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Of course if you surround yourself with transplants, various immigrants and so forth, then no, you aren't likely to hear a NYC accent, much less "new yawk". But come on out to Staten Island and parts of Brooklyn, there are plenty of natives still around (young and old) who do.
Of course if you surround yourself with transplants, various immigrants and so forth, then no, you aren't likely to hear a NYC accent, much less "new yawk". But come on out to Staten Island and parts of Brooklyn, there are plenty of natives still around (young and old) who do.
It sounds like he's saying "New Yoark".
And he's 55 years old, the young cops I've talked to don't even sound like that.
Last edited by Foamposite; 08-19-2019 at 10:51 PM..
That literally goes against the definition of "native"
But for this case, I even know immigrants who came here at age 5 and still have foreign accents (like this Mexican chick I know). So I don't think they're the best example of a New York accent.
I don't think I've ever heard a native New Yorkee pronounce it like that. Not even the elderly ones I know.
Yet I see people write about it all the time.
There's still white parts of South Brooklyn where you'll here it. You will also hear it in places like Boca Raton in Florida where older natives have migrated to.
Regardless, for you to have lived in this city, even if just 20 years, it's a shame you have never been to an ethnic enclave of old white NYers.
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