origin of dese dem dose in NYCE

[Victor Steinbok]

Wouldn't lack of these features in Downstate speech be sufficient to
negate the Dutch theory? If Dutch influence were responsible, shouldn't
it be heard all along the Hudson?

     VS-)


On 2/12/2012 11:12 AM, Dan Goncharoff wrote:
> As a matter of history, New Amsterdam was the only large Dutch
> settlement in North America. They had smaller villages on the
> Connecticut, Hudson and Delaware rivers: the Puritans threw them out
> off the Connecticut, the Swedes replaced them on the Delaware, only
> the Hudson River contingent remained after the British takeover.
> DanG
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> On Sun, Feb 12, 2012 at 10:52 AM, Ronald Butters<ronbutters at aol.com>  wrote:
>> Isn't it the case that this phenomenon is by no means confined to New York? Did the Dutch settle Boston  and New Orleans too? And the situation is compounded by the fact that in syllable-final position, one also hears [f].
>>
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>> On Feb 11, 2012, at 8:02 PM, Dan Goncharoff wrote:
>>> I am very confused. I was under the impression that the use of
>>> articles starting with a d instead of th started in NYC about 350 years ago, when the town was called New Amsterdam. The Dutch never left, and I suspect their influence on the NY accent didn't, either.

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