[Married with Children]

Once met a very cute girl and from her accent I asked her if she was from Brooklyn, The Bronx or somewhere. She said she was from New Orleans. As if she wasn’t cute enough, that voice made my heart skip a few beats!

[Clemenza]

New Orleans saw a huge wave of Italian, Irish, and German immigration in the 19th/early 20th century, so the accent does have a similar influence to the old outer-borough New York accent. The biggest difference is that I’ve never heard anyone from Bensonhurst or Morris Park say “where y’at” like they do in NOLA.

[Brucifer]

If I recall correctly, N’awlins and NYC accents have the same roots. They come from Irish immigrants just getting off the boat.

[truth_seeker]

http://www.geocities.com/yvain.geo/dialects.html

Look at region #24, and look for YAT.

I know a woman from NO, and I understand your question.