Re: CHAT: Vowel shift - angry-beaverisms
| From: | Steg Belsky <draqonfayir@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, June 18, 1999, 23:03 |
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On Fri, 18 Jun 1999 14:36:45 -0700 Barry Garcia
<Barry_Garcia@...> writes:
> Oh, ok i see how it is =) J/K. Actually, people i know from "Lawng
>Island", and "Nu Joysey" both have the accent many think of being
>typically New York. However, i think the funniest east coast accents
>are those from massachusets. Like that carpenter guy Norm
>Abrams on PBS. Its always funny hearing him say his er's like a's
>and his a's like er's.
>I.E.: "Carla" becomes "cahler" and "broker" becomes "broka"
That's "Lawng Gisland" :-)
One of the characteristics of Long Islander speech is the pronounciation
of /N/ as [Ng], so [lON'ajlInd] becomes [lON'gajlInd].
I think i'll go drink some "cawfee"...
-Stephen (Steg)
"Bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb!"
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