New York accent

Sound system of New York City English A sign on the periphery of Brooklyn in 2008, that reads "Fuhgeddaboudit" (a pronunciation spelling of "forget about it"), illustrating the "Brooklyn accent"'s non-rhoticity and t-voicing Speech example An example of a mostly non-rhotic male speaker with a background in the Bronx and the city of New Rochelle (Chuck Zito) Problems playing this file? See media help. Speech example An example of a mostly rhotic male speaker from Brooklyn (James S. Shapiro) Problems playing this file? See media help. Speech example An example of a mostly rhotic male speaker from Queens (Art Spiegelman) Problems playing this file? See media help. The sound system of New York City English is popularly known as a New York accent. The accent of the New York metropolitan area is one of the most recognizable in the United States, largely due to its popular stereotypes and portrayal in radio, film, and television. Several other common names exist based on more specific locations, such as Bronx accent, Brooklyn accent, Queens accent, Long Island accent, and North Jersey accent. Research supports the continued classification of all of these under a single label, despite some