The M5

I love New York. And I hate New York.
I’ve lived in New York my whole life and have never been away from it for more than three weeks at a time, at most. While I do feel like New York and I have gotten to know each other really well over the years, she still surprises me once in a while. I mean, New York is huge. (And by “New York” I mean New York City, of course.) Some call it the capital of the world.

A few weeks ago, I had a discussion with my partner about the New York City accent. What was it really? I studied linguistics in undergraduate school, not because I wanted to be a linguist, but because I found the subject really fascinating. I love pointing out people’s accents (hopefully not to their chagrin) and learning about where they come from. I love the mechanics of pronunciation and the evolution of phonetics. Continue reading

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