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**soydaykam** · 04-22-2012, 09:25 PM

The answer is simple: if they grow up in a mostly African-American environment they will have that specific accent, otherwise they will speak in a more mainstream way. You can switch between different registers, and as an adult you will often need to do that, but the way you learned how to speak as a child will always be right beneath the surface.

This is true.

I listen to Mobb Deep and notice they sound no different from any other New Yorker.

You might be getting that impression because plenty of the New York non-blacks sound somewhat like blacks. When you hear NYHC artists talking in their songs, they usually sound like wiggers. It's a little ridiculous.

04-22-2012, 09:25 PM	#23
soydaykam Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 523 Senior Member	The answer is simple: if they grow up in a mostly African-American environment they will have that specific accent, otherwise they will speak in a more mainstream way. You can switch between different registers, and as an adult you will often need to do that, but the way you learned how to speak as a child will always be right beneath the surface. This is true. I listen to Mobb Deep and notice they sound no different from any other New Yorker. You might be getting that impression because plenty of the New York non-blacks sound somewhat like blacks. When you hear NYHC artists talking in their songs, they usually sound like wiggers. It's a little ridiculous.
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