Is there a website that can teach me how to talk like a New Yorker?

Question

I'm auditioning for a role of a New York woman, and need to practice talking with a New York accent. Any suggestions?

Answer 1

Rent or buy the movies "Mean Streets" and "Taxi Driver". Use the dialogue from the characters as a language guide.

Answer 2

Start here!!

New York Dialect is the variety of the English language spoken by most European Americans in New York City and much of its metropolitan area including Westchester and Rockland counties, the western half of Long Island, and a few cities in northeastern New Jersey, . It is often considered to be one of the most recognizable accents within American English (Newman 2005). Besides the New York dialect, a number of independent dialects are spoken in the state of New Jersey.

Answer 3

if you don't know how to talk like a new yorker then your a** definitley aint getting the part. getting a role like that takes a lot of practice if you are not from new york

Answer 4

i would suggest, as a nyer that you dont try. a fake accent is truely grating on the ears, and there are nuiances of speak that cant be listed. I cant, b/c its all i know.
I would suggest you be proud, try just speaking without an accent, if its possible, and wait for the diction coaches to help you past that.
FAKING ny, is really, most destestable and laughable to real nyers.
Theres a character on csi:ny, named with glasses. He trys WAY TO HARD and it irritates the hell out of me.
However, if you insist, hes a good person to listen to.

Answer 5

Well, if you go on to thekidfrombrooklyn.com, now THAT guy talks like a new yorker.

Answer 6

no, just listen to a person from new York speak and pick it up.

Answer 7

it really depends on what part of ny ur lookin' for. ppl in western ny talk differently than those in nyc.