From: tgpedersen
Message: 63235
Date: 2009-02-20
>But I think I read somewhere that NYC actually existed before that time?
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> --- On Thu, 2/19/09, tgpedersen <tgpedersen@...> wrote:
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> > 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
> >
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> 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