New York City accent in the press

[Grant Barrett]

am New York (a freebie paper produced by Newsday) writes about the New
York City accent, quoting Labov, Wolfram and others.

Main story:

http://amny.com/news/local/am-accent0220-story,0,4795875,full.story

Breaking down the New York accent:

http://amny.com/news/local/am-accentside0225,0,6082176.story

Interactive graphic:

http://www.amnyinteractive.com/project/2008/NYC-Accent/

Meta-coverage in the New York Times's City Room blog (the comments
display a good number of textbook reactions to the NYC accent, from
pride to revulsion):

http://tinyurl.com/2uxtjn

Grant Barrett
Double-Tongued Dictionary
http://www.doubletongued.org/
editor at doubletongued.org

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