<P> New York speakers have some unique conversational styles . Linguistic professor Deborah Tannen notes in a New York Times article it has "an emphasis to involve the other person, rather than being considerate . It would be asking questions as a show of interest in the other person, whereas in other parts of (the) country, people don't ask because it might put the person on the spot ." New Yorkers "stand closer, talk louder, and leave shorter pauses between exchanges," Tannen said . "I call it' cooperative overlap' . It's a way of showing interest and enthusiasm, but it's often mistaken for interrupting by people from elsewhere in the country ." On the other hand, linguist William Labov demurs, "there's nothing known to linguists about' normal New York City conversation"' </P> <P> The accent has a strong presence in media; pioneer variationist sociolinguist William Labov describes it as the most recognizable variety of North American English . The following famous people or fictional characters are often heard in public as speaking with features typical of a New York accent . Most, but not all, are native New Yorkers . Their pronunciation and vocabulary can be useful guides to the subtleties of speaking New York . </P> <Ul> <Li> Bella Abzug </Li> <Li> Danny Aiello </Li> <Li> Alan Alda </Li> <Li> Woody Allen </Li> <Li> Iris Apfel </Li> <Li> The Bowery Boys </Li> <Li> Mel Brooks </Li> <Li> Archie and Edith Bunker </Li> <Li> Bugs Bunny </Li> <Li> James Caan </Li> <Li> Sid Caesar </Li> <Li> James Cagney </Li> <Li> Cardi B </Li> <Li> Mariah Carey </Li> <Li> George Carlin </Li> <Li> Lucia Cifarelli </Li> <Li> Andrew Dice Clay </Li> <Li> Howard Cosell </Li> <Li> Andrew Cuomo </Li> <Li> Mario Cuomo </Li> <Li> Tony Curtis </Li> <Li> Rodney Dangerfield </Li> <Li> Tony Danza </Li> <Li> Dead End Kids </Li> <Li> Billy Donovan </Li> <Li> Robert De Niro </Li> <Li> Alan Dershowitz </Li> <Li> Vin Diesel </Li> <Li> Kevin Dobson </Li> <Li> Fran Drescher </Li> <Li> Jimmy Durante </Li> <Li> Richard Feynman </Li> <Li> Mike Francesa </Li> <Li> John Garfield </Li> <Li> Rudolph Giuliani </Li> <Li> Whoopi Goldberg </Li> <Li> Gilbert Gottfried </Li> <Li> Buddy Hackett </Li> <Li> Judd Hirsch </Li> <Li> The Honeymooners cast </Li> <Li> Billy Joel </Li> <Li> Wendy Kaufman </Li> <Li> Harvey Keitel </Li> <Li> Ed Koch </Li> <Li> Burt Lancaster </Li> <Li> Cyndi Lauper </Li> <Li> John Leguizamo </Li> <Li> Vince Lombardi </Li> <Li> Bernard Madoff </Li> <Li> Terry Malloy </Li> <Li> Barry Manilow </Li> <Li> Garry Marshall </Li> <Li> Penny Marshall </Li> <Li> The Marx Brothers; prominently Groucho Marx </Li> <Li> Jackie Mason </Li> <Li> Walter Matthau </Li> <Li> Debi Mazar </Li> <Li> Meowth from Pokémon </Li> <Li> Mob Wives cast </Li> <Li> Rhoda Morgenstern </Li> <Li> Frank Mullen </Li> <Li> Chris Mullin </Li> <Li> Eddie Murphy </Li> <Li> Rosie O'Donnell </Li> <Li> Al Pacino </Li> <Li> Joe Paterno </Li> <Li> Rosie Perez </Li> <Li> Rhea Perlman </Li> <Li> Joe Pesci </Li> <Li> Bernadette Peters </Li> <Li> Regis Philbin </Li> <Li> Colin Quinn </Li> <Li> George Raft </Li> <Li> Charles Rangel </Li> <Li> Michael Rapaport </Li> <Li> Paul Reiser </Li> <Li> Leah Remini </Li> <Li> Linda Richman </Li> <Li> Don Rickles </Li> <Li> Thelma Ritter </Li> <Li> Joan Rivers </Li> <Li> Nelson Rockefeller </Li> <Li> Ray Romano </Li> <Li> Franklin D. Roosevelt </Li> <Li> Maxie Rosenbloom </Li> <Li> Adam Sandler </Li> <Li> Michael Savage </Li> <Li> Telly Savalas </Li> <Li> Bernie Sanders </Li> <Li> Vin Scully </Li> <Li> Seinfeld cast </Li> <Li> Judge Judy Sheindlin </Li> <Li> Phil Silvers </Li> <Li> Al Smith </Li> <Li> The Sopranos cast </Li> <Li> Phil Spector </Li> <Li> Ronnie Spector </Li> <Li> Arnold Stang </Li> <Li> Barbara Stanwyck </Li> <Li> Howard Stern </Li> <Li> Barbra Streisand </Li> <Li> The Three Stooges (though arguably not Philadelphian Larry Fine) </Li> <Li> Marisa Tomei </Li> <Li> John Travolta </Li> <Li> Donald Trump </Li> <Li> Christopher Walken </Li> <Li> Eli Wallach </Li> <Li> Denzel Washington </Li> <Li> Barry Wellman </Li> <Li> Mae West </Li> <Li> Lenny Wilkens </Li> <Li> Zakk Wylde </Li> <Li> Janet Yellen </Li> </Ul> <Li> The Bowery Boys </Li>

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