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Originally posted by Greenguy
Unless you're from the NYC area, you have no accent! We sound like everyone else on TV 
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Yeah...faggetabowtit. You's got a dolla ta spare?
BTW, when I lived abroad and worked with Candians (bastards), they had great fun knockin' on
my accent.
We put an 'awe' where flat 'ah''s should go.
I was given a verbal quiz as follows:
1) What is the sound a crow makes?
K-AWE K-AWE
2) What is the thing you use to cut wood?
S-AWE
3) What do you put on pasta to make a nice flavor?
Sa-AWE-U-ce
...can't recall the others.
Watch Seinfeld for proper understanding.
You just can't win. Even after a year+ somewhere else the native folks will still pick up on your accent, but when ya come home people then proceed to make fun of the accent you picked up. I was told I sounded 'funny' and like a Candian.
When I say "coffee" properly...it was hysterical to people. Of course, the proper NY way is Cawwwwwwwfee.
Oh- one of the words I just cannot say corrctly enough to make a friend of mine from Croatia understand is "draw". I just couldn't make that word flat enough even after my candian influences.
I had to specify- "That thing you pull out over there..." then get up and show him.
