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New York Dialect: Simple R Drop Practice

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Summary: Practice dropping those R sounds so you can sound like a real New Yorker. Learn how to speak in a New York dialect in this free video.

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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

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"Okay, I'll say the word standard American, followed by the way it'll sound New York dialect. Repeat after me. Letter, "lettah". Sweater, "sweatah". Now, those two words the "R" sound was at the end. Sometimes, like in the word "cheerful", the "R" sound is in the middle and we still drop it. Cheerful, "cheeahful". Rarely, "raeuhly". Paired, "paeuhed". Gear, "geah". Now let's try some sentences. "Gat the sweatah from the cheeahful runnah." "Gat the sweatah from the cheeahful runnah." "The weiad deah appeahed cheeahful." "The weiad deah appeahed cheeahful." Drop those Rs after the vowel sounds."

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