How immigration shaped the famous accent
New York has more vowels than anywhere else in the U.S. Take, for example, the word coffee – the go-to example for linguists who want to demonstrate this fact. “Kwafee,” says Michael Newman, a linguist at CUNY Queens College. “We have more vowels in New York than anywhere in the U.S,” he adds proudly. More…
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