Friday, October 15, 2004

How to Speak New Yorker

You say: Could you make me a drawing on your computer?

A New Yorker Says: Could you make me a drawring on your computa?

Note how the "R" sound is dropped from the end of words. Also note how the "R" sound is added almost arbitrarily. This sound, however, is added to the same words consistently, and therefore represents a commonly accepted pronunciation.

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