Jeremiah's Vanishing New York

A New York accent , or New York dialect, is one of the more recognizable American accents. Carrie has a Brooklyn accent, Richie does too, although his is a little over the top - sounds horrible to me. She recalls her youth, listening to stories told by her father and grandparents in thick New York accents. I am a native New Yorker living in London. The short-a system of New York City English: An update.

If people try to lose their accent, they're more likely to lose it if they feel they're not going to get ahead in life with it,” Jochnowitz adds, although he mentioned that a good number of educated people hang on to their accents, though sometimes a bit self-consciously.

For example, you may hear an older New Yorker throw an r in the middle of certain words before a consonant. Perhaps his major league debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers left an indelible New York lilt to his speech. Nowadays, thanks to the internet, you can hear the speech of people all over the world at any instant.

According to one observer, Quinn also has - if you will - the 'quin'-tessential New York Irish accent. S However, working with students that range in ages from 5 - 18 has proven that Brooklynese is alive and well and being used by both new and older generations of New Yorkers from every part of the world.

The handbook "Speak with a New York Accent" takes the exotic art of performing with dialects and delivers easy-to-follow lessons (including a longer list of those exceptional short A sounds). Now, New York Mobster I'm not referring to the two aspects of language that everyone notices and a lot of people talk about: accent and vocabulary.