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This lesson is designed to help you produce a convincing New York accent, using key vowel and consonant substitutions when applied to a text.
Drop R-endings
mortuary, part, New York, sort
The Long O grows nasal
most, no, show
The Short A occasionally grows nasal
asks, past bag, bad, sad, gas
But other words with a short A do not change, such as cat, mattress and St. Patrick’s Day.
Most of the vowel and consonant changes listed above are demonstrated in the following monologue:
I will tell you something about myself that few people know.
My mortuary is unrestricted, meaning all walks of life are welcome. There is no denomination of a particular religion. Now, this sort of fence-sitting wouldn’t fly in most parts of the world. People tend to want to be buried by members of their own group. New York being a melting pot, I generally skate past that issue. Yet every once in a while, a client asks what I believe in. They essentially want to find out if I believe in God.
Given what I do for a living, what I wade through, the messes I clean up, I am challenged to believe in anything. That is my secret.
Despite the big show, I can’t believe in it. Today, more than most, I wish I could.
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