The study used data from two nationally conducted surveys.
From TV shows of the ' XC to today ’s TikToks , people have been seek to retroflex or even mock New York ’s distinctive idiom for decades . Holy Scripture such as " Brobdingnagian " and " New York '' are know to be pronounced otherwise in the NYC area , but they ’re definitely not the only ones .
A new field by the language learning platformPreplyanalyzed data from two different interior surveys ( Bert Vaux and Scott Golder ’s Harvard Dialect Survey and Burt Vaux and Bridget Samuels ' UWM Dialect Survey ) and came up with a list of 13 thing only New Yorkers say .
" From Al Pacino to Barbara Streisand , Donald Trump to Bernie Sanders , New Yorkers have made their fabled dialect the most placeable in North America , " Amy Pritchett , read succeeder coach at Preply , tell in a statement . " But we found that it ’s more than ' yuuge ' and ' fuhgeddaboutit ' that set New York English apart . There are more pernicious features in the New Yorker ’s actor’s line that could clue you into where they amount from . "
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New Yorkers expect everybody to bonk that " the City " refers to ManhattanUnfortunately , that is not rightful across the repose of the US . Other Americans , when using the term " the City " refer to other cities in the US , like Boston and Chicago .
Only New Yorkers habituate the word " hero " to account a long sandwichIf you go anywhere else in the US , it is very probable that they wo n’t realize what you mean if you ask for a Philly cheese steak on a wedge . New Jersey , for example , mostly uses the word " sub " or " hoagie . "
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New York residents will expect " on line"People across the US will or else say that they are wait " in line . " The New York idiom is accepted in the NYC sphere , but can definitely vocalize rum when outside of the East Coast .
you’re able to open up a " draw " in NYC , not a " drawer"It ’s just easier to pronounce .
When a New Yorker talks about pizza pie , they ’ll use the term " pie"Outside of NYC , a Proto-Indo European is a sweet dessert — but not here .
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You go loosen up at the " pak , " not the " park"The letter " R " is unremarkably omitted in the New York accent mark , but there are some words — like this one — that do n’t really make sensation to an untrained ear , unless you jazz what they mean .
New Yorkers use " cray - ahns " to colorThe difference here is in the syllable division . While in other parts of the land the parole " crayon " is sound out with a single syllable , like " cran " or " top , " NYC residents divide the word in two syllable .
It ’s pronounced " sear - up"Pancakes in NYC issue forth with a heavy drizzle of " sear - up . " Other Americans will tell you that the correct orthoepy is " sih - rup " or " sir - up . "
If you pronounce the words " merry , " " marry , " and " Mary " in three dissimilar way , you ’re likely from New YorkIn other parts of the US , they ’re either pronounced all the same or there is only one that ’s different ( which is either " tie " or " merry " ) .
New Yorkers will have " caw - fee " in the morningEverybody roll in the hay this one .
Water is sound out " waw - tuh"New Yorkers drop the " R " here .
New Yorkers will ask for a slice of " chaw - clet"Other Americans will pronounce it " cho - klut . "
And finally , they will walk their " dawg"Not their " dog , " like everybody else says .
