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Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 101. Chapters: General American, Ebonics, Pittsburgh English, African American Vernacular English, New York dialect, North American English regional phonology, Phonological history of English short A, California English, Pronunciation respelling for English, Southern American English, Appalachian English, Rhotic and non-rhotic accents, Boston accent, Philadelphia dialect, Dictionary of American Regional English, Central Pennsylvania accent, Phonological history of English low back vowels, Boontling, Regional vocabularies of American English, American Theater Standard, Yat dialect, English-language vowel changes before historic l, Midland American English, New Jersey English, Inland Northern American English, Pacific Northwest English, Baltimore dialect, L-vocalization, Chinook Jargon use by English-language speakers, Y'all, New England English, The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, North Central American English, Tidewater accent, Intervocalic alveolar flapping, Razorback, Northeast Pennsylvania English, California slang, Cajun English, Yooper dialect, Valspeak, Pennsylvania Dutch English, Chicano English, Century Dictionary, New York Latino English, Mock Spanish, Western American English, The American Language, Ozark English, Withgott effect, Locust Valley lockjaw, Vermont English, Boston Brahmin accent, How to Talk Minnesotan, Do You Speak American?, Hudson Valley English. Excerpt: The New York dialect of the English language is spoken by many European Americans, and some non-European Americans who were raised in New York City and much of its metropolitan area. It is one of the most recognizable dialects within American English. The English spoken in northern New Jersey and the English spoken in eastern Long Island are distinct from, yet share much in common with, the New York City dialect. In contrast, a variety of unrelated dialects are spoken in those parts of New York State outside the metropolitan area. (Labov et al. 2006) The New York dialect is closely confined to the geographically small but densely populated New York City dialect region, which consists of the city's five Boroughs, Western Long Island although the border there is not clearly established, the lower Hudson Valley, and several nearby cities in northeastern New Jersey, e.g., Weehawken, Hoboken, Jersey City, Bayonne, and Newark. However, the terms "New York English" and "New York dialect" are, strictly speaking, misnomers. The classic New York dialect is centered on middle and working class European Americans, and this ethnic cluster now accounts for less than half of the city's population. Now, the most secure strongholds of the New York dialect are arguably the suburban areas of Nassau County, western Suffolk County, Westchester County, Rockland County, northeastern and southwestern Queens, and Staten Island, although many strong New York dialect speakers remain in Queens, The Bronx, Brooklyn, and Manhattan. Finally, it is worth noting that despite common references to "a Bronx accent", or "a Brooklyn accent", no published study has found any feature that varies internally beyond local names. Impressions that the dialect varies geographically may be a byproduct of class and/or ethnic variation. The variations of the New York accent are a result of the layering of ethnic speech from the waves of immigrants that settled in the city, from the earliest settlement by the Dutch
