Tag: linguistics

• Linguists are Fascinated with the American Jewish Accent

    All of us have some form of accent. My family has lived in the Capital District region for more than a hundred years. But as soon as I utter the word “coffee” or, as I pronounce it, “cawfee,” you can immediately tell that I may have picked up a bit of a NYC accent during my law school days in…

  kimsswidler

  September 27, 2016

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