11 Crazy New York City Accents You’ll NEVER Guess

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Think you know the accents of New York City? I’ve got 11 reasons why you don’t. From the Bronx to Queens, and everywhere in between, these diverse accents will have you guessing to the very end.

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2:02 Accent # 2
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4:28 Accent # 4
5:24 Accent # 5
7:18 Accent # 6
9:48 Accent # 7
12:19 Accent # 8
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16:19 Accent # 11

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  • @storylearning says:

    Can you understand these guys? https://youtu.be/45DfrwXf0bA?si=TRDQhn5-LphK3N9t

  • @MrLutian7 says:

    It’s because Tibetans no longer have Tibet. It’s occupied by the PRC.

  • @wstks-fmworldwide5390 says:

    Love this! Have you ever considered doing a segment on the Philadelphia accent(s)?

  • @24yeisongarciard90 says:

    Hi Olly, you missed dominican flag🇩🇴

    • @albertromero9353 says:

      Right!? I came to say the same thing. The countries of the Dominican Republic and Dominica (the flag shown) as two very places.

  • @FellowHuman18 says:

    2:45 Dude, that’s all of Manhattan. Washington Heights is a tiny part in the northern part of that.

  • @FellowHuman18 says:

    17:19 FYI, named after Mulberry Street in Springfield, MA, his hometown, not Mulberry Street in NYC.

    • @angreagach says:

      Unfortunately, the Seuss estate has removed the book and several others from publication due to some illustrations they deem to be “hurtful and wrong.” I think this is wrong. They may be stereotypical, but they can hardly be thought to inspire hatred. I hope they reconsider. (I’m glad to say that I have a copy.)

  • @sarahraven2876 says:

    The Tibetans live in New York, and many other places, because the Chinese government’s army invaded in 1959, declared Tibet historically part of China (wrong), and committed ethnic cleansing by torturing, killing, and displacing Tibetans and trying to destroy Tibetan culture. So they pretty much had no choice but to flee. Most live in India, but there are many in major cities around the world too. Those who still live in historic Tibet are vastly outnumbered by ethnic Han Chinese the government has moved in there and Tibetans still live under stifling oppression. As another YouTuber says, now you know. 🙂

  • @carloscardona3924 says:

    Boston accents

  • @celticmoon111 says:

    Hey Ny has a really large section
    of land you can check out too . Makes me upset 😡

  • @johnmaynardapostol2 says:

    WOW! Thank you so much for the compelling video you share with us about the New York accents. As of today, my accent is quite predominantly Brooklynese, or what is with the General New York accent that I have ever practiced for myself when I speak at least basically fluent English, but also with variably rhotic characteristics. Though I am a Filipino by birth, I have been willing to do it the whole time no matter where I am.

  • @guyfaux3978 says:

    Actually, the examples shown tend more to be the heaviest accents, which frankly, most people don’t have. Oh, sure, there might be traces in just about everybody’s speech, and some might have fairly noticeable local-idiomatic speech, but if you come to NYC thinking everybody’s going to sound like these people, you’ll be disappointed.

  • @jordankuo6662 says:

    I always make fun of my friends whenever I heard their Long Island accent come out when they are getting excited, mad, or passionate about something lol

  • @seustaceRotterdam says:

    Thanks for putting in the work to make this! Very interesting with all the different influences!

  • @DevlogBill says:

    Crazy thing is, what if you grew up in the Bronx where you speak one way. Go to school where there are Greeks / Jews and speak another way. Spend the weekend in Queens where there are lots of Russian and Albanian’s. Go to work in the city where you end up speaking a completely different way. You end up with more than 5 different New York accents. After a while it becomes second nature to switch between different accents and not even realize it.

  • @FrankBrocato says:

    Thanks for a hilarious video, I am from South Louisiana and when I visit New York some of the accents reminds. Me of the Cajun accent. Lots of words in New Orleans came from New York with Italians,Spanish and ever some from Haiti and other countries.

  • @the_lotharingian says:

    I developed my accent from watching more television than i had regional friendships,
    In fact I’m worried that i have a weeb accent from watching too much anime ohaio gozaimasu daijobu yukata, jane, senpai, tadaima, itadashai , itadakimasu

  • @tarronsage862 says:

    Awesome. But the best was when YOU said “CONTRIBUTE”. LOL!!! OMG. The funny part about that was the only time I’ve heard that in America was years ago by some southern hick (poor, uneducated) kid. So I just thought it was bad English. Decades later I heard it on an official BBC documentary on the history of the English language (I still recommend that show to people, btw.) Anyways, just twists my head off. PS. I come from the “no accent, Northern California (I apologize) area”.

  • @tarronsage862 says:

    PS. You have an awesome show. And yes, I do understand virtually everything they said.

  • @marcgoulding5230 says:

    Wait – “bubblah” is New England/Boston!

  • @briandavis812 says:

    There are a million subtle New York accents.

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