Edie Falco Tried to Mask Her New York Accent, Until ‘The Sopranos’ Came Along

The ‘Mayor of Kingstown’ actress on overcoming her shyness, playing the weirdos in college and moving from the city to the ...
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New York accents are hated by a majority of Americans — and a shocking number of New Yorkers, too: survey

New York’s distinct accent — the one that brought us Joe Pesci’s defensive “Funny how?” in “Goodfellas” and Fran Drescher’s thick “Oh, Mr. Sheffield” from the sitcom “The Nanny” — is rubbing a lot of ...
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Regional Accents That are Slowly Disappearing

Accents are part of who people are. They carry history, identity, and pride. From the deep drawls of the American South to ...
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New York accents, New York baseball and presidential politics

As most readers are surely aware, I avoid politics in general and partisan politics in particular in this blog. I made an exception a few months ago in a blog called Me and Donald Trump about Trump's ...
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New York accent ranked 5th most trustworthy in US: study

NEW YORK (PIX11) — The New York accent can be associated with a lot of things, and a new study shows that trustworthiness is one of them. BetUS Casino recently released a study on the most and least ...