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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)
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To: Brucifer

I’ve always thought that the New York accent had its origins in the Dutch language, but I could be wrong.


86 posted on 10/01/2008 1:02:29 PM PDT by Madame Dufarge
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