Knish trailer

From Atlantic Ave. to Zerega Ave., word on the street is the New York accent is disappearing -- a casualty of a city thats evolved into a vast expanse of banks, H&Ms and glass-blown high-rises.

But even though you may not hear toity-toid and toid in Manhattan, you can still hear strains in Bensonhurst, Whitestone or Tottenville. Or you can have a look-see through our film.

Weve gathered some accent experts, official and non, to weigh in on what it means to tawk the talk in a city that may be slowly trying to quiet the noise.

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Entertainment

Tags:

• new york
• accents
• culture
• dialect
• brooklyn
• bronx
• queens
• staten island
• manhattan
• new jersey
• boroughs

[takeme2theclub]

Idiots blow their horns too loud and there from NJ ahaha

[cala8191]

you should check out my latest brooklyn accent video on explaining it, from a Bensonhurst point of view.

[slopstop]

The guy who said that there's virtually no difference in the accents of the various boroughs is absolutely right. Instead, as he said, it's much easier to tell a "NY Jewish accent" from a "NY Italian accent" from a "NY Irish accent". I was born and raised in Queens but went to high school in Brooklyn with many kids from there, and there's no way you can tell if someone is from Queens or Brooklyn. Some people like to think you can tell the difference, but you can't.

[Robegro]

Such fun accents :)