Pittsburgh and Baltimore deserve spots on that weirdest accent list.
I get the same thing. i grew up on Long Island so, of course people here in MA. ,where I now live, say Long G-island . Sorry folks that’s not what we say.
I also beg to differ with the survey. Having lived in many states on the east coast and Ohio, I’ll take a New Yorker every time. You want arrogant, move to MA..
Everyone knows Minnesota is mostly Somalian, Ukrainian, and Hmong.
I agree 100% I knew heard it pronounced “Joisey” till I left the state
“I have yet to hear anyone from north, south, or central New Jersey ever pronounce it that way.”
Yep. And there’s really no such thing as a NJ accent. If you grew up in Northern Jersey within about 15 miles of New York City for example on a line stretching down to the Driscoll Bridge your accent is likely to be more of a NYC accent. But since so many people live there you would get the impression that its a normal NJ accent. In the far northern and western part of the state that accent is barely noticeable if at all. Central, far western and southern NJ is more of a PA accent, with sometimes even a hint of a country drawl.