Is it me or NYC jews no longer have accent?

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  • March 31, 2014 1:21 am at 1:21 am #612464
    ben_David
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    I mean, to hear that awesome Brooklyn accent you must go to Upper West Side where there are still some old-timers who speak like Jackie Mason. Frum jews in Brooklyn speak either with a foreign accent (first generation immigrants) or a TV accent aka standard american (the younger ones).

    March 31, 2014 1:44 am at 1:44 am #1010094
    TheGoq
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    Is this something to really lament? perhaps it is I will think about it while i drive in my caah to go the store for some arrenges.

    March 31, 2014 1:54 am at 1:54 am #1010095
    jewishfeminist02
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    I don’t live in Brooklyn, but I hear plenty of Brooklyn accents around anyway.

    March 31, 2014 4:58 am at 4:58 am #1010096
    oyyoyyoy
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    theres the new yeshivish accent. (now everyones gonna start imitating. again.)

    March 31, 2014 1:44 pm at 1:44 pm #1010097
    takahmamash
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    There are plenty of Jews who still have the Brooklyn accent. Go and hang out in the Rova or Ben Yehuda during the chagim and/or summer and listen to the tourists.

    March 31, 2014 2:45 pm at 2:45 pm #1010098
    akuperma
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    Living languages evolve constantly, and in a place such as New York with massive worldwide connections, they evolve quickly. If you want to hear someone talking like people did a century ago, either use a time machine or watch old movies.

    March 31, 2014 5:02 pm at 5:02 pm #1010099
    ben_David
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    @ajuperma

    Not necessarily. Britain, a (relatively) tiny country densely populated has dozens of distinctive dialects and accents. London which can be compared to NYC as a global metropolis still has characteristic accents which differ along geographical, ethnic and social lines.

    Now, as The Coq wondered/asked, is this something to really lament?

    A world where everybody looks, speaks and acts like everybody, is a world of boredom.

    Brooklyn/NYC dialect should be preserved as a cultural heritage. It’s just stupid and sad to hear a Brooklyn Jew or a Jersey Italian speaking like someone from small-town Iowa.

    My two agorot.

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