To: Married with Children; Madame Dufarge
If I recall correctly, N’awlins and NYC accents have the same roots. They come from Irish immigrants just getting off the boat.
79 posted on
10/01/2008 12:53:51 PM PDT by
Brucifer
("The dog ate my copy of the Constitution." G W Bush)
To: Brucifer
I’ve always thought that the New York accent had its origins in the Dutch language, but I could be wrong.
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