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My wife is from Long Island and when she drinks she starts pronouncing the final g if the next word starts with a vowel. She becomes from “Lon gisland” and is

My wife is from Long Island and when she drinks she starts pronouncing the final g if the next word starts with a vowel. She becomes from “Lon gisland” and is planning on “goin gout” later.

fortran77 7y ago
Ha! I grew up on Long Island and was wondering why the Wikipedia say that "finger" and "singer" no longer rhyme in American Engish when I pronounce them exactly the same. It's because I learned most of my English on Lon Gisland! (My accent is odd because I was born in Brooklyn and we spoke Yiddish at home, grew up on "Lon Gisland" then did college and beyond in Israel, and now spend about 2/3rd of time in US and 1/3 in Israel)
- OnlyOneCannolo 7y ago
  I had an experience like this learning about rhyming words in school when I was little. "Hog", "log", and "bog" all rhymed, buy we couldn't figure out (not even the teacher) why "dog" (dowg?) sounded so much different. I was telling this story as a teenager when it suddenly occurred to me that I had a very strong accent.
rolltiide 7y ago
Ha, have heard the lon gisland from sober people from long island, at least I think they were sober but I always wonder whats wrong with them everything east of bushwick till the hamptons triggers me
souterrain 7y ago
Is there a linguistic name for this returning to the pronunciation or accent of your youth when drinking or around others with the same/similar accent? I am also from Long Island, and have largely moderated my pronunciation to match a more standard pronunciation, but when I interact with natives of north Jersey, parts of NYC and Long Island, I somehow start adopting the accent a bit, unconsciously.
- surbas 7y ago
  I don’t know the name for the transition, but you are talking about what are called registers in linguistics. (I do the same thing when back with old friends) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Register_(sociolinguistics) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Register_(sociolinguistics)
  - egypturnash 7y ago
    Also see code-switching. Which is something I have been very amused to find myself doing after moving back home to New Orleans - there's several distinct flavors of English in that city, and watching them pop out of my mouth after twenty five years speaking Newscaster English is fun. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code-switching https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code-switching
- bobthepanda 7y ago
  This is a form of [code switching.](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code-switching https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code-switching) It’s most commonly found with African Americans and minority/immigrant communities, since in professional or unknown settings people will use more standard registers of English.

My wife is from Long Island and when she drinks she starts pronouncing the final g if the next word starts with a vowel. She becomes from “Lon gisland” and is planning on “goin gout” later.

fortran77 7y ago

Ha! I grew up on Long Island and was wondering why the Wikipedia say that "finger" and "singer" no longer rhyme in American Engish when I pronounce them exactly the same. It's because I learned most of my English on Lon Gisland! (My accent is odd because I was born in Brooklyn and we spoke Yiddish at home, grew up on "Lon Gisland" then did college and beyond in Israel, and now spend about 2/3rd of time in US and 1/3 in Israel)

OnlyOneCannolo 7y ago
I had an experience like this learning about rhyming words in school when I was little. "Hog", "log", and "bog" all rhymed, buy we couldn't figure out (not even the teacher) why "dog" (dowg?) sounded so much different. I was telling this story as a teenager when it suddenly occurred to me that I had a very strong accent.

rolltiide 7y ago

Ha, have heard the lon gisland from sober people from long island, at least I think they were sober but I always wonder whats wrong with them everything east of bushwick till the hamptons triggers me

souterrain 7y ago

Is there a linguistic name for this returning to the pronunciation or accent of your youth when drinking or around others with the same/similar accent? I am also from Long Island, and have largely moderated my pronunciation to match a more standard pronunciation, but when I interact with natives of north Jersey, parts of NYC and Long Island, I somehow start adopting the accent a bit, unconsciously.

surbas 7y ago
I don’t know the name for the transition, but you are talking about what are called registers in linguistics. (I do the same thing when back with old friends) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Register_(sociolinguistics) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Register_(sociolinguistics)
- egypturnash 7y ago
  Also see code-switching. Which is something I have been very amused to find myself doing after moving back home to New Orleans - there's several distinct flavors of English in that city, and watching them pop out of my mouth after twenty five years speaking Newscaster English is fun. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code-switching https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code-switching
bobthepanda 7y ago
This is a form of [code switching.](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code-switching https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code-switching) It’s most commonly found with African Americans and minority/immigrant communities, since in professional or unknown settings people will use more standard registers of English.