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Old 04-09-2012, 08:46 PM
 
Location: Republic of New England
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I definately hear an accent from folks from Hamden and New Haven. It is distinct. Remember Arnold Horseshack, from the '70s television show "Welcom Back Kotter"? The actor (Ron Pallilo?) who played him once said in an interview that he was trying to use an exagerated version of the accent an aunt(?) from Hamden had spoken with. Funny thing is, I noticed that he was using a Hamden/New Haven accent the first time I heard him use it! Aunts born and raised in New Haven spoke the same way, with the same inflections, etc.

I also hear a more New England/ RI accent on natives from New London...qwhaater for quarter, wotch for watch...guttah for gutter
My grandmother is native new londoner and you can hear a lot of er drop into ah or O drop as AW... It's even stronger since my grandmother has a smoker-voice. LOL But I think thats where my inbreed boston queens new york accent might of went in for me lol
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Old 04-09-2012, 09:39 PM
 
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My grandmother is native new londoner and you can hear a lot of er drop into ah or O drop as AW... It's even stronger since my grandmother has a smoker-voice. LOL But I think thats where my inbreed boston queens new york accent might of went in for me lol
I gotta say, and I never thought I'd ever say this, but I kind of miss that New England accent! I am from New London county. We had a neighbor from Maine, I'll never forget her! She was very bold, and loud when she needed to be, and spoke with a heavy New England accent. I can still hear her...Flahridah...ayuhh...heayuh.
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Old 11-17-2013, 02:43 AM
 
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I was born and raised in Norwalk. I talk the same way my mother does who was raised in South Norwalk. Everyone I meet asks me if I'm from New York even if they're from Fairfield County. Even when I don't use words like talk or dog or call. I think I may be one of the last speakers of the old southwest CT regional accent. I say Mirrah when referring to a mirror. I say dolliz when referring to more than one dollar, I say Yuz for you plural, which is actually still common in the Naugatuck Valley where I live now.

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Old 11-17-2013, 10:13 AM
 
Location: Coastal Connecticut
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Myself and most of my friends from northern FFC have VERY little perceivable accent. A few of them have a bit of a New York accent because of their parents.
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Old 11-18-2013, 06:45 AM
 
Location: Wallingford, CT
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It's very subtle, but people from CT turn every G at the end of a word into a K.

Besides that, there's not much. Some people have slight accents that others mentioned here, but those are actually attributed with New York or Boston influences. They aren't part of the native CT accent. There are only a handful of other states without much of an accent, but they're in the central part of the country.

http://aschmann.net/AmEng/#SmallMapCanada

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Old 11-18-2013, 12:01 PM
 
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It's very subtle, but people from CT turn every G at the end of a word into a K.
I hear that occasionally, but certainly not every Ct. native does that.

In Ct. people's "accents" are influenced by their parents and grandparents from other states, the states on our borders, localized accents, new immigrants to our state, even by class. It is probably impossible to come up with a unique pronunciation that every Ct. native uses.
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Old 11-18-2013, 12:09 PM
 
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To claim that CT doesn't have an accent in nonsensical. Of course it does. In fact, it has several.

You most certainly wouldn't pick up on your own accent, but people from other parts of the country would.
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Old 11-18-2013, 12:11 PM
 
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It's very subtle, but people from CT turn every G at the end of a word into a K.
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I hear that occasionally, but certainly not every Ct. native does that.

Lifelong resident that has never heard this. Goink? Runnink? Pushink?

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Old 11-18-2013, 12:16 PM
 
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Lifelong resident that has never heard this. Goink? Runnink? Pushink?

I didn't say I'd never heard it, just not very often. And usually the people I hear pronouncing words that way are not very highly educated.

Hahahaha, perhaps this is how you speak, SCR? Sorry, didn't mean to offend.
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Old 11-18-2013, 12:18 PM
 
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I didn't say I'd never heard it, just not very often. And usually the people I hear pronouncing words that way are not very highly educated.

No, not you. Me. I've NEVER heard anyone substitute a k for a g at the end of a word.
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