Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
Accurate but curious does Brooklyn accent extend to all nationalities and ethnicities?
I know a black Bostonian accent is going to sound like “Fahdee Dolliz a weaker one night be “Fordee Dolliz”
My mom says ideaR and sodeR lols many adults in my life did I thought I was wrong for not saying it-I was confused. This was the late 90s/early 2000s.
Can't tell you. When I was growing up on LI, the Brooklyn accent transported out to the Guyland was largely Irish/Italian/German-Amurkan. It was, btw, different from Queens accents. The Guyland is a derivative of the Brooklyn accent. People from Queens were more likely to slur the LongIsland word with a sloppy, indistinct g.
Boston's got an array of neighborhood accents: a Henry Higgins could distinguish patterns from Dorchester, Southie, the North End-Charlestown, and Cambridge-Somerville. And those patterns migrated outward radially to the 3 suburban land points of the compass.
The same folks in the older generation that say idear, still call Market Basket "Demoulas".
The name of the corporation is Demoulas Super Markets, Inc. The last DeMoulas was in Salem NH and was torn down in 2010 to be replaced by a 2x bigger Market Basket. That was only 10 years ago.
It always surprises me that television hasn't killed off the working class dialects. Everyone grows up listening to American Business English on the television.
It's very easy for people who aren't local to NYC or Boston to get the accents mixed up because the dipthongs are related (but reversed) and the different patterns of non-rhoticity.
Irish-American Boston: Dawhn is a nickname for Donald. Dahn is the twilight period before sunrise.
Brooklyn: Opposite.
Irish-American Boston for $40: Fwahdee d(w)ahllahz
Brooklyn: Fawdee dahlirz.
Yankee thrift alters Boston's non-rhoticity because of the Law of Conservation of Rs: Rs that are dropped from one place become the caboose in another place. Don't waste them Rs if you have the idear of visiting Cuber.
i heard the difference between boston and l.a. was: tina turnah; and, tiner turner.
The name of the corporation is Demoulas Super Markets, Inc. The last DeMoulas was in Salem NH and was torn down in 2010 to be replaced by a 2x bigger Market Basket. That was only 10 years ago.
....
growing up, the one near union square was demoulas market basket so they were used interchangeably.
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.
Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
