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"This city is always changing, I get that. It's just frustrating when people come here and claim this place as their own after only a few years, all the while talking like a friggin Californian. There have been a good few articles written about how this area of the country is losing some it's character regarding the dialect due to newcomers (yes, I know. People have always been immigrating here, I understand that). "
I was born in and grew up in Brooklyn, my mother lived almost her entire life in Brooklyn, and her parents lived there since they immigrated to the USA before WW1. My Brooklyn roots go back to before 1910.
However I grew up in a time of exposure to national media, my father was from Philadelphia, and already by the time I went to college (in New England) my accent was light enough I could at least be mistaken for someone from Manhattan, if not an actual out of towner. I lived the rest of my life in New England, Chicago, Florida, Baltimore, and northern Virginia. If I were to move to Brooklyn now, I think my accent would be barely recognizable (at least at first) as more than "general north eastern". If my daughter moves there (and well she might) she will have ZERO Brooklyn accent, despite her deep roots in the borough and its history.
I am not certain what you are trying to say here. If your daughter does indeed move there, I am sure she will know how to pronounce the word Brooklyn correctly. I am especially sure, given her roots, that she will respect what the place means and it's history. That is all I was ever really saying with this thread....
I think people are mimicking the Spike Lee "Absolut Brooklyn" commercial when they say it like that.
No, they're not. They pronounce is Brook-laaaan? and sound like idiots. What are they imitating when they say "Manhaddin"???? That's even more annoying!
You still haven't explained HOW they say "Brooklyn" that irritates you. I do my best not to interact with hipsters, yuppies, or yipsters of any kind so maybe that's why I'm missing something. Unless you're talking about when they say "Brooklaaan?" (with a question mark at the end). I've heard that a couple of times and it's beyond annoying. HOWEVER......
I must say, I can do without the accent of old (cue grandparents generation) using the word "terlet" (toilet) "erl" (oil), and the
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OK, I am so guilty of that, to me it is and always will be a 'terlet", and I always have vinegar and "earl" on my salad......
my sons still make fun of me to this day when I say a few choice words with the accent, sorry but it is something us Brooklynites just do. It just cant be helped!!!
my sons still make fun of me to this day when I say a few choice words with the accent, sorry but it is something us Brooklynites just do. It just cant be helped!!!
I am not certain what you are trying to say here. If your daughter does indeed move there, I am sure she will know how to pronounce the word Brooklyn correctly. I am especially sure, given her roots, that she will respect what the place means and it's history. That is all I was ever really saying with this thread....
You seem to have a general dislike of hipsters and yuppies. I would suggest that not all hipsters and yuppies are from the midwest, or lack deep NYC roots. She will respect Brooklyns history, but she will not necessarily attempt to live like her grandparents did. Brooklyn's history is one of change, ever since Anglo suburbanites displaced Dutch farmers.
Oh I am chill. This has been going on for quite some time, so I am used to it. I posted this mainly for the lulz. While it is true that nasally little transplants who claim they are from brooklyn, but can't even pronounce it right is pretty annoying and insufferable; in the end I know that they're harmless.
It's simply good to let some of the marshmallows floating around here that they are being mocked, just as much as they mock everything that they learn is not cool at the moment. At the very least I hope it makes them think for a minute, be a little humble, and possibly soak in this city's history instead of blogging about what a shame it is that that old dingy bar on the corner could soooo much be better utilized as a fair trade, conflict free, organic coffee shop......
For the record, I love this city. Obviously I hate it at times, but my love always grows for it. That is the way it has always been for me. I love the diversity. I love the different cultures. I love the sense of community (where it still exists).
Feeling bitter at times is every new yorkers god given right. Stay here long enough and you'll see what I mean....
"it is that that old dingy bar on the corner could soooo much be better utilized as a fair trade, conflict free, organic coffee shop......"
commitment to causes and social justice goes back in brooklyn to the time of henry ward beecher (not to mention the socialists and communists whose domain spanned from Flatbush to Brownsville in the 1930s). Its just as deeply rooted as dingy bars (which no one in MY family would have had anything do with - well except maybe sell something to - since 1910)
ain't nobody I ever heard mis- pronounced the word Brooklyn.
WTF are you talking about?????
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