跟外教學英語 How to Have a Jersey Accent

Step 1: Skip the last letter

Replace the “r” at the end of a word with an “uh” sound and drop the last “g” in any word altogether. For example: “My sis-tuh is so vain; she’s always lookin’ in the mir-uh.”
How to Have a Jersey Accent: Say yoo

Step 2: Say yoo

If a word starts with “h,” pronounce it as “yoo,” as in “It’s just yooman nature.”
How to Have a Jersey Accent: Skip middle consonants

Step 3: Skip middle consonants

Skip over middle consonants, so “mittens” and “kittens” become “mih-ens” and “kih-ens.”

Tip: For a hardcore Jersey accent, drop the “h” that follows a “t” so “thrifty” becomes trifty.

Step 4: Pronounce "tt" as "dd"

Pronounce double t’s as double d’s to have a Jersey accent, as in, “I’m waitin’ for the mailman because I’m expectin’ a ledder.”
How to Have a Jersey Accent: Say "aw"

Step 5: Say "aw"

Pronounce some o’s like “aw,” as in: “Put the chawk-lit awn the table so the dawg can’t reach it.”
How to Have a Jersey Accent: Change "I" to "e"

Step 6: Change "I" to "e"

Change the “i” in the middle of words to “ee,” as in, “Those shoes are byoo-tee-ful.”
How to Have a Jersey Accent: Don’t say "Joisey"

Step 7: Don’t say "Joisey"

Never refer to the Garden State as New Joisey." Contrary to popular belief, native Jerseyites pronounce the “r” in Jersey.

Southern New Jersey natives owe some of their accent to the Italian and German immigrants who settled in nearby Philadelphia.