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Maureen Melle's avatar

I was sent to speech class during my elementary school years when my family moved to a town in Putnam County NY. I was a quiet kid, and had been taught never to “talk back “or argue with adults. I hated the way they were trying to teach me to speak. I was convincer they were “hill Billies” and that some of their pronouncements were just wrong and stupid. I had a strong identification as a “Brooklyn girl. “. Over the years I lost some of my accent in everyday speech, but was surprised in college to realize that whenever I experienced strong emotions, my Brooklyn would just come back out. My friends thought it was funny and some thought it was put on. It was real and I had no control over it at times. Oh well!

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Lesliedit's avatar

I love the many accents in New York, but also the people who come with them.

It is what it is.

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