American English Dialects

Re:American English Dialects by woodruffw on Friday August 04, 2023 @10:18PM (#37008340)

Linguists seem to disagree, but I swear that I can tell the difference between a Manhattan/Bronx accent and a Brooklyn/Queens one (to the extent that they exist anymore, which is barely).

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Re:American English Dialects by MaciejR on Saturday August 05, 2023 @12:13AM (#37008955)

You’re absolutely right, it is distinguishable as a person who’s grown up in the area.

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Re:American English Dialects by imbnwa on Saturday August 05, 2023 @12:41AM (#37009083)

Trump and Christopher Walken have Queens accents, they sound very different from Bronx or Brooklyn.

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Re:American English Dialects by arrowsmith on Saturday August 05, 2023 @06:53AM (#37010814)

Bernie Sanders grew up in Brooklyn and has a distinctive accent (possibly influenced by his Jewish heritage?), see e.g. this video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waeXBCUkuL8

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Re:American English Dialects by acuozzo on Saturday August 05, 2023 @09:22PM (#37018026)

I grew up in Brooklyn. The #1 difference I hear is that elsewhere in NY they don't do Yuge, Yuman, Yumor, etc.

It seems to be a Brooklyn-only thing.

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Re:American English Dialects by MockObject on Monday August 07, 2023 @12:30PM (#37036713)

But Trump does this, and he's from Queens. I don't actually think there are regional differences in the five boroughs.

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