New York

maybe from thier grand, grand parent, still we cannot say what is the real accent they have.

Hi redk55.

My understanding on this issue, actually, the New York Accent is more prominant in older people and is being lost in younger people as they imitate fake upper class whites from the midwest that they see on tv.

The way Native New Yorkers pronounce there words. Manhatten residents do not have the accent because most are not from NY

A New York Accent is how working class whites in the city speak. It involves dropping r's off words that have them (father-fatha) and adding them to words that don't (soda-sodar).

Changing and adding "oi" in words (oil-erl). Pronouncing the "th" as a "d" or "t" (the-da)(through-trew). There are three major New York accents:Italian, Irish, and Jewish. Blacks speak differently that would not be considered a New York accent.

EXAMPLES:-

Guy 1: I'm gonna take da LIE tah go see my fatha out on da island.

Guy 2: You have a heavy New York Accent.

Guy 3: Yeah, I was born in Bushwick.