How do New Yorkers say pajamas?

Pajamas: “puh-JAH-mus” or “puh-JAM-as”? (Subtle, I realize, but crucial for the Upstate New York bedtime hour.)

What words do New Yorkers say weird?

What are things New Yorkers say?

How do you talk like a stereotypical New Yorker?

If you want to get the stereotypical New Yorker accent, start by dropping the "r" sound from words that have an R after a vowel. Then, replace the "th" sound at the beginning of words with a "d" or "t" sound, and elongate your vowels, especially A's and O's.

How do Southern People say pajamas?

When it comes to the pronunciation of the word "pajamas," the red zone (the South and East Coast) pronounce it like "father." The rest of the country, though, says the second vowel of the word as "jam."

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How do British say pajamas?

How do New Yorkers say aunt?

If you look at the breakdown by state in the survey you cite, around 82% of the people pronounce "ant" and "aunt" the same in New York and New Jersey, while only 14% do in Massachusetts. I'm from Massachusetts. I say Ahnt.

How do New Yorkers say drawer?

So what's with “draw?” To be fair to my New York friends, most Americans pronounce “drawer” in an “illogical” way. The word technically has two morphemes (smallest units of meaning): draw + er, suggesting a container that can be “drawn” out**. But many pronounce it as if it rhymed with “lore” (i.e. had one morpheme).

What are some NYC slang words?

Do New Yorkers say Deadass?

Deadass surfaces in New York City slang in the late 1990–2000s. It made its Urban Dictionary debut in 2003, defined as “completely and honestly serious.”

What does B stand for in New York slang?

Why do New Yorkers say B? If you hear it from folk educated at NYC public schools, it is short for “Brother or “Bro.” Often it's used in answers to questions or comments as “Naw, B.” or “Yeah, B.” You May also hear “Son” or “Cuz” or “Primo” used the same way.

How do New Yorker say water?

One example is the word “water,” which a New Yorker may say like “waw-tah.” When the letters 'ng' are together in a word, New Yorkers pronounce it with a very hard 'g' sound. Long Island, for instance, sounds like, “lawn-guyland.”

Why do New Yorkers curse so much?

The city, boiling over with the stress of high-pressure jobs and too-tight living, inspires profanity, linguists say. At the same time, its shrugging tolerance for all kinds of behavior and the anonymity its residents feel provide an atmosphere where expletives multiply unchecked.

Is the New York accent dying?

“In Manhattan [the accent] is definitely dying,” Jochnowitz says. Manhattan has also seen the most influx of new people from outside the state, who don't usually pick up an accent. The dialect “remains mostly in the outer boroughs, and is most alive in Staten Island.”

What are some Brooklyn sayings?

“Put me on.” – Explain it to me. So if you have a bad day at work and you tell your buddy in a text message, they might say “put me on,” which means “tell me more about it.” “I'm so tight.” – Basically, this means “I'm upset.” “Tight” on its own has often been used as “sweet,” or “nice,” but not in this context.

How do you act like a New Yorker?

Do New Yorkers talk fast?

Rest assured, New York did win something. While its talkers aren't so fast, they do talk the most. According to Marchex, “A New Yorker will use 62 percent more words than someone from Iowa to have the same conversation with a business.”

How do New Yorkers say caramel?

Jeffrey, it turns out, was born and raised in New York, which explains why “car-a-mel” is the way he's used to hearing it.

What states say ant instead of Aunt?

Aunt is another one that's pronounced differently depending on where you're from: If you say it "ahnt" you're probably from Britain or one of just a couple parts of the U.S. (notably the Boston area). In fact, the "ant" pronunciation is the older one, but it shifted to "ahnt" in England after the colonies were settled.