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No I mean like the New jersey/bronx accent that you hear on tv etc
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Switching to Spanglish?
Yeah lol. When I talk to non-Spanish speakers I say it like Flahri-duh. But, I don't say it like FlAHHHri-duh like the New Yorkers do, mine is much more subdued.
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I have some features of the NYC area accent, it's not that obvious to most except for maybe a few words.
My accent is slightly more Philly based, but my accent is pretty much like MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donell. It's very standard and general
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I was just as bad with the Spanglish though to anyone with some familiarity with Spanish it's obvious by context.
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Yeah lol. When I talk to non-Spanish speakers I say it like Flahri-duh. But, I don't say it like FlAHHHri-duh like the New Yorkers do, mine is much more subdued.
I would say it's 99.9% gone. You have to listen real close to detect it, and it's only on certain words. Almost all Americans can't tell the difference.
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