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04-21-2009, 09:55 AM
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They don't keep it 100% but most of it that you are able to tell that they are Italian. But in the South, they sound like the rest of them, nothing unique.
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04-21-2009, 09:56 AM
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Huh?
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04-21-2009, 10:08 AM
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I am saying this from experience. I've lived in NY, NJ, VT, CT, and in GA, TN, MS so I know what I'm talking about.
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04-21-2009, 10:26 AM
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Most Italians from "Up North" have an NY accent . If you remain to live in NY how would you lose you NY accent ?
That Italian-New York-American accent doesnt come from Italy
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04-21-2009, 11:09 AM
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Location: Houston, TX
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In portions of New Orleans, where the Irish and Italians also settled and intermingled, the accent is nearly identical to Boston.
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04-21-2009, 11:38 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 9TheCityOfAngeles9
Most Italians from "Up North" have an NY accent . If you remain to live in NY how would you lose you NY accent ?
That Italian-New York-American accent doesnt come from Italy
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Other Italians "up north" have Boston, Chicago, Buffalo, Providence, Rochester accents, e.g., depending which city they are from. This is similar to people confusing the NY accent for a "Jewish" accent.
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04-21-2009, 11:53 AM
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Location: Concrete jungle where dreams are made of.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 9TheCityOfAngeles9
Most Italians from "Up North" have an NY accent . If you remain to live in NY how would you lose you NY accent ?
That Italian-New York-American accent doesnt come from Italy
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I've heard from Italians that the NY italian accent is similar to the Italian accent in Italy, basically just another form of it. But considering these italians came 100-200 years ago, it's pretty cool how the accent hasn't changed a whole lot  Proud to say I'm probably one of those NY italian accents.
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04-21-2009, 12:02 PM
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Location: Soddy Daisy, TN
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My husband is Italian and born in NY...he moved here to TN at 13 yrs old with his dad. You'd never know now that he is from NY or Italian but his dad doesn't sound any different from the time he moved here (people in NY may think different...). We assume it's because he went to school daily with kids and teachers from TN, so he picked up their accents and his dad continued to work with other people who moved here from the same area (the job relocated).
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04-21-2009, 12:31 PM
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Location: West Cobb County, GA (Atlanta metro)
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