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Post by Joan on Aug 27, 2007 20:01:23 GMT -5
;)Does anyone still have their Bronx/New York Accent???
I know I still do, or so I've been told. No matter where I go I'm asked if I'm from New York - they are never quite sure exactly where in New York, but they know I'm from New York or at least the Northeast. How can you lose it after 60 years??? However, I really don't want to. Am proud of it.
When we moved to Charlotte, everyone down there wanted me to talk - thought it was cute!!! I thought they had the accent being from North and South Carolina. I liked their way of speaking very much.
Now here in Indiana, I stand out like a "sore thumb" as they say that in the Midwest no-one speaks with an accent because they pronounce all their words correctly. If you have noticed, many newscasters come from the Midwest and study Midwestern English. However, everyone here want me to speak because they like it too. Guess because it's different.
What about you???
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Post by Deleted on Aug 27, 2007 20:26:57 GMT -5
Lost mine a long time ago  |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 27, 2007 20:32:49 GMT -5
I was told I didn't have one... Until the same person got me mad, and then they heard the full brunt of the accent...
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Post by Deleted on Aug 27, 2007 20:46:58 GMT -5
still got it after all these years --- i say hello and they want to know if im from nyc
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Post by helenh1 on Aug 27, 2007 21:37:28 GMT -5
every where I go, as soon as I begin to speak, someone says oh, you're from NYC. I don't hear any accent!!!!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 27, 2007 22:01:22 GMT -5
Still have my Bronx accent and proud if it.
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Post by Preacher Mike on Aug 27, 2007 22:11:41 GMT -5
Boy DO i HAVE A Bronx ACCENT EVEN WHEN i WRITE IT COMES OUT, every one here in Texas has a problem with my accent ....tooo bad
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Post by Barry on Aug 27, 2007 23:13:48 GMT -5
Accent
whataya talkin about
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Post by Fran Gyomory on Aug 28, 2007 12:26:32 GMT -5
Left NY in 1971 and don't usually have any accent. Amazingly, when I am angry or excited, the Bronx comes right out. Joe says that when we used to drive to NY my accent would come back the further north we went on the Jersey Turnpike. Truthfully, I have lived in several states and don't have much of an accent any more. I do pronounce some words in the NY style.
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Post by LARRY on Aug 28, 2007 13:49:50 GMT -5
 I STILL HAVE MY ACCENT |
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Post by Joan on Aug 28, 2007 14:45:19 GMT -5
:)I'm glad to hear so many of you still have your Bronx/NY accent!!!
I notice when I get excited, it is more pronounced so even I notice it. However, when speaking in a normal voice, I don't realize that I sound different than anyone else.
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Post by Joan on Aug 28, 2007 14:49:39 GMT -5
:oLarry................is that your second license plate that you had made???
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Post by LARRY on Aug 28, 2007 17:07:51 GMT -5
:oLarry................is that your second license plate that you had made???[/quote] HI JOAN...NO IT'S JUST ONE OF MY PICTURES. MY SECOND PLATE IS "#1 YANKEE FAN" AND MY FLORIDA PLATE IS "BRONX27"
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Post by Joan on Aug 28, 2007 17:13:00 GMT -5
:)Larry...............was just curious - glad you got "Yankees" in and the "Bronx" too!
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Post by Lenny on Aug 28, 2007 19:11:33 GMT -5
I'm told I lost my accent after spending so much time in the south in the military and living in Florida for the last 38 years. However, Mickey still has a strong toity toid & toid avenue accent.
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Post by carjoh5 on Aug 28, 2007 20:20:02 GMT -5
Still have my BRONX.. Everyone I speak too, always say "Your from the BRONX". I cannot tell the different, always thought it was the other people with the ACCENT..   |
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Post by marylou on Aug 29, 2007 9:56:23 GMT -5
Mine is essentially gone I guess. What I have now is a kind of mish-mash of Bronx, Mahopacese, Rochester-Buffalo-ish whatever. But I still ask for 'cawfee' and still cook with 'gah-lic' and sometimes that gives me away.
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Post by Fran Gyomory on Aug 29, 2007 13:21:34 GMT -5
Our Wheeze currently lives in Mahopac, NY. Hope she visits and says hello to MaryLou!!!
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