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View Poll Results: Is the New York/eastern accent disappearing among young people?
Yes 19 39.58%
No 16 33.33%
Yes, but it is still fairly common 13 27.08%
Voters: 48. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 09-26-2012, 12:48 PM
 
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I've never been to New York before, but I can't remember hardly any young New Yorkers (or easterners in general) I've seen on non-fiction TV speak with the famous accent. It seems like it is primarily associated with older or middle aged people. I know a couple of guys in Danbury, Connecticut (I think) on YouTube who speak with funny accents (sounds like a mish-mash of Canadian and New York), but that's about it. Most films or TV shows, especially those aimed at younger viewers, seem to primarily feature people who speak with the general Midwestern dialect.

So, among younger people, is the New York accent (or eastern accents in general) disappearing?
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Old 09-26-2012, 01:12 PM
 
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I'd say if you are talking about the tri-state area as a whole, it is absolutely present. Very strongly, among all ages. If you are talking about Manhattan and parts of north brooklyn only, then yeah it has disappeared greatly...
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Old 09-26-2012, 01:40 PM
 
Location: USA
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i don't think the accent is going anywhere.
afterall, ny was started by the dutch first
and that's why the accent is so thick on the
big island, if ya ask me.
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Old 09-26-2012, 01:47 PM
 
Location: Bronx, NY
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Many young New Yorkers don't have accents. It is absolutely true to say that the older generations had stronger accents. But, most young New Yorkers, raised here, have some sort of a New York accent, or atleast are influenced by it. Some have the New York Latino accent, you have African American New York accent, others have the famous Italian-Irish-Jewish New York accent.

To sum it up, there are many types of NY accents. Not everyone is going to sound like Sonny Corleone.
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Old 09-26-2012, 03:24 PM
 
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I'd say if you are talking about the tri-state area as a whole, it is absolutely present. Very strongly, among all ages. If you are talking about Manhattan and parts of north brooklyn only, then yeah it has disappeared greatly...
Well Manhattan and Brooklyn is overrun by newcomers.

I'm 27 (don't know how young you consider young), and a lot of my friends who were raised in the five boroughs have an accent, especially friends from Staten Island. But, like super mario said, many accents in NYC are also influenced by people's ethnicity and background.
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Old 09-26-2012, 03:32 PM
 
Location: Manhattan
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I'd say accents in general are in decline. Any accent that deviates from what you hear your local TV anchor speak is increasingly considered "uneducated".
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Old 09-27-2012, 06:24 PM
 
Location: Brooklyn, NY
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I was in grad school a few years ago (22 at the time) and one of my professors kept swearing I had a NY accent. He grew up in Tennessee if I remember correctly.
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Old 09-27-2012, 06:27 PM
 
Location: Bergen County, NJ
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No it's not disappearing at all. Personally I find mine has gotten stronger over the years...I worry that if I remain here by the time I'm 80 or so I'll be speaking like Morty Seinfeld.

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Old 09-28-2012, 04:06 PM
 
Location: East Side
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Sometimes its just how u speak my brother for some reason says "new yerk" my sister me and my other brother say it regular "new york" my mom says ""nooo York" and my dad says "noo yawk"
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Old 09-28-2012, 09:31 PM
 
Location: Rego Park, Queens
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Haven't heard too much of the "Noo Yawk" accent in recent years; it was a lot more common when I was growing up.
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