Long Island came last? I wonder which Long Island accent? The Brooklyn Jew accent of “the Nanny” (”Lwawn Goylnd”), the Sicilian-American accent that has the most Long Island speakers, or the Gardiner’s accent that actually is from Long Island.
Also, which Boston accent? The Boston Brahmin accent of the Kennedys? The Blue-blood accent? The coastal Massachusetts accent of Norm Peterson? Or the Southie accent?
These aren’t even vaguely similar accents. Hell, the Nanny and the Gardiners don’t even speak the same dialect!
I lived in Brooklyn until the age of 8 and then moved to Long Island. I have no idea which accent I have. My husband was born in Queens and grew up on Long Island and, to me, has no accent.
We’ve lived in a suburb south of Boston for 40 years and I’ve come to really dislike the Boston accent. Some of our friends who have lived there all their lives have a strong accent and some have none. Fortunately my kids have an accent from nowhere.