Brooklynese

What is Brooklynese?


1.

The way of speaking that people from Brooklyn are portrayed as having.

Bird=Boid

Bronx=Braunx

Coffee=Cawfee

Long=Laung

Oh My God= Oh My Gawd

Slippers=Slippiz

I'll talk to you in an hour=I'll tawk to you in an howa

King's Plaza=King's Plee-AZZ-a

2.

NOTE

To VanBuren: Notice I said the accent that New Yorkers are POTRAYED as having. I admit to saying "cawfee" sometimes, but I don't sound like I belong in "The Godfather" series.

People from Brooklyn tend to be stereotyped, especially our accents.

3.

The accent uneducated people of New York and greater use.

There is such thing as a New York accent, but when people push the limits using this lingo, they come off as morons.


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