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Standard New York Dialect
New York Dialect: Placement
New York Dialect: Visualization
New York Dialect: Pitch
New York Dialect: Short O
New York Dialect: Short O When A
New York Dialect: Short O Practice
New York Dialect: Voiced & Voiceless
New York Dialect: Long I
New York Dialect: Long I Practice
New York Dialect: Broad AW
New York Dialect: Broad AW Practice
New York Dialect: Short A
New York Dialect: Short A Practice
New York Dialect: Simple R Drops
New York Dialect: Simple R Drop Practice
New York Dialect: Pushed R Drops
New York Dialect: Pushed R Drop Practice
New York Dialect: Pushed R Drops After A
New York Dialect: Pushed R Drops After A Practice
New York Dialect: Hard R
New York Dialect: Hard R Practice
New York Dialect: ER to OI
New York Dialect: ER to OI Practice
New York Dialect: Medial T
New York Dialect: ING Endings
Summary: There is such a strict rule for the short A sound that you will need very specific practice to master it. 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
"Alright, now we're going to do some practice words where you're going to change the sound, and then some practice words where you're not going to change the sound. So these are going to be where you're going to change; standard American, I'll give it to you first, followed by the change. "Bag", "Baeg"; "Tamper", "Taempa"; "Brass", "Braes"; "Ant", "Aent"; "Ash", "Aesh". Alright, now here's some words where you're not going to change it. "Paddle", "Raffle", "Famished", "Animal"; not going to be changed, they're going to follow the rule. Now lets do some practice sentence. Some of the words you will change, some of them you won't. Alright, "graeb" me the "cabbage", in that "braes", "paen" "faest"; "graeb" me the "cabbage", in that "braes", "paen" "faest". "Aefta" the "daemage" was done, I "haggled" "naestely" with Cathy about the "caesh"; "Aefta" the "damage" was done, I "haggled" "naestely" with "Caethy" about the "caesh"."
eHow Article: New York Dialect: Short A Practice
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