Speak with an Accent -- New York

This lesson is designed to help the speaker affect a New York accent, using the dropped final 'R' sound, which appears in the following words:
bar, wear, beer, shower, pour, order, hair, far

The monologue is Sebastian (male, 39, short, intense, alcoholic) from 'Pandora 2011: Accounts of the Cursed Shopping Center', a novel by Ivan Borodin.

Back in the bar, I kick things up a notch. I tell Merlin, the albino bartender, to pour me two fingers of Jack and set me up with a PBR chaser. Six days out of seven, I won't order two drinks at once, because it accelerates my slide into drunkenness. But right about now—with Siggy giving me the cold shoulder and Larry giving me the creeps—I'm thinking that drunkenness is the only safe place to be.
Dina's wearing her black tights low, revealing a terrific amount of creamy-white skin.
I say, "Have a seat. I ordered a whiskey double and a beer, but I really shouldn't drink them both. Maybe you could help me out and take one of them off my hands?"
When she leans in to whisper in my ear, I can smell her hair. She must have showered in the last hour, because she smells like a long forgotten summer morning. She turns and presses her ass against my leg. On her lower back is the head and bust of Elizabeth Taylor, a glamour shot where she's wearing gold earrings and a white dress, one shoulder strap lowered for maximum allure. As far as tramp stamps go, it's a beauty.

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• New York Dialect
• New York Accent
• Brooklyn
• Queens
• The Bronx
• Manhattan
• Staten Island
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[Fribby8]

Nice accent yourself.... Talking about New York!

You sound like a cousin to the Sopranoe's,,,

[TenaciousSkaven]

@Berniewahlbrinck I was thinking the same thing! It's weird how my accent is so close to a new york accent, yet so different.

[MrQwertymang]

im cracking up so hard lol thank you for teaching me how to new york

[Berniewahlbrinck]

This is weird - I teach English in Germany, and I do have a hunch that your NY accent is basically identical with the British accent, because they would also leave out the "r" at the end of words - except if the next word starts with a vowel ...

[principessaholli]

i'm from new york, specifically long island, and i never leave off the r. that is not how new yorkers speak. ever. it's actually quite annoying to hear someone speak that way.