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  • @luvlife8277
    @luvlife8277 4 роки тому +282

    I spent a year in Colorado and all I can remember everybody saying was no worries

    • @andrew.cash13
      @andrew.cash13 4 роки тому +39

      We always say that 😂

    • @cameron7441
      @cameron7441 4 роки тому +4

      I mean that’s generally what middle aged women say... like a lot...

    • @MrBAM1991
      @MrBAM1991 4 роки тому +2

      I say it a lot. 😂

    • @srayj
      @srayj 4 роки тому +3

      I say that all the time

    • @ella476
      @ella476 4 роки тому +3

      I say that too much

  • @ccneenees7235
    @ccneenees7235 5 років тому +163

    All the Colorado ppl watching, say "mountains"... Now you probably pronounced it "mounains". Yup I'm from Colorado myself and it turns out we don't say our "T's" correct.

    • @fairee3601
      @fairee3601 5 років тому +3

      Ccneenees mounnsss

    • @KolateralXC
      @KolateralXC 4 роки тому +3

      hmm... never noticed that before

    • @spiritwicc3953
      @spiritwicc3953 4 роки тому +5

      Mount'ns for me

    • @cubanb7839
      @cubanb7839 4 роки тому +8

      100% we pronounce our “T’s” wrong or don’t really even pronounce them, exception would be words that start or end with “T”. If the “T” is on the middle of the word, it almost assumes a “D” sound. CO native here, I say what sounds like “Moun-ins”

    • @sksnumber1
      @sksnumber1 4 роки тому +7

      I've lived here since I was 3 or 4 (I'm almost 48) and only learned in the last year that we don't say "Ts" and it's true!! Say, "there's a certain mountain where the kitten lives" and you'll hear "cer-in" "mou-in" and "ki-in"

  • @cubanb7839
    @cubanb7839 4 роки тому +422

    You say “batteries” we say ”badderys”
    You say “white” we say “wite”
    You say “moun-Tons” we say “mount-Inns”
    You say “Are-vah-dah” we say “Are-VAD-ah”
    You say “Calo-rah-doh” we say “Colo-RAD-O”
    You say “Thorn-Ton” we say “Thort-In”
    You say “I just moved here” we say “get out”

    • @sandman9151
      @sandman9151 4 роки тому +25

      Time to kick the transplants out

    • @oOsoso
      @oOsoso 4 роки тому +22

      PREACH!!!

    • @Official_KC
      @Official_KC 4 роки тому +5

      It's funny because this seems to relate to Nevada as well. Especially northern Nevada

    • @user-ww7iz5fm7k
      @user-ww7iz5fm7k 4 роки тому +3

      Lmao😂

    • @tonyb4587
      @tonyb4587 4 роки тому +4

      Come on bro. I’m movin there in 2 months 😂 I’m a cool kinda guy, I’m a swell guy 💀

  • @srayj
    @srayj 4 роки тому +85

    I’m a native, but even when they point out aspects of our accent, even the pronunciation of the state, it’s so hard for me to tell which one I’m doing! The only thing I do know, is that we do like to visit the moun’ains on the weekend. 😉

  • @SnowyFoxlinn
    @SnowyFoxlinn 3 роки тому +44

    After seeing some of the comments and being a Coloradan myself, yes, I understand it. I never knew everyone said mountains as "Mow-ntans" and we say it like "Mau-ins". We do not say our T's very much

  • @lindadee1000
    @lindadee1000 3 роки тому +48

    As a 60-year-old Colorado native, I have to say this linguist got some things wrong. Older Colorado natives pronounce Colorado as "Cah-luh-RAH-doe" (the first and third vowels are pronounced like the a in father). We will likely ask for an ink pin, and tell you to turn the light un. Colorado's a big state so the accent depends on where you live. My late aunt who was born and raised in Walsenburg, spoke with a Texas-like twang that is typical of southern Colorado. The linguist is spot on about the missing t. We say the first syllable in mountains with a nasal-y "n" and a glottal stop (mou-ins). Water has no t and is pronounced "wah-der".

    • @christoferrmyers2523
      @christoferrmyers2523 3 роки тому +1

      It's kind of different for different parts of Colorado. My Great-Grandpa who is 84 says it like how the linguist does. Keep in mind that geographically he lives on the western slope and many other older folks over their pronounce it the same.

  • @avatheloser18
    @avatheloser18 Рік тому +12

    I feel like Coloradans dont articulate as much, people say moun'ains instead of mountains and stuff like that.

  • @HaleyTheeHalien
    @HaleyTheeHalien 2 роки тому +11

    Live in the midwest now, but grew up in CO. Been told I have an accent and say words funny. Main one I get called out on is "Tour"...I say "Two-Er" and they say "Tore"

  • @kellyphx
    @kellyphx 4 роки тому +40

    I'm a Coloradan and I have never pronounced it Colo-RAD-oh, only Colo-RAH-do. Maybe it depends on what part of the state you're from? I'm northern front range, Fort Collins and Boulder. I do agree with several other commenters though, I admit that I pronounce the word Mountains funny. I say it sort of like MOUNt'inz, with the T barely audible but with a glottal stop after it. Anyone else?

    • @leila5646
      @leila5646 4 роки тому +2

      kellyphx i was born and raised in Denver and i also say it Colo-RAH-do

    • @oOsoso
      @oOsoso 4 роки тому +4

      I’m a native and I say Colo-RAD-oh. 😐

    • @leila5646
      @leila5646 4 роки тому

      oO soso what part?

    • @kirbyyy6113
      @kirbyyy6113 4 роки тому +1

      I'm native and moved to washington... yeah everyone here laughs at how I say ColoRADo 😂😂

    • @mikaelsmith22
      @mikaelsmith22 4 роки тому +4

      @@leila5646 i say Colo-RAD-oh, no longer in Colorado but I grew up in Boulder and everyone around me said Colo-RAD-oh. so strange how it seems to be so specific to your immediate vicinity I guess?

  • @HaggisDruid
    @HaggisDruid 4 роки тому +33

    Honestly, it still varies here a lot. I was born and raised in Colorado. I don't say ColoRADo as he suggests we do. I say Call-ah-rahd-o.

  • @jimmyglea
    @jimmyglea 2 роки тому +5

    People born in Colorado don’t climb mountains. They climb moun’nns.

  • @michaelquinton6389
    @michaelquinton6389 4 роки тому +41

    People who've grown up in west-Denver have an accent different than the rest of Colorado. The west-Denver accent is a blend of California, Colorado, and hood talk.

    • @zubbyzen3906
      @zubbyzen3906 3 роки тому

      Haha seriously. I just automatically slip in and out of a hood accent all day.

    • @richyroyal1274
      @richyroyal1274 2 роки тому

      I couldnt relate more 😂😭

    • @dangerdinoyt6932
      @dangerdinoyt6932 8 місяців тому

      Nah fr though, you explained western Coloradans so well.

    • @AlpineAlien
      @AlpineAlien 5 місяців тому

      Eww

  • @callmepin69
    @callmepin69 Рік тому +4

    Being born in Colorado I always say "badderies" instead of batteries. WHERES MY TS

  • @sethlangston181
    @sethlangston181 5 років тому +57

    I largely disagree with the linguist on one point in the video. I along with most of my friends raised in Colorado say ColoRAHdo, not ColoRADo. Most of the Coloradoans who pronounce the latter pronunciation are older, more rural folk. Aside from that point, he was pretty much spot on.

    • @biggpete100
      @biggpete100 5 років тому +16

      Hmmm, I don't know about that. Unless you consider Broomfield to be rural, or 30 to be old, everyone I know back home says "ColorAdo," and the only people who say "ColorAHdo" are California transplants. I think the linguist is correct.
      Interesting that you say that, though. I left the state a few years ago, so I guess it's possible that things have changed since then. I mean.... a lot of Californians have moved to the state.
      I'm always going to call it "ColorAdo" though, because it's the most Colorado-like way to say it, dammit.

    • @cobracommander6522
      @cobracommander6522 4 роки тому +3

      I Agree i was born in Colorado and i still live in Colorado

    • @NormieNeko
      @NormieNeko Рік тому +1

      ColoRADo is still going strong in the northeast and southeast among the young and old. I've heard it a lot past Pueblo, even, into Colorado Springs. Most Spanish-speaking natives (especially 1st-2nd gen immigrants) say ColoRAHdo because it's most similar to the Spanish pronunciation. I don't because I mainly grew up with rural whites.

    • @somerandomdude712
      @somerandomdude712 Рік тому +3

      @@cobracommander6522 yep, and the only right pronunce to colorado is coloRAHdoe or coloRAHdo. i won't have it anyway else

    • @AlpineAlien
      @AlpineAlien 5 місяців тому

      Ewww stop it's RAD, not "rod"

  • @leahkrokowski
    @leahkrokowski 4 місяці тому +1

    The word “mountain” isn’t the best example, considering it’s obvious popularity in use. We do say “fountain” as “FOUN-n”, the word “that” as “thēt”. Basically up north near the WY border, we cut out a lot of vowel sounds altogether. The linguist gave the example of “coyote” being pronounced “CAY-OH-t” but we also say things like the word “sitting” as “sitt’n” or the word “water” as “WAD-rr”. Common phrases in Northern CO are: “I’m gonna head up” or “I’m gonna head down” to describe when you’re driving somewhere because we usually refer to our long, straight drives being North as “up” or South as “down.” We often say things like “Didja see the sunset tonight? The sun was’Nn sett-n until like 8er 9!” or “Dontcha think ____ was lame?” Other phrases we use are “come on out” to tell people to visit us in our homes, or “swing on by.” We like to combine other sounds too, so if I were to comment on the boxes that someone put on their front porch of their home, I would say “Dja see thOHze boxZs left out on the porch?” We love our hypotheticals in Colorado. My family typically says stuff such as “Wouldn’t it be better to take the back ROHdz when you head up to FoCo?” Also, no one refers to Boulder as BoCo unless they went to CU Boulder. That’s lame. Lastly, we say “Let’s hit up…” (pronounced with a soft “d”) to suggest to our friends where we want to go. “Let’s hid up the dispo before we get to the trailhead” (Meaning, let’s buy some marijuana before we arrive at the beginning of the hiking trail) Hope this helps someone out there!

    • @katholeenloveit8923
      @katholeenloveit8923 4 місяці тому

      Hahahahahaha this is so true. My sister's in Thorton so when I visit I say "imma head up and swing by" if she visits she's coming down. When I was younger I was confused when I heard CoyOhTee. Totally thought it was a different but related animal to the Caiyote. Your comment also made me realize I do speak in a questioning tone. Pretty silly ammiright? Also I noticed in our speaking cadence a lot of us start up then go down almost like a question.

  • @addieolinek9673
    @addieolinek9673 2 роки тому +4

    I'm from Colorado, my dad was born and raised there and my mom lived there for A fair amount of time. My entire family and I pronounce it colo-RAD-oh. I also don't always pronounce my T's but that could be a "me thing", especially since I no longer live in Colorado.

  • @Reb32573
    @Reb32573 4 роки тому +14

    Raised in "Colo-rah-dah" since I was 8. Always was told I have an accent in other places. Love being from there.

  • @LilShrimp01
    @LilShrimp01 7 місяців тому +2

    Interesting how you bring up the word "Coyote" as I've heard both "Cae-ote" and "Cae-oh-tee" when speaking of the animals in the singular, but when in plural, many will simply say "Cae-otes" instead of "Cae-oh-tees."

  • @katnicsta
    @katnicsta 4 роки тому +2

    Yes! My brothers both have it. I just moved here with my Texas accent.

  • @nerty6
    @nerty6 4 роки тому +7

    The way we say chipotle

  • @jackson5802
    @jackson5802 3 роки тому +11

    My mamma's from Louisiana and my dad's from Georgia so sometimes when I get emotional I'll start yelling in a southern accent and y'all is in my daily vocabulary. I got called out by my grandma for shortening the t's out of the word kitten and said that was something coloradans do. But that's all I got

    • @scottromig7633
      @scottromig7633 3 роки тому +3

      I used to live in Texas and whenever I get upset I shift from a Coloradan accent to my childhood southern accent.

    • @jackson5802
      @jackson5802 3 роки тому +2

      @@scottromig7633 apparently my normal accent is weird too because the school I went to as a kid taught me Chinese and I also heard Spanish and Russian accents every day. So my brain is all over the place.

    • @natebox4550
      @natebox4550 3 роки тому +1

      @@jackson5802 what school you go to? There aren’t many Russians from where I’m from, or Chinese people for the matter.

    • @jackson5802
      @jackson5802 3 роки тому +1

      @@natebox4550 that was an elementary school in Thornton, students were immersed in Chinese, Russian, or Spanish but the Russian was substituted for French in other chain schools

    • @natebox4550
      @natebox4550 3 роки тому

      @@jackson5802 huh.

  • @leahkrokowski
    @leahkrokowski 4 місяці тому +1

    Garage = “GRAAJ”
    Egg = “AYG”
    Crayon = “CRAN”

  • @fishinasuit
    @fishinasuit Рік тому +1

    This is that what am I doing here? It's two in the morning and I should be asleep but I'm not i'm watching this

  • @marilynpomponio8335
    @marilynpomponio8335 4 роки тому +2

    My mother was born in eastern Colorado. When she was young she had a western accent. However midwestern people moved here and brought their accent. On the western slope they have more of a western accent.

  • @gerrykekatos4339
    @gerrykekatos4339 5 років тому +27

    This MAN IS fake he's actually toby from the u.s office

  • @MrBAM1991
    @MrBAM1991 4 роки тому +3

    The bit, bet, and bat thing is wrong...they always sounded like the regular pronunciation for me. If anything, we don’t really always pronounce ours t’s. We give more of an accented grunt than a fully enunciated T sound. So mountains are mou-(accent)-in’s...at least that’s what I hear more in our area. And yes, my family has always pronounced coyote without the “ee” sound at the end...the only exceptions are for specific names like Wile E Coyote or Coyote Ugly.

  • @Joemama72096
    @Joemama72096 2 роки тому +2

    My mom is from Pueblo, Colorado and she has a Pueblo accent. Totally different from the people in Boulder and Denver.

  • @andrew.cash13
    @andrew.cash13 4 роки тому +8

    I hate when people say Colorado wrong

    • @71kaye
      @71kaye 4 роки тому +1

      ikr! we cringe in sympathy when people say Nevada wrong...

    • @NormieNeko
      @NormieNeko Рік тому +2

      You'd have to pronounce it with a European Spanish accent to say it in its most proper form anyway. Mexican Spanish comes closest. Any other pronunciation is too Anglo-Saxon or Northwestern European American to be accurate.

  • @mattbard7521
    @mattbard7521 2 роки тому +1

    To anyone wondering what a millennial Colorado accent sounds like, listen to Johnny 5 from the Denver hip hop group Flobots. That's a great example, honestly.

  • @meepmonstare
    @meepmonstare 11 місяців тому

    I have never heard anyone say coyote ky-oot. It's always ki-oo-dee. If you pronounce it the first way you'll probably get weird looks. However, the pronunciation of Colorado is spot on.

  • @tboyjaydee
    @tboyjaydee 3 роки тому +2

    first of all it's coloRADo like radical

  • @fredharvey2720
    @fredharvey2720 5 місяців тому

    There are Colorado accents, plural. People from far eastern Colorado are distinct as are people from the San Luis Valley area and Denver metro which has changed.

  • @p00tis
    @p00tis 4 роки тому +1

    Had a class with the CU Prof. Pretty chill guy.

  • @xXJade_AssassinXx
    @xXJade_AssassinXx Рік тому +1

    Colorado accent:
    Mountain = "Mount-nnnn"
    Colorado = "Coluh-ra-do" or "Coluh-ra-da"
    Nah = "Nuh"
    No Worries = its like it never even happened 😂

  • @ultraskid7476
    @ultraskid7476 Рік тому +1

    I believe there is a accent, we get rid of some letters

  • @Ashley-tp1nb
    @Ashley-tp1nb 3 роки тому +3

    It's cola-rad-an who says colo-rod-in

  • @RC-in1to
    @RC-in1to 4 роки тому +1

    No comprendo

  • @clare-sv3do
    @clare-sv3do 3 роки тому +2

    I'm from Colorado and I say "mounains" and "waer" but that might just be a weird thing I do lol

  • @thomascampbell350
    @thomascampbell350 Рік тому

    I’m from Mississippi and don’t have a thick country accent. I stand out here but when I went to Atlanta where the accent is more city, they knew I was from the Deep South even despite not having a country drawl

  • @spiritzweispirit1st638
    @spiritzweispirit1st638 5 років тому +11

    I'll Pronounce It The Way Im Corrected To' lol' _ No Comment? Guess Everyones Still Scratchin They're Heads?_ 😶

  • @homeslicington9413
    @homeslicington9413 4 роки тому +4

    I usually pronounce Colorado, colo- Rad-doe
    But if I'm feelin hyper, I pronounce it Colo-Ra-Da 🥴🙃🤣

  • @meowxoxo9419
    @meowxoxo9419 10 місяців тому

    i don’t know why but so many people in the jefferson county say no worries too much

  • @marilynpomponio8335
    @marilynpomponio8335 4 роки тому

    My mother was born in eastern Colorado. My father from Utah. Mother said they spoke a western accent but midwestern moved here and brought the mid

  • @nopiroenoparty2163
    @nopiroenoparty2163 3 роки тому +1

    He sounds like someone from South Park

  • @traviswolever1668
    @traviswolever1668 2 роки тому

    I worked in a call center out of high school, one of my callers asked me where i was from, i said Colorado, they told me i have an accent, my caller was from the south and had a very prounouced accent, i dont hear it

  • @jaygroomes1357
    @jaygroomes1357 3 роки тому +1

    I think, i dont know but I feel like colorAdo people say their e's like I's. like how do you fill? do you fill okay?
    Among other things

  • @fingus2575
    @fingus2575 7 місяців тому

    James hetfeild has this accent I swear 😂😂

  • @peytongorshavitzki6933
    @peytongorshavitzki6933 4 роки тому +1

    only person from colorado who says, "same bit"

  • @silviocaesar
    @silviocaesar 8 місяців тому

    Is it true that some Coloradans say "stand on line" instead of "stand in line"?

  • @urface6742
    @urface6742 2 роки тому

    i’m a native and i never realized i have a local accent

  • @1stinsonguy
    @1stinsonguy 3 роки тому +3

    Born and raised saying colorAHdo. Like dentists say it. So that's it! :>)

  • @jadynmccullough2167
    @jadynmccullough2167 5 років тому +21

    Can someone please tell me they say crans instead of crayons my while family thinks I'm stupid

    • @cameron7441
      @cameron7441 4 роки тому +4

      Um we don’t say crans lol

    • @ella476
      @ella476 4 роки тому

      Literally everyone I know says cranes but I don’t so you never know Cameron

    • @TrailBaby
      @TrailBaby 4 роки тому +1

      Yes.. It's crans. No point in going to the CraYon part haha

    • @ramonnape
      @ramonnape 3 роки тому +1

      I just realized i say crans when i speak normally but when i think to pronounce it i say crayon wth😳

    • @natebox4550
      @natebox4550 3 роки тому

      @@ramonnape same.

  • @juanb201
    @juanb201 4 роки тому +2

    pueblo has an accent

  • @asct3674
    @asct3674 Рік тому

    In Colorado, do they pronounce 'roof' as in 'hook' ?

    • @meepmonstare
      @meepmonstare 11 місяців тому

      No. We pronounce the vowel sounds in those words differently

  • @mikeypl7
    @mikeypl7 4 роки тому

    Northeastern Colorado definitely has its own accent.

  • @Wisetomy
    @Wisetomy 10 місяців тому

    Bruh so I don’t got an accent?I’m so confused 😭😭😭

  • @71kaye
    @71kaye 4 роки тому

    "...all the transplants here will delay the evolution of a Colorado accent" nah, I believe it contributes to it!

  • @hap4147
    @hap4147 5 років тому +8

    Lol I’m from Oklahoma but it kinda sounds like I have a Colorado accent

  • @sunnyormsby8402
    @sunnyormsby8402 6 місяців тому

    cah-luh-rad-o l lived their from 1 year old to 19. rad (as in that's a rad car) parents were from New England; so some of mine was influenced by their accent. here's another; worsh, instead of wash.

  • @JinJurTimTam
    @JinJurTimTam 2 роки тому

    Well and then there is our southern Colorado accent. Right ese?

  • @JohnJohnson-kg4ek
    @JohnJohnson-kg4ek 5 років тому +11

    Midwest guy needs to go back to Michigan. Colorado is full

    • @celelestial6250
      @celelestial6250 4 роки тому +3

      not too concerned about the midwest, they know how to drive! It's the Californians and texans we need to be watching out for

  • @nucleargold695
    @nucleargold695 3 роки тому +1

    I can confirm that we dont have an accent

  • @lexi2963
    @lexi2963 3 роки тому +1

    Where my eagle gang at?

    • @deesides9066
      @deesides9066 Рік тому

      I can’t pronounce it at all if that’s what you mean

  • @rayromero815
    @rayromero815 Рік тому

    No= Neds (don't ask) .what the F*ck is Soda? I'll have a "POP". The word "BUD" is definitely a Colorado Term.and if you been in a road rage incident here you've probably been told loudly "Come on Guy" or "This Guy" 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️ its facts

  • @donavonzerbest9530
    @donavonzerbest9530 10 місяців тому

    ColoRADo

  • @JaeDee66
    @JaeDee66 Рік тому

    Uhm you have a stereotypical white guy accent lol not a Michigan accent lol

  • @braincamarillo3090
    @braincamarillo3090 2 роки тому

    Lol yes if you go to any McDonalds restaurant the workers barely speak english in Colorado denver area ~ All Hispanics!

  • @anxiouslyautumn2210
    @anxiouslyautumn2210 4 роки тому

    They don't have an accent... I'm from the south and I can deff tell the difference

  • @rickroybal7022
    @rickroybal7022 4 роки тому +4

    Hey Kyle check your grammar. It's Coloradoan, not Coloradan.

    • @brennanhart8145
      @brennanhart8145 4 роки тому +2

      I couldn’t get over that the whole time I was watching. Even the newspaper is called the Coloradoan.

    • @rickroybal7022
      @rickroybal7022 4 роки тому +1

      Brennan Hart. Virginian is correct. Californian is correct. Idahoan and Ohioan is correct Coloradoan is correct. Wouldn't you say?

    • @andrew.cash13
      @andrew.cash13 4 роки тому +1

      Rick Roybal no

    • @sacchiteddu_2796
      @sacchiteddu_2796 4 роки тому +7

      WRONG. It's Coloradan. Never heard this stupid "Coloradoan" shit till I watched this video. Get your shit straight, Ricky. Idiot.

    • @cobracommander6522
      @cobracommander6522 4 роки тому +8

      i was born in Colorado and still live in Colorado and i have heard both but its Coloradan.

  • @Pedro-ds3cq
    @Pedro-ds3cq 4 роки тому

    Accent is not vocabulary

    • @hyea3051
      @hyea3051 3 роки тому +1

      Yeah that’s a dialect. But we have our own of that too