Rave: St. Louis

[Cronos]

Not sure whre that originates either. but like you I recall hearing it from old-timers. The particular person I'm thinking of was a South STL product.

My Grandma is too and still lives there, maybe it is a south STL thing that has spread.

[jim]

To this day I have still never heard anyone I know in STL say anything that sounds anywhere close to "Farty-Far", other than my 80+ year old grandmother.

Not sure whre that originates either. but like you I recall hearing it from old-timers. The particular person I'm thinking of was a South STL product.

This is so hilarious. YOU ALL SAY IT! You just don't hear it because that's part of your accent. Some stronger than others, but it's there in the majority of the people I meet from St. Louis. It's very noticeable and strong if you aren't used to it.

[lukethedrifter]

To this day I have still never heard anyone I know in STL say anything that sounds anywhere close to "Farty-Far", other than my 80+ year old grandmother.

Not sure whre that originates either. but like you I recall hearing it from old-timers. The particular person I'm thinking of was a South STL product.

This is so hilarious. YOU ALL SAY IT! You just don't hear it because that's part of your accent. Some stronger than others, but it's there in the majority of the people I meet from St. Louis. It's very noticeable and strong if you aren't used to it.

I don't but that's because I'm first generation. My ex wife does and my daughter even has a hint of it.

[cards2468]

Yea, everybody here has a hint of it to some degree. I knew a girl from Chesterfield that says fahrty (forty) and cahrn (corn) and warsh (wash) and holy [expletive] did it bug me.

[Freed Roger]

Supposedly the same people that say "farty far", also say "Warsh U."

I'm non-native as is my wife, but I sense South City Catholics as the originators.

When I think of a St. Louis accent, its like the guys that run Legrands.

[cards2468]

Supposedly the same people that say "farty far", also say "Warsh U."

I'm non-native as is my wife, but I sense South City Catholics as the originators.

When I think of a St. Louis accent, its like the guys that run Legrands.

My god mother was born and raised south city and definitely has the accent, but my grandparents grew up on farms out by Washington and eventually moved to Overland and I remember them having thick St. Louis accents. I think it's the whole St. Louis area.

[lukethedrifter]

Nelly doesn't have it.

[Freed Roger]

Shannon is a representative of the STL dialect. right?

We probably heard enough David Freese -that is more of a West County dialect.

Kerry Robinson, Bernard Gilkey?

[Molly]

Born and raised in south city. I am so conscious of the words farty, warsh, carn, etc. that I make a concerted effort to pronounce them correctly. I have talked to people on the phone who tell me I do not sound like I am from St. Louis.

P.S. My 86 year old mother still says kitchen zink

[jim]

It's obviously not as strong as that video but I hear a hint of it from many. I suppose it's like Chicago, my wife's step brothers who were raised in the far suburbs have just the tiniest hint of it and it's almost imperceptible, but her brother and sister (raised in Chicago) have an obnoxiously thick Chicago accent. My wife has a hint of it, but has lived away and in other locales (and living with me and giving her [expletive] about it) to where it's not bad.

The good news for you farty St. Louisans is your accent is very mild and not in any way abrasive like the Chicago accent. Other than a NY accent, Chicago is the worst.