not sure if this is the right forum.....



NY ACCENTS

Alot of us have left Da Bronx and moved on,
and at the same time all of us have had to deal
with everyone from where we move to thinks
were gangster or gangbangers. Because of
our NY accent, Well I'm a 6ft big and italain,
Well everywhere l go l keep hearing from my
kids -- Is your dad in the MOB.. Boy he talks like it.

Has anything like this happen to anyone else
out there if so let us know what happen to you.....

Danny

Danny, I left the Bronx in 1970 when I joined the Navy (20 years). I lost the accent a long time ago, but once in a while I will run in to someone down here who sounds like he or she just walked out of the Bronx yesterday!

I never really had a Bronx accent, i have a mix of accents with southern being the dominant sound. I was even put into a special speach class in school because of my southern accent. The Bronx school system looked upon my accent as a speach problem.

I think if you are from the Bronx you never loss your NY accent. I have been out of the Bronx since 1971 and whenever we travel in the States everyone always ask "Are you from NY".

When we first moved to Florida we had to get homeowners insurance and we moved in to a really country setting. When the insurance guy finally found the house he jokingly asked if we were in the FBI's relocation program once he heard our accents.I don't sound that bad ,do I?LOL

No matter where I go in the USA somebody will come up to me and say " where in the Bronx do you come from"

MINGA EY OY EYE AINT GOT NO ACCENT U GOT DA ACCENT NOW FUGEDDABOUDIT CAPESE

colin

all of our stores are good but thats the best by far,,,,,,,,,l could just see the people around you peeking out there windows just to look at you two......lol lol

Totally weird but I grew up in Brooklyn and don't really have a NY accent! NYer's always ask me things like, "Hey.. where are you from? Rhode Island or somewhere like that with no accent?"

I remember when I was around 15 or 16, older men in the neighborhood saying to me, "Oh you must be a college man with the way you speak"... and I was still in high school!

LOL! I "dunno" what happened as I never had a speech class in my life! LOL!


But sometimes when I travel people say, "Oh, you're from NY, aren't you?"

-Michael

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Heck, yeah, Danny. I have gone through the accent stuff. We moved out here to Tulsa, Oklahoma! Being from the Bronx and being Italian, of course they kept asking if I was in the mob. I just told them I couldn't answer that as I didn't know who they were! They all kept clear thinking I would put a hiot on them or something. What rubes! Get this. I met one of our advertising guys. Never met the guy before. Never talked to him before. i introduced myself to him, but instead of asking what part of New York I was from, He asked what part of the Bronx I was from! I stopped him and said that I hav enever been asked by a total stranger what part of the Bronx I was from, How did you know I was from the Bronx. he said it was my nasal accent! I knew I had an accent, but from that day on, I was more aware of a nasal accent! What a ****er!

1st ill tell u my story.... My boyfriend is fron NH... way up by Canada... I got in to it with some girl and she called me "A dirty ****" hahahaha... ya...she thinks that I am Latino cause im from NY! What a loser! Anyway... Stop saying that you have to "DEAL WITH" Just be proud that you are from NY. So what ppl think ur gangster! LOL... as far as your kids go... Tell them to tell the other kids that if u were in the mob you would not be living in florida! After all the only thing they they know is Good Fellas, A Bronx tale, and The Godfather!(not sure of ur kids ages) But one thing I noticed.....NYers dont move out of state and pick up that states accent.... but if u move to NY you pick up a NY accent. My Boyfriend moved here to NY with me .... he grew up in NH up by Canada, I grew up on Long Island (diffrent accents)he has been here 7yrs and works construction...he picked up the Brooklyn/Bronx accent not long island. Be proud to be from NY dude! We may be rude drive bad and have no manners but when its time..... we always stick together!

I would'nt trade growing up in NY for all the tea in china. Besides the accent, the street smart is worth it's weight in gold.Maybe we just have enough common sense to get out of the way of a car coming at us, and have enough time to flip him the bird.LOL

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Originally posted by mtbny7:



But sometimes when I travel people say, "Oh, you're from NY, aren't you?"

-Michael

Michael, were you recently quoted in the News again? There was an article last week on the changing Bronx, and in the Executive Towers interview I thought it might be you. Wasn't sure of your last name. Was it you? You're getting to be a regular SuperStar aren't you? Good going!

Yep, that was me! So I guess I've been "outed" re my super Italian last name! However, no relation to the singer from NJ! LOL

-Michael

Michael, what is your opinion on what is going on in your area at 1277 Morris Ave? That situation would nver have been tolerated back in the day!