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I think the NY accent will always evolve and survive in one way or another, the flux of the last 10-15 years is not the norm, these newcomers and thier children will take on certain subtle characteristics of the earlier accents (dropping the r’s, etc.)
dandel, have you been drinking the Kool Aid??? Good girl. Your post @ 10:52 is counter to all the of-point crap that you’ve posted previously and is actually a good observation.
quote:
there’s been such a rapid change in New York populations
that it seems there’s not much time for ny accents to
develop.
unfortunately now you get idiots from the midwest who start their sentences with “gosh” barf!
*rob*
What are the differences between Bronxese and Brooklynese? Bear in mind, because of my hearing I can’t distinguish aural differences well.
arkady,
yeah, the Greenpoint accent was basically Popeye’s accent.
they would say oirrl instead of oil.
I think Staten Island is really the last vestige of the
old style, new york accent.
there’s been such a rapid change in New York populations
that it seems there’s not much time for ny accents to
develop.
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” I read somewhere that Brooklyn accents grew out of the Dutch language. Anyone know for sure? ”
One of my professors said that the boston and brooklyn accents are somehow connected to the cockney accent in London. Not sure how though.
Most of the accents I hear are Asian & Latin. :-0
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