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[quote=Anonymous]LI accents depend on where people are from. I have older relatives on LI who still have it VERY strong. I dated a guy from LI for a few years after college and visited frequently, even lived there for a few years. He didn't have the typical LI accent nor did his friends who grew up there. Interestingly, my mom who was born on LI in the 1930s seemed to lose her accent when she moved to CT in the 1950s, though not sure how long it took her to lose the accent. Her mom and 4 sisters who stayed on LI kept their (very strong) accents. NY is such a transient melting pot, a lot depends on whether you're meeting someone who grew up there with families who have been there for years (So parents and family members have the accents) vs. someone where they and their family moved there later. You can definitely hear differences between Manhattan, Brooklyn, Staten Island, the Bronx, NJ accents (Remember when the show Jersey Shore was all kids from staten island)? But as I'm older and no longer live in the area, it's harder for me to distinguish the nuances anymore.[/quote]
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