Dialects in film

[Beverly Flanigan]

The Jewish vs. Italian immigrant accent was noted by Labov 40 years ago.

At 06:06 PM 2/22/2005, you wrote:
>Re: Mel Brooks, Al Pacino:  Both of these guys are native New Yorkers with
>genuine accents, but to me they sound somewhat different.  It's not so
>much that Brooks grew up in Brooklyn and Pacino in the South Bronx (the
>idea of a "Brooklyn" vs. a "Bronx" or other borough-rooted accent is
>vastly overcredited), but second- or third-generation Jewish and Italian
>New Yorkers do frequently sound different - though maybe not to tourists.
>
>Naturally I'm talking about "core" subdialects here. In a city of
>7,000,000+  in the midst of an even huger "Tri-State Area," there is
>plenty of room for variation.
>
>JL
>
>
>
>James Smith <jsmithjamessmith at YAHOO.COM> wrote:
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>Let's not forget Cary Elwes in Mel Brooks' "Robin
>Hood, Men in Tights". Elwes says he's the Robin Hood
>with the "English " accent, distinguishing himself
>from Kevin Costner in "Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves".
>
>
>--- Beverly Flanigan wrote:
>
> > I was joking, obviously! (Or maybe not--I've gotta
> > learn to use those
> > smiley/winky faces.)
> >
> > At 11:37 AM 2/22/2005, you wrote:
> > > >>> flanigan at OHIOU.EDU 02/21/05 03:56PM >>>
> > >
> > >And was Brad Pitt supposed to sound Greek or
> > Trojan?! (I never saw the
> > >movie, thankfully!)
> > >
> > >How would anyone know? --What does (did) a Trojan
> > sound like?
> >
>
>
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