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New Yorkers- does the stereotypical New York accent actually exist in real life? -
What...with a wee touch of Italian and Jewish - or Afro Caribbean Latino...or all four mixed together? What about 110th Street? A different New York altogether! The Panda - in this case is doing a Jewish Noo Yawk take. It s like the mockney thing (which people who have arrived in the capital from elsewhere in the UK take on). Remember British born Windies during the 70 s who despite never having gone to countries where their parents were born, decided to gwan back a yard in a Jamaican stylee with oral delivery - I blame Bob Marley. Have you noticed (in London, for sure...) you mostly get the mockney, cockney and all things London-ish in the two mile radius of Piccadilly circus - but jump on the 159 at Oxford Street - and stay on the bus for about 45 minutes, and that accent is no more. Americans have this thing about the English accent - and immediately think of Shakespeare...but the said master of prose came from Stratford upon Avon...which is more Brummie than anything else. Film directors are also to blame also...in order to get their film watched by everyone, they will use the well-trod accents- New York, Jewish style...or if it s a film about Afro-Caribs in Harlem/110th Street, the main actors will either have to sound like Mike Tyson, Public Enemy or any who have been criminalized by the white press in years gone by.These accents may exist - but only to please tourists.
No, there are actually several New York accents and a person with a good ear can tell the difference between Queens, Brooklyn, and Bronx accents. Also, the so-called, New York accent is very common in New Orleans, the reason? Both are port cities and experienced similar immigration patterns in the 19th Century.This, by the way, is not the typical New York accent, but is a Southern Italian accent. Someone who speaks like this has family from Sicily or Naples. The more stereotypical New York accent can be heard on CSI New York and is used by the male star of the series. There are other versions used on that show, but his is the most authentic.
Yes it still exists. I wouldn t call it the NY accent though. Italian men are the ones who speak that way but the grown generation of italian men, not the young. New York had a large population of Italians back in the day, it still does but not as much. You will hear that accent from time to time on the train or something. For the most part though, there are many different accents in NY since it s so diverse. If every person on the train said something out loud, i would probably hear 100 different accents. For some reason people think that there s only 1, some particular NY accent that non-new yorkers say they hear. Honestly, I have no idea what they even mean. Maybe we pronounce words differently and faster and we have our own slang, but that s about it.
What that is , is an exaggerated Bronx , Brooklyn or maybe New Jersey ( Noo Joisey) accent from the old tough guy movie days Older New Yorker really do not hear anyone speaking that dialect on purpose anymore.I do have a friend that comes close though.If someone you were with spoke like that they would be noticed much more than you would in NYC.Told I have a neutral accent but that my Noo Yoak comes out if someone pises me off.Have friends in from the UK they sound nothing like the movie tough guys from British films. that not all Londoners sound like Cyril Ritchard.Youse know what I means?Best regards
With a deep Bronx accent I spoke to an out of town law student and she was simply puzzled to what the heck I was saying. A Bronx accent is gritty, a Brooklyn accent is quick and slick, and a Queens accent is a bit twangy and harsh.