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Summary: Practicing the short O sound in words and sentences will put you on your way to sounding like a New Yorker. Learn how to speak in a New York dialect in this free video.
Tracy Goodwin has a master’s in corporate communication and 10 years experience in professional speaking. Recipient of numerous public speaking awards and is a college professor of...read more
"So, here's some practice words and sentences for you to try on your own. First, let's do words with the letter O. Orange, orange, pocket, pocket, boss, boss, bottom bottom, and now here with A letter, father becomes father. Spa becomes spa. Watch becomes watch, and wash becomes wash. So that's how you want to practice those. Now some practice sentences for you might be, stop the onset of the quality option. The rocket shot toward the opposite air lock. What does father want to watch while he's washing the car. Please stop and pick up an orange stop sign at the bar, and that's you first vowel change."
eHow Article: New York Dialect: Short O Practice