![]() ![]() It may not be as easy to spot the Pacific Northwest accent on TV the way you can with a New York accent. I saw the carpet photo on her Instagram story.Ĭan I have a side of jojos with my burger? Is the mountain out? No, it’s going to rain.įrom Chinook Jargon, meaning the person in power.Īirport code for Portland International Airport, but is now shorthand for the city itself. In Seattle, it means the weather is good/clear and you can see Mount Rainier. Using the tips above, try out some slang unique to the Pacific Northwest. ![]() Third, the Pacific Northwest accent demonstrates simplified, fewer vowels like with the “mary-marry-merry merger.” Someone from the PNW likely pronounces these vowels exactly the same. This is known as the “cot-caught merger” or the “low back vowel merger” that we see in the California accent as well. Secondly, speakers in the Pacific Northwest pronounce the vowels in “cot” and “caught” exactly the same. The first thing to know about how the PNW accent sounds is that it is rhotic (pronouncing all the r’s) and has fewer vowels than the east coast of the USA. Research about accents in the area is ongoing. So, is Pacific Northwest English that different? Does a Seattle accent sound different from a Portland accent? Maybe. What does Pacific Northwest English sound like? It is still used today and influences place names in the area. To communicate with European traders, a pidgin language developed in the Pacific Northwest in the 19th century called Chinook Jargon. There are 49 federally recognized indigenous tribes in the area. The Pacific Northwest has many indigenous cultures as well. ![]() People migrated to the Pacific Northwest from other parts of the United States and other countries beginning in the early 19th century. The PNW didn’t have an aristocracy that copied British culture and accents. This and other western parts of the United States didn’t have early British colonies like on the east coast. The Pacific Northwest of the United States includes Oregon, Washington, Idaho, parts of Montana and sometimes southern Alaska. The difference between a Pacific Northwest accent and a California accent, on the other hand, is subtle. But to outsiders, there is an obvious difference between someone from the east, middle, south or west in the United States. The same goes for Seattleites (someone from Seattle) with a Washington accent. Oregonians may not think they have an Oregonian accent. Many locals will say there isn’t really a Pacific Northwest accent. ![]()
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