go with the accent, we also have our own local lexicon that includes some words you may never have heard before.

How is North Jersey and South Jersey different?

The major differences between South and North Jersey is the cost of living, population density, traffic, high taxes, and real estate costs. North Jersey is close to NYC, and has more city life and more crowded streets and roads, clogged with motor cars; South Jersey has Philadelphia as its neighbor.

Where does NJ accent come from?

It all depends, she says, on who got there first. “Accents come from the original settlers to the area,” she said. “For North Jersey/New York, that means the Dutch and the English, whereas in South Jersey/Philly, you’ve got a German and Italian influence.”

What is a Shoobie in NJ?

Shoobie is a New Jersey, Delaware, and Southern California slang term for a tourist who visits the seashore for a day (a daytripper) or summer-only residents. Shoobie is used in the Southern New Jersey coast (along with other parts of the east coast), and resort towns in California.

Is it better to live in North or South Jersey?

North Jersey being better than Central or South Jersey is the most obvious statement of all time -if you live in North Jersey. More restaurants, more museums, more parks, more shops, best restaurants, best pizza, more things to do, more of everything that means anything. North Jersey is where it’s at.

Does everyone from New Jersey have an accent?

Despite popular stereotypes in the media that there is a singular New Jersey accent, there are in fact several distinct accents native to the U.S. state of New Jersey, none being confined only to New Jersey.

Does North Jersey have an accent?

“People from North Jersey pronounce two vowel sounds in one combined sound in words like ‘coffee,’ using the long O and ‘ah’ sound in one syllable — ‘co-ah-fee,'” she explained. “The Philly, South Jersey accent doesn’t do that as much.” “But North Jersey uses the vowel sound like in ‘dog,'” she said.