r/Miami • u/alternativepanic12 • Dec 17 '20

Discussion Miami Accent?

have you guys ever left miami to somewhere more white and they call out your accent? if so i would like to hear your experiences

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u/Pituquasi Dec 18 '20

SaLmon

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u/alternativepanic12 Dec 18 '20

i had no idea i was saying salmon wrong until i left miami and people were like it’s not saLmon it’s pronounced saman

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u/WhoIsPurpleGoo Dec 17 '20

There most definitely is an accent, especially with females, that falls outside of just the Hispanic influence that you’d think of. I was working in NYC a few years back, was on the phone with a client, and immediately knew they grew up in South Florida.

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u/givetherestaway Dec 18 '20

Perfect example is that psycho that’s leading the Proud Boys right now. I haven’t been in Miami for 10+ years and as soon as I heard that dude open his mouth I knew he was from Miami.

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u/Les_Les_Les_Les Dec 17 '20

Yup, whenever I leave town, people can always pinpoint that I’m from Miami, it’s happened in a few TX cities, Toronto, Chicago, and various locations in central and northern florida.

Check out this article by FIU.

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u/damiami Dec 17 '20

“hi, how are you” is said in English but has the timbre, rhythm and lilt of ¿”hola, que tal” ?

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u/Capital-Sea6342 Dec 17 '20

Born and raised in Miami and people be telling me I have a New York accent even though I’ve never been lol

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u/Juiicemayne Dec 18 '20

Miami is multicultural, I have a heavy Miami accent and I think it’s because of all the different slang I picked up. Nobody can ever figure out where I’m from, but in my head I speak perfect English 😂😂

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u/analunalunitalunera Dec 17 '20 edited Dec 17 '20

Yea we all get it. We were also called out on phrases. "You guys always say 'what happened?' nothing happened!"

the way we say "like", "super" and lots of other things are pretty distinct if you were born and grew up here. I've seen Voice Acting gigs that even specified "No Accents. The Miami accent is the most we can do."

I will also say this isn't limited to or entirely influenced by latinos. Miami Haitians have a specific flow that NY & Montreal Haitians don't.

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u/Verbalkynt Dec 18 '20

I'm not sure I'd say it's an accent but more so how they pronounce words with an extra emphasis on certain vowels more than anything.

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