pronounced “ new joy sey”
2007-11-01 02:35:12 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Travel ➔ United States ➔ New York City
i think it is really wierd
this is just what i have heard
i have family in NYC and visit there alot so i know what People in new york sound like
2007-11-01 02:36:36 · update #1
I am from New Jersey and also lived in Brooklyn and Now I live in PA but still work in New York City....And I can tell you its all in the accent....Most New Yorkers will refer to New Jersey as Joisey.....Never heard Brooklynite say New Joisey its always been Jersey....And people from New Jersey have an accent but it depends on what part of Jersey they are from....It is what it is!!!
Ps People hear in PA have a accent all of there own I couldnt even begin immatate it let alone speak like them....No offense intended
2007-11-01 06:05:16 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi, I live in New Jersey, and the only time I've heard people call New Jersey "New Joisey" is when they were joking around. I've never heard anyone call New Jersey "New Joisey" because they thought that's how it was pronounced, or because they had a different accent. I have encountered several people who live in states other than New Jersey, and they wrongly assume that people in New Jersey will have some unique accent that no one else has. Maybe when New Yorkers say "New Joisey", they are joking about an accent that people in New Jersey don't actually have?
Well, anyway, if you ask anyone who lives in New Jersey where they are from, they will never say "New Joisey" unless they are joking around. We pronounce New Jersey the way that it is spelled.
2007-11-01 02:44:57 · answer #2 · answered by Chocolate D 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Chocolate D is right.
Nobody here pronounces it that way and New Yorkers doing so aren't doing it out of accenting.
My grandmother was from NYC and any word having an "oi" in it such as oil or toilet was pronounced erl or terlit. Muck like Archie Bunker talked.
2007-11-01 03:32:48 · answer #3 · answered by b4_999 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Same reason most people from England can't pronounce an "H" at the start of a word to save their life...ingrained speach patterns and accents.
Same thing happens to me when I go to Nova Scotia for a vacation...I come back with a light Scots burr, since it is prevelent there. :D
2007-11-01 02:45:32 · answer #4 · answered by jcurrieii 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They say new joisey because that is their accent, they can't help it my mom's whole family is from new york and new jeresy and they are constantly saying New Joisey. They are just lucky I guess. Well email me if you have another question
2007-11-01 02:39:33 · answer #5 · answered by Armygrl_23 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its thier accent, and not all New Yorkers say it like that.
Its like Londoners say Landan, as in 'Cos Im a Landaner ain Oye'
2007-11-01 02:40:52 · answer #6 · answered by poli_b2001 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it's because their accents are so thick there that it's what it sound like. My roomate in college was from NJ, and she actually pronounced it that way.
2007-11-01 02:38:59 · answer #7 · answered by JoannaB3 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've always lived in ny and dont talk like that, your probably thinking of the people in brooklyn and staten island
2007-11-01 04:23:03 · answer #8 · answered by bailaen_ny 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's an exaggeration of the NY accent.
2007-11-01 03:50:50 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
We don't. Except maybe when mocking someone or an old Saturday Night Live skit.
2007-11-01 11:12:09 · answer #10 · answered by zippythejessi 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋