Re: My version

--- On Thu, 2/19/09, tgpedersen <tgpedersen@...> wrote:

> From: tgpedersen <tgpedersen@...>
> Subject: [tied] Re: My version
> To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Thursday, February 19, 2009, 6:32 PM
> > Another problem is that regional dialects and accents
> are being
> > replaced, often reduced to rural or class
> accents/dialects.
> > R-less Englsh has been pretty much squeezed out of New
> York where it
> > was once the norm (another reason Torsten is wrong),
>
> Source?
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leisler%27s_Rebellion
>
>
> Torsten

Listen to old tapes of NYC dwellers from the 30s and 40s. They all spoke r-less English. Even Archie Bunker dropped his r's. When I was in undergrad, about half or so of the kids from NYC area dropped their r's