Barkeater Lake by Corey Pandolph for December 18, 2012
December 17, 2012
December 19, 2012
Transcript:
Bill: Acks. I want to acks you a question... Mike: Billy? Whatta you doin? Mike: Hooked on wiseguy phonics? Read by "The soprano's" James Gandolfini? Bill: Yeah. I heard our new coach is from Brooklyn. I want to make sure I can understand her. Mike: Do you know what a stereotype is, Bill? Bill: Uh, no... But I'm only on the first tape.
starlilies about 12 years ago
I’m from NY (not Brooklyn though) and get comments all the time about my “NY accent”. I wouldn’t be offended, but I would definitely think he’s ignorant. And PLEASE not “axe” (that’s the english major in me)! You are not chopping me to death…
kaecispopX about 12 years ago
It’s no worse than the poor stereotype of a “Southern” accent that is to represent the whole South. I was born and raised in Mississippi and have been accused of being a Yankee because of my speech from someone in Tennesse. \
Also note that the most common accent from New Orleans is very close to a Bronx accent. Both have a large influence from Irish immigrants to both cities.
K M about 12 years ago
A TV show called “How the States Got Their Shapes” suggested that there was no “southern accent” until after the Civil War. Unfortunately, the program didn’t explain that statement at all. I haven’t been able to find any corroboration. But people who mispronounce common words can be found all over. Their used to be a silly, little poem that went:Little Mary donned her skates, upon the ice to frisk.Wasn’t she a silly girl, her little *?Now, getting the joke requires you be able to pronounce properly the term for the symbol *. If you can’t, you won’t get it. And yet I had someone pronounce that as “as-ter-rick” and miss the gag altogether.
cbrsarah about 12 years ago
I’ve lived in Bronx from the age of 3 to 20 and never spoke with an accent. But back then, when I was in school, we were taught to speak English properly, something that doesn’t seem to be happening at all anymore.