Say I move to New York from a southern state and I have a child in New York in which we live there for the rest of our lives. Will the child have an accent? Or is that in a certain type of culture? I'm not planning on moving there but I was watching Elmo with my daughter and the little kids on there have little New York accents since it's based out of New York and I was just wondering how the incur those accents. Thxs and I know it's a silly question but I was just wondering.
2007-06-13 06:39:35 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
..by the way I know New York is a state and New York City is a city.
2007-06-13 07:31:42 · update #1
Are you talking about New York or New York City? That makes a big difference, I am from western NY and I talk differently from those in NYC.
As for the accent they have in NYC- it is just like any other accent- every area has a different pronunciation for words it has to do with what cultures were first settled there and what not.
2007-06-13 06:50:53 · answer #1 · answered by like the ocean needs the waves 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
convinced, we New Yorkers do have an accent, and in basic terms as reported through yet another answerer there are sub-accents interior the basic vast apple accent. some are strictly community (lengthy Islander as hostile to a Brooklynite) and some are extra cultural (a variety vast apple Puerto Rican will sound somewhat different from a PR in yet another region (say Miami). i'd have a tendency to assert it is truly a mish-mosh. All in all you could really tell a sparkling Yorker anyplace we pass.
2016-10-18 21:17:37 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Accents are based on the way words ar pronounced. People obtain such ways of pronounciation from hearing other people speak.
If you had a child the accent would be based on what the child hears. The child could wind up with a somewhat southern accent in the early years because most of what he or she will hear is from you. That accent could diminish over time as the child gets older and interacts with others.
2007-06-13 06:46:53 · answer #3 · answered by nycguy10002 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I've noticed that there's a fine line between a New York accent and an English accent. New York was colonized by the British, so that is no doubt where the accent comes from. it's just that over time it has become uniquely it's own.
2007-06-13 06:48:55 · answer #4 · answered by peekabugaboo 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
They pick it up the same way southern people develop their dialects...it's about surroundings...when you're brought up hearing a certain speech pattern or dialect, you'll MORE than likely to pick it up, also...lol
How do Georgians get their dialect? How do Texans get their dialect? How do French people speak French?..lol
2007-06-13 06:46:39 · answer #5 · answered by Prima_Donnassassin! 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋