I know your comment is five years old, but I'm English and I grew up in the early 2000s watching whatever Bam Margera put out. You might know already but Bam did a movie called "Haggard" back in the early 00s, and one of the lines in that film was: "You ever tried breaking bottles behind wawa?" You've took me back to my childhood by bringing up wawa, even though I'm from a different country and I never knew what it really meant. West Chester, PA was a mythical place for me growing up.
That sounds so bizarre to me,I don’t live there but I’m less than 10 miles away and it’s one of the most uneventful place in the country. I’m not putting it down but it’s just a boring little affluent(mostly) town. It’s ironic because whatever town you come from I probably think of on the same way and that you must’ve grown up with dragons and wizards and witches😜. Because this is online I have to explain I’m not making fun of you or being a dick,I find it amusing how perspectives can change everything. I didn’t know wawa was local until I left and people thought I was speaking gibberish. The nearby town of Wawa probably should’ve given me a hint by the time I was 5. Oh and Haggard is a movie I used to watch a lot when it was somewhat new but I never met anyone else who’d even heard of it.........that was the whole point of this response but I got way off track before I remembered
+XcccVcccX Mainly white people, who are over 40, I agree - although I fit that demographic and never did the whole "attytude"-"sub-stee-tute"-"Beauty-full" thing, but it used to be almost as common as wooder.
+Naomi Johnson Talk about an addytood. Jenkintown is about three miles or ten minutes up Old York Road from Cheltenham Ave., the border of Phila. Maybe you need to try the train - it might be faster than car or bus.
+70sleftover I know where Abington is you get on the 55, 28 Etc buses to get there from onely transportation center in Philadelphia . Don't try to play me born and raised here . He was not . That's all I'm saying ...Abington and Philadelphia are two completely different places .. He missed the real philly words like Jawn etc
+70sleftover exactly the boarder of Philadelphia not Philly the boarder which is why he got most of them wrong . I have a SETPA transpass( know what that is?) I've taken the 55 to get to Abington it takes 35 mins . But the funny thing is why so testy on RU-vid ? You're wrong ..215 all day peace 🖕🏽💯❤️😪
It may be getting phased out. My elementary school teachers said Attytude, but haven't heard it in awhile. That was late 80s, which checks out with when Bradley Cooper lived in Philly area.
Things change but it is definitely pronounced that way in certain areas. Bradely is from Jenkintown but his mother is from South Philly aand i bet she know that pronunciation.
Joshua Davis ....my mom did say addytude but she was born 1913. She still talked like a Kensington female even when she moved to NJ! She would also say idear instead of idea
Jade-Rose Green they are more talking about the street sound of the Italian and Irish in south philly. None of these people sound anywhere close to it.
Rocky is real. Try telling saying those heathen words in Philly, you'll never make it out alive. Rocky is fake.... What are you going to tell me next, that the eagles didn't win the Superbowl
His recollection of that former Lee's Hoagie House ad was right on! Never heard an actor who actually could speak the honest classic local Philadelphia dialect! He should use that little bit for training actors in films that are supposedly set in Philadelphia and environs.
I'm from Philly and no one says addy tood or beauty ful. Bradley Cooper nailed it with the Lee's Hoagies commercial impersonation. Only the most blue-collar people from working class neighborhoods in Northeast or South Philly would ever say "youze guys" and only old or at least middle-aged people, there is no way young people would talk like that in school nowadays and not get made fun of.
Oscar, really good point! It really depends on your family and upbringing. I have family that grew up all over the city and say specific words differently. My family says "wooder"((Grandmom is from nicetown).(Itailian grandfather from germantown). He says water, but our pasta "macaroni" sauce is gravy! I live in Hawaii now and I'm missing Wawa, tasty cakes, rosenbergers iced teas, scrapple!, TOMATO PIE!!, hoagies, jimmies on my ice cream, and most an authentic cheesesteak!!! "jeet"? gitdafucodahere!!!!!
I've been in this area most of my life, but not during my early years so never fully adopted the regional accent (SE PA, South Jersey, Delaware). I can tell you though that for people that are natives to this area, his Lee's hoagies schtick is spot on with being the working class accent of this region.
talismonk When we first moved down here, I was terrified when I heard that accent. Was worried I'd grow up sounding like that someday! But I grew out of that pretty quick, it sounds normal to me now.
I've been asked where I'm from in the south by people in north jersey. They always look at me like I have two heads when I say a little outside of philly. They dont sound alike to me, but apparently they do to other people
It sounds a bit like Jersey to me. I've never spent any time up there. I'm sure y'all can hear the different accents like we can tell the different southern accents here.
That's all well and good and normally I'd agree with you if this interview took place in LA or something, but this is from a local Philadelphia news segment. This interview took place in Philadelphia. I promise you that these anchors would know where Jenkintown is.
I was born and raised in CT yet certain words have a philly accent. I say "Wooder" and every single time that I forget it's water, not wooder it goes something like this. me - Just wooder please. server - ..... me - wooder fiance - Yeah. Took me a while too at first. She wants water. server - Oh. are you from Philly? me - I'm from 2 miles away.
My Dad says addy-tude, Baldimore (Baltimore) and brefas (breakfast). Addytude may be more of a Northeast Philly thing because half of my friends parents said it. I’m 35 now, so parents are in their 60s...boomers.
Have u noticed how women reporters always lay back, put their elbows on the couch whenever Bradley is around. Its like they're ready to be serviced. LOL
The hosts are way off on the word, Attitude. I grew up in Philly. Never have I heard a Philadelphian say Atty-tude. It's Additude or Ad-du-tude, the same as Bradley said it. FYI. Rocky is not a good example. In Philly, we loved the movie but did not like the fact that everybody had New York accents.
Haaaaa. I literally live a mile from the Lee's he's talking about in horsham. It's really Hatboro, but who the fuck cares. He has the accent on point tho. The way it becomes more and more intense sounding as we talk. With each little accent flare just a little more ridiculous than the last.
I just have to add this...my daughter and were in Paris and I was ordering train tickets. I noticed this guy from the corner of my eye watching me as I was getting the tickets. When I was finished I looked at him like, what? He says, where at in Philly are you from? I laughed and said, is it that bad? He was from Philly and had been out of the States for several years but recognised the accent right away.
I AM Philadelphia. I am the most Philadelphian of Philadelphians. Even if I don't want to be, I am. People have mocked my accent forever. And I swear to you, here and now, NOBODY SAYS ADDY TUDE. It's like the exact opposite of the way we would do the uh sound connecting the first and second syllable. Maybe they say addy tude somewhere, but it ain't Philadelphia. And Bradley's hoagie commercial was SPOT ON. Feel like I'm back on the block, somebody's dad telling me to get off their steps, they wanna hose 'em.
I love bradley is so different from all the other actors, he's got a great sense of humour and he's really modest, even at the end he shook hands with the 2 ladies, that shows his gratitude and respect.. Just Love Him!
I grew up in Pittsburgh. I always thought of Philly accent as completely different from Pittsburgh's, but there is some commonality. They're like cousins who look a little alike but wouldn't be confused with each other except at a first glance.
His hoagie commercial accent is spot-on. Born and raised in Philly and I've met tons of people who talk like that. I'm so glad I'm not one of them though cause it's such a hideous and uneducated sounding accent. I do, however, say "wooder" from time to time with realizing it, which definitely makes heads turn lol.
Stallone had a Brooklyn accent in Rocky. Attytood etc is eidespread in NY/NJ. Rocky is the source of the myth about Philly accents. The Lee's commercial is what working class people sound like from Lancaster to Philly to Delco.
this explains a lot I was born and raised in Alabama but my dad is from philly and I pronounce a lot of words like phillys this is very interesting ive gotta show my brother haha
I personally think his accent here sounds MUCH closer to a thick Pittsburgh accent rather than a Philly accent. Idk. I've lived in both cities, and the Philly accent usually reminds me of a combination of Pittsburgh, NJ and the New York accent all rolled into one.
The Lee's thing was spot on. Sounds like every dad in my old neighborhood. But the rest of this is total crap. And it always makes me cringe when people throw "Philly" around like that. To me, that's what people from the suburbs who wanna pretend they're from the city do. I say "Philly" only in regards to a specific section, like South Philly or North Philly. The town as a whole is Philadelphia.
I don't know where he gets his philly from. I haven't lived in Philly for 32 yrs and i passed the test with flying colors. Brad just looks confused. He obvviously practiced to lose his accent.
I've literally never heard this way of speaking in Philly before and I'm born and raised here....i do say water like wooder tho....perhaps I don't go outside enough
When i moved from SWP to Delco, (way back when) I noticed a difference. Now I live in OKlahoma. God help me, it's like someone scratching their nails on a chalkboard! all i hear is twang, twang, drawl drawl.
Philly is a county. But my cousin from deep Philly said all those words. Families that moved in from the burbs did't catch all the words. And today more of it is probably lost.
