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!
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!
I love the many accents in New York, but also the people who come with them.
It is what it is.
me too
We all had to take speech lessons in high school: to get rid of our NY accents. English people think I'm Canadian