This is a fabulous study! As a New York native transplanted to the greater Boston area… I came with a wikkid accent and I’ve also acquired one too. Here’s a few pictorials about linguistics in this country… but by all means, read them all!
Here’s two that represents a quirk or two about where I’ve lived and where I’m living now… (click on these charts to make the larger!)
Now, go read the rest!
2 comments on “The F.U.N. Quotient… Our local accents, or how what we say shows where we’re from!”
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This confirms what I’ve always said: Miami is the southernmost borough of New York.
Bego, I always knew there was a little NYer in you!