Oh, and it’s New Joisey, where “er” and “ur” are pronounced “oi”, and “oi” is pronounced “er”.
earn = oin
frankfurt = franfoit
hurt = hoit
oil = erl
toilet = terlet
coin = kern
You get the idea.
:)
The accent you describe is from New York, either Brooklyn or the Bronx, that’s where my grandfather grew up and in over 50 years in NJ he is the only person I know who ever said earl or terlet.
I take it you haven’t been around too many Jersey people. We do not speak “Brooklyn-ese”, nor do we sound like The Sopranos. NJ gets a bad rap as it is, don’t make it worse.
You’re the same people who think NJ is one big toxic landfill. I find it insulting.
MMJ (NJ and proud of it.)
Ohhhh, do not encourage this. When I was in college in western Pennsylvania (Grove City College) I could hardly go a week without being asked where my accent was or whether I was related to Tony Soprano.
Meanwhile I had to listen to people saying the “car needs washed” or the “toaster needs fixed.”
I don’t think you’ll hear that dialect coming from anyone under 80. I think that’s kinda sad, actually.