New York City English
New York City English | |
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Region | New York metropolitan area |
Ethnicity | Various (see Demographics of New York City) |
Indo-European
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Early forms | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | – |
Glottolog | newy1234 |
IETF | en-u-sd-usny |
New York City English, or Metropolitan New York English,
Today, New York City English is associated particularly with urban New Yorkers of lower and middle
History
The origins of many of New York City English's diverse features are probably not recoverable. New York City English, largely with the same major pronunciation system popularly recognized today, was first reproduced in literature and scientifically documented in the 1890s.
New York City became an urban economic power in the eighteenth century, with the city's financial elites maintaining close ties with the British Empire even after the Revolutionary War. According to Labov, New York City speakers'
Other features of the dialect, such as the dental pronunciations of d and t, and related th-stopping, likely come from contact with foreign languages, particularly Italian and Yiddish, brought into New York City through its huge immigration waves of Europeans during the mid-to-late nineteenth century. Grammatical structures, such as the lack of inversion in indirect questions, similarly suggest contact with immigrant languages, plus several words common in the city are derived from such foreign languages.[9]
Influence on other dialects
Recent developments
Though
Pronunciation
The pronunciation of New York City English, most popularly acknowledged by the term New York accent, is readily noticed and stereotyped, garnering considerable attention in American culture.
Vocabulary and grammar
These are some words or grammatical constructions used mainly in Greater New York City:
- bodega /boʊˈdeɪgə/: a small neighborhood convenience store; used in recent decades, particularly in New York City though not on Long Island generally; it comes from Spanish, originally meaning "a wine storehouse" via the Puerto Rican Spanish term for "small store; corner store"; by extension, "bodega cats" is the term for the cats that inhabit such establishments.[17] These small stores may also be called delis, which is the short form of delicatessens.
- bubkes /ˈbʌpkəs/: a worthless amount; little or nothing (from Yiddish; probably an abbreviation of kozebubkes, literally, "goat droppings")[18]
- dungarees: an older term for blue jeans[19]
- egg cream: a mixture of cold milk, chocolate or vanilla syrup, and seltzer (carbonated water)[19]
- have a catch: to play a game of catch[19]
- hero: a footlong sandwich or "sub"[19]
- Mischief Night: the night before Halloween
- on line: Metro New Yorkers tend to say they stand on line, whereas most other New York State and American English speakers tend to stand in line.[20]
- stickball: street variants of baseball, suitable for smaller urban areas, in which a fist or stick substitutes for the bat and a rubber ball (a "Spaldeen") is used[19]
- beggar, or small-time street criminal[18]
- s(c)hmuck: an insulting term for an unlikeable man (from Yiddish shmok: "penis")[18]
The word punk tends to be used as a synonym for "weak", "someone unwilling or unable to defend himself" or perhaps "loser", though it appears to descend from an outdated New York African-American English meaning of male receptive participant in anal sex.[21]
Conversational styles
New York City speakers have some unique conversational styles. Linguistics professor Deborah Tannen notes in a New York Times article it has "an emphasis to involve the other person, rather than being considerate. It would be asking questions as a show of interest in the other person, whereas in other parts of [the] country, people don't ask because it might put the person on the spot." Metro New Yorkers "stand closer, talk louder, and leave shorter pauses between exchanges," Tannen said. "I call it 'cooperative overlap'. It's a way of showing interest and enthusiasm, but it's often mistaken for interrupting by people from elsewhere in the country." On the other hand, linguist William Labov demurs, "there's nothing known to linguists about 'normal New York City conversation.'"[22]
Notable speakers
The New York City accent has a strong presence in media; pioneer variationist sociolinguist William Labov describes it as the most recognizable variety of North American English.[2] The following famous people are native New York City–area speakers—including some speakers of other varieties native to the region—that all demonstrate typical features of the New York City accent.
- Bella Abzug[23][24]
- Eric Adams[25]
- Danny Aiello[26][27][28][29]
- Alan Alda[30][31]
- Woody Allen[28][29][32][33]
- Iris Apfel[34]
- Jack Armstrong[35]
- Mel Brooks[28][29][36]
- Sid Caesar[38]
- James Cagney[28][29][39]
- Mariah Carey[40][41]
- George Carlin[42]
- Robert Caro[43]
- Andrew Dice Clay[44][45]
- Michael Cohen[46]
- Howard Cosell[47][48]
- Billy Crystal[49]
- Andrew Cuomo[50]
- Mario Cuomo[51]
- Tony Curtis[52][53][54]
- Larry David[29][55]
- Rodney Dangerfield[29][56]
- Tony Danza[39][57]
- Dead End Kids[58][39]
- Dion DiMucci[59]
- Billy Donovan[60]
- Robert De Niro[28][29][39]
- Alan Dershowitz[61]
- Kevin Dobson[62][63]
- Fran Drescher[29][32][58][39][64]
- Jimmy Durante[32][65]
- Jeffrey Epstein[66]
- Anthony Fauci[67]
- Richard Feynman[43][68]
- Mike Francesa[69]
- Ace Frehley[70]
- John Garfield[71][72]
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg[73]
- Rudy Giuliani[74][75]
- Whoopi Goldberg[29]
- Gilbert Gottfried[76][77]
- Buddy Hackett[78]
- Sean Hannity[79]
- Judd Hirsch[28][29]
- Billy Joel[80]
- Meir Kahane[81]
- Wendy Kaufman[82]
- Harvey Keitel[83]
- Peter King[84]
- Ed Koch[32][65]
- Burt Lancaster[28][29]
- Cyndi Lauper[85][86]
- Spike Lee[64]
- John Leguizamo[87][88][89]
- Vince Lombardi[90]
- Natasha Lyonne[91]
- Bernard Madoff[92]
- Barry Manilow[93]
- Garry Marshall[94][95]
- Penny Marshall[96]
- The Marx Brothers; prominently Groucho Marx[28][29][97]
- Jackie Mason[32][98]
- Walter Matthau[28][29][99][100]
- Debi Mazar[101][102]
- Garry McCarthy[103][104]
- John Mearsheimer[105]
- Al Michaels[106]
- Al Pacino[28][29][110][111][112]
- Joe Paterno[113][114]
- Bernadette Peters[115]
- Rosie Perez[32][33][39][57][116][64]
- Rhea Perlman[117]
- Regis Philbin[118]
- Colin Quinn[119][120]
- George Raft[121][122]
- Charles Rangel[123][124]
- Michael Rapaport[125]
- Paul Reiser[33]
- Leah Remini[126][127]
- Don Rickles[128]
- Thelma Ritter[129]
- Joan Rivers[130][131]
- Phil Rizzuto[132]
- Ray Romano[133]
- Maxie Rosenbloom[134]
- Lynn Samuels[135]
- Bernie Sanders[136][137][138]
- Adam Sandler[139]
- Telly Savalas[142]
- Chuck Schumer[143]
- Vin Scully[144]
- Judge Judy Sheindlin[145]
- Phil Silvers[146]
- Paul Simon[147]
- Al Smith[51][148]
- Phil Spector[149]
- Ronnie Spector[150]
- Art Spiegelman[151]
- Sebastian Stan[152]
- Arnold Stang[153]
- Paul Stanley[154]
- Barbara Stanwyck[155][156]
- Peter Steele[157]
- Howard Stern[158]
- Barbra Streisand[28][29]
- Marisa Tomei[28][29][159][160]
- John Travolta[161][162]
- Donald Trump[163]
- Christopher Walken[29][164]
- Eli Wallach[165]
- Denzel Washington[166][167]
- Barry Wellman[168]
- Mae West[169]
- Lenny Wilkens[170][171]
- Richard D. Wolff[172][173]
- Janet Yellen[174]
Fictional characters
Many fictional characters in popular films and television shows have used New York City English, whether or not the actors portraying them are native speakers of the dialect. Some examples are listed below.
- Travis Bickle[175]
- The Bowery Boys[32][58]
- Archie and Edith Bunker[33][65][176][177][178][64]
- Bugs Bunny[58][179]
- The Honeymooners cast[28][29][176][177][180][181]
- Terry Malloy[182]
- Pokémon[183]
- Mob Wives cast[184][185]
- Rhoda Morgenstern[186][187]
- Linda Richman[58]
- Jerry Seinfeld[177][188][189] and George Costanza[190] from Seinfeld
- The Sopranos cast[176][191][192][193][194][195]
- The Three Stooges[196]
- Mona Lisa Vito from My Cousin Vinny[175]
- Joey Wheeler from Yu-Gi-Oh![197]
Geographic boundaries
The accent is not spoken in the rest of New York State beyond the immediate New York City metropolitan area. Specifically, the upper Hudson Valley mixes New York City and Western New England accent features, while Central and Western New York belong to the same dialect region as Great Lakes cities such as Chicago and Detroit, a dialect region known as the Inland North.[198][199]
New York State
New York City English is confined to a geographically small but densely populated area of New York State including all
Connecticut
A small portion of southwestern Connecticut speaks a similar dialect, primarily speakers in Fairfield County and as far as New Haven County.[204]
New Jersey
The
Notable speakers
The following is a list of notable lifelong native speakers of the
- Jon Bon Jovi[207]
- Danny DeVito[208]
- James Gandolfini[209][210]
- Ed Harris[211]
- Richard Kind[212]
- William Labov[213]
- Ray Liotta[214][215]
- Joe Pesci[216]
- Patti Stanger[217]
- Zakk Wylde[218]
Comedian Joey Diaz,[219] sportscaster Dick Vitale,[220] and late singer Frank Sinatra[221] are examples of considerably non-rhotic speakers from New Jersey.
See also
- American English regional vocabulary
- Mission brogue
- New Orleans English
- New York Latino English
- North American English regional phonology
Explanatory notes
- ^ Labov, Ash & Boberg (2006), p. 173: "In NYC and the Mid-Atlantic region, short-a is split into a tense and lax class. There is reason to believe that the tense class /æh/ descends from the British /ah/ or 'broad-a' class."
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External links
- Varieties of English: New York City phonology. Archived April 19, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. From the University of Arizona's Language Samples Project.
- A paper by Labov on dialect diversity, including information on NY dialect phonology[permanent dead link]
- The New York Latino English Project. The website of the New York Latino English Project, which studies the native English spoken by New York Latinos.
- A site with samples of speech in various dialects, including NYC English
- AM New York's feature on the New York accent
- Video on YouTube. A demonstration of NYC English's raised and tensed /ɔ/, i.e., the THOUGHT vowel, in words like "coffee" and "sausage".